productChemical first aid advances
WATER HAS long been the benchmark for chemical first aid, but new clinical evidence and European certification recognise the benefits of Diphoterine solution as a more effective alternative.
product
productRaising the standard in chemical burn first aid
WITHIN TEN seconds, chemicals can begin penetrating tissue. The next 50 seconds may determine whether the injury remains reversible. Beyond that, the risk of deeper tissue damage, extended recovery and hospital admission increases significantly.
productWorkplace defibrillators saves lives
DESPITE THEIR life-saving potential, many workplaces still lack defibrillators – even though employers are responsible for protecting staff who fall ill or are injured. Claire Vaughan provides an insight.
newsWorkers struggling despite rising mental health support
THE NUMBER of mental health support services available to construction workers has drastically increased, research from the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) shows.
newsYoung butcher amputates finger
A DUNGANNON butchers and one of its employees have been fined a total of £4K for health and safety breaches which left an employee with life changing injuries.
productGetting effective first aid at work
THE SAFETY of employees at work presents employers with a number of challenges, not least of which is locating an injured person and getting a coordinated response in a timely manner without unduly impacting on the rest of the organizations activities.
productDefibrillator warning
Every minute’s delay in treatment
following cardiac arrest reduces a
person’s chance of survival by 14
per cent hence so many
organisations have invested in
Automated External Defibrillators
(AEDs).
However work carr
productDo you have first aiders present?
Many employers are
inadvertently breaching
health and safety laws by not
training enough staff in first
aid, according to St John
Ambulance.
Research by the first aid
charity found that 79 per
cent of businesses
ex
productFirst aid training
Approved by the Health and Safety
Executive (GB and NI) for training
in first aid for the purposes of the
Health and Safety (First Aid)
Regulations 1981 and 1982,
Emergency First Response offers
First Aid at Work, Emerg
productMaking a case for antimicrobial
Safety First Aid has launched its first
antimicrobial range of first aid cases.
The Evolution Antimicrobial range
of first aid cases are
suitable for
settings where it
is essential that
hygiene
standards are
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