PADI RTO First Aid Student Manual

• Communication — how and who is to control • Responsibilities for action • Workplace/event layout showing first aid locations • First aid — at scene • Medical rooms — support for First Aiders, including medical supplies and equip- ment • Response — how staff and contractors should react • Triage — handling multiple casualties • Liaison with emergency services — someone should be nominated as contact per- son • Equipment, resources available —where they are located and how to use them. Other details may be developed as part of an evacuation plan and could include: • Spills (chemical/hazardous waste) —who to contact and how to contain the spills • Evacuation —who directs it and at what stage • Workplace/event layout showing assembly areas and emergency equipment loca- tion • Assembly areas — locations of these areas as well as alternatives. The development of a contingency response for first aid incidents will depend on the critical nature of the situation. Issues you will need to consider include: • The type of work performed, or audience activities and the nature of the hazards • Potential injuries/illnesses and likely causes • The number and distribution of employees and others (contractors, event partici- pants) on the event site • The size and layout of the event (access) • The location of the event (i.e. ‘isolated’). Consideration of these factors will help an event organiser to determine the nature and location of the first aid facilities and the number of trained first aid personnel who are required for that particular workplace; especially when the workplace is outdoors and located at a temporary venue. Other factors that may need to be considered in planning documents include: 1. The level of on-site medical care that may be required given the nature of the event 2. The mix of medical personnel that will be required, for example first aid personnel, paramedics 3. Who will provide the medical personnel and how will this be funded (some organi- sations are voluntary) 4. How event first aid services will be integrated with the local health services 5. How first aid facilities will be easily accessible and clearly identified to patrons 6. If an ambulance will be required on site or called as required 7. If medical vehicles have ingress and egress (access) to the site 8. If medical vehicles and staff will require accreditation to enter the site via security check points 9. How medical supplies will be stored and re-stocked on site. Finally, you will need to consider the communication process in the case of a first aid incident. This process involves how incidents will be: • Communicated and reported (chain of command) • Recorded (incident report forms) • Monitored and responses evaluated (WHS meetings, log books, reports)

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