productWITHIN 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.
productDESPITE 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.
newsTHE NUMBER of mental health support services available to construction workers has drastically increased, research from the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) shows.
newsA 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.
productTHE 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.
productEvery 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
productMany 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
productApproved 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
productSafety 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
mainta
productAs many eye accidents involve both
eyes, Kingfisher has developed the
Double iWash that offers the ability
to rinse both eyes at the same time.
Double iWash rinses with an even
flow, washing away the damaging
substanc
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