29.05.2006
The US American Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a
new Best Practices Guide: Fundamentals of a Workplace First-Aid Program, a new
guide to help employers and employees develop workplace first aid programs.
"Workplace first-aid program is a key component of any comprehensive safety and
health management system," said OSHA Administrator Ed Foulke. "Our new guide
offers practical information on how to help employers plan and implement
first-aid programs as well as effective training."
The new OSHA guide identifies four essential elements for first-aid programs to
be effective and successful;
The guide details the primary components of a first-aid program at the
workplace. Those elements include:
The guide also includes best practices for planning and conducting safe and
effective first-aid training. OSHA recommends that training courses include
instruction in general and workplace hazard-specific knowledge and skills,
incorporating automated external defibrillator (AED) training in to CPR
training if an AED is available at the work site, and periodically repeat
first-aid training to help maintain and update knowledge and skills.
AplusA-online.de - Source: U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration