Preliminary steps in case of first aid

At present, enterprises are responsible for providing training in first aid to their workers so that they know how to react if they have to attend to a colleague who may have suffered any kind of injury or problem as a result of an accident at work.

The purpose of the first aid the aim is to stabilize the patient until he is treated by medical services or transferred to a hospital.

Within the work environment, the most frequent accidents requiring the provision of first aid these are the bleeding cuts, the crushes and the falls from different heights.

When a worker suffers an accident at work, care must be taken immediately, following a series of steps under the NOTThe following:

• Protect: When rescuing an injured person, who may be in a dangerous or difficult to reach situation, the person rescuing must first insure himself, and then the injured person.
• WarningIf you find yourself alone with the injured person, you must immediately call the 112 emergency and provide all possible information so that emergency teams can reach the accident site and rescue the victim.
• ReliefThe third step is to help the injured person.

First Aid Steps

First of all, you should check whether the injured person is conscious or not, ask his name, where he is and what happened to him. This will help us know your degree of consciousness.

In the event that you are unconscious you will need to check that you do not have a obstruction of the airway in the mouth and nose, going to check later for breathing and pulse.

It is also necessary to check the condition of the injured person, checking that he is not bleeding, proceeding to cut it without seeing that he is bleeding excessively.

In all accidents at work, you must remain calm as much as possible, acting only when you are sure what you are going to do is the right thing, waiting for the arrival of health care if there is any doubt, always staying with the victim.

One correct action can save a life.