First aid training, cpr/ first aid / emergency first aid
Why first aid training?
Apart from the obvious that we want to help people in their time of medical crisis or injury, whether this is a loved one, a colleague or even a stranger in the street - we can't just stand by and do nothing.
Worryingly:
- Just one in 20 people would know what to do in a first aid emergency.
- Most adults would not be able to save a life in a first aid emergency.
- Only five per cent of adults in the UK would feel confident, knowledgeable and willing to help someone who is bleeding heavily, is unresponsive and breathing, or is unresponsive and not breathing.
That means that only one in 20 people could confidently help in all three of these emergency scenarios (Bristish Red Cross).
But what about in the workplace?
Well, it's the law!
Employers have a legal duty to make arrangements to ensure their employees receive immediate attention if they are injured or taken ill at work.
The Health and Safety (First Aid) regulations 1981 sets out to employers the level of first aid requirements needed dependant based on the workplace risk assessment.
This includes what first aid provisions are required i.e. first aid kits, defibrillators, specialist equipment as well as the number and level of first aiders.
Cardiac Arrest - did you know?
A cardiac arrest (where the heart stops) can happen to anyone, any age at any time, anywhere!
WOULD YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO?
Learn cpr/ first aid
72 - 80% of Cardiac arrests happen at home with only about 15% occurring in the workplace?
NHS Ambulance Services attempt resuscitation in approximately 30,000 people each year.
Most cardiac arrests occur in adults (98%), one third were aged 15-64 years.
Bystander CPR is attempted in about 70% of cardiac arrests
Females are less likely to recieve CPR
A defibrillator is used in less than 10% of all out of hospital cardiac arrests
When resuscitation is attempted, just fewer than one in ten (7%) people survive to hospital discharge but you can significantly increase these odds with good quality CPR and access to a defib in the first few minutes of a cardiac arrest.