Evacuation / Emergency preparedness

The training will empower participants to be able to distinguish between an emergency and an incident as well as understanding the different types of emergencies that may take place in the workplace.

Content:

• Principles of primary emergency care at the workplace 
  • Aims of primary emergency care as well as ethics and scope.
  • Personal protective devices and infectious disease prevention procedures (universal precautions).
  • The medico-legal implications of primary emergency care.
• Level of preparedness to deal with health emergencies in the workplaces 
  • The contents of the relevant primary emergency care/first aid kit
  • Storage and maintenance of primary emergency care kit
• Assessing and managing an emergency scene/disaster in the workplace 
  • The principles of emergency scene management
  • The primary emergency care process
  • Standard workplace procedures in calling for assistance
  • Management of safety risks and specific workplace hazards
  • Triaging and primary assessment
  • • Initial Scene management
  • • Utilization of available resources for the benefit of the sick
  • Activating emergency services procedures
  • Conducting and managing secondary assessment
  • Continual care
• Primary first aid life support for adults, children and infants according to accepted current protocols 
  • Choking
  • Rescue breathing
  • Recovery position
  • One rescuer Cardio-Pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) with and without the use of barrier ventilation devices.
  • Controlling bleeding
• Managing shock. 
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  • Anaphylactic shock
  • Emergency treatment of shock
• Conducting a secondary assessment of the sick and/or injured person 
  • Immobilisation and transporting techniques for persons with neck and/or spinal injuries.
  • Recognising, monitoring and managing head injuries and levels of consciousness.
  • Fractures, dislocations and sprains immobilized in the position of most comfort to the affected person.
  • Wounds
  • Burns
  • Thermal stress
  • Poisoning
  • Common workplace illnesses – Diabetes, epilepsy, asthma, stroke, heart attack
• Record-keeping 
  • Communicating scenario and condition of the sick or injured person to the relevant receiving party during transferral and in accordance with currently accepted workplace and emergency care procedures.
  • Incident/accident reporting.