First Aid Box

What is First Aid:

Answer: Help given to an ill or injured person until full medical help arrives or medical treatment is made available.  

Fist Aid then as explained is not a medical treatment and no one should in effect administer any medical treatment unless trained, qualified, experienced and confident to do so. Thus the only people who fall in such a bracket will be

• The Ambulance Crew/ Paramedic 
• Nurses 
• Doctors 

First Aid however increases the recovery and survival rate of individual who find themselves caught in an accident. It is the first response to help preserve life, assist with recovery, give companionship and to prevent aggravations of the condition of the injured individual. 

A first Aider is a trained individual who is competent to administer first aid 

Each work area should have at least two First Aiders in-case one is not around 

A typical content of a first Aid box is as follows:

1. Antiseptic lotions and antiseptic wipes to dress the wound 
2. Twenty individual sterilized wrapped plasters (assorted sizes) appropriate to the type of work 
3. Two sterilized Eye pads 
4. Four sterilized triangular wrapped bandages 
5. Six safety pins 
6. Two large sterilized wrapped un-medicated wound dressings
7. Six individual medium size un-medicated wound dressing 
8. A pair of disposable gloves
9. Tweezers for removing splinters
10. Cotton wool to clean wounds and cuts   

Keep records of Accidents and Incidents in the work place

Keep records of each time the First Aid Box is used 

Always remember to replace items in the First Aid Box after use

To ensure availability when next an emergency arises 

Increase the number of First Aid Box in relation to the number of people in the work area

Food for Thought 

Have you got a First Aid Box in your Office?

Is there a First Aider in your Office ? 

Do some thing about it, if not...

Save a life, may be yours..