In today's toolbox talk, we are going to deal with a topic that I would like to talk about for a long time – the importance of first aid. With this toolbox talk, I want to show you how carelessness in not reporting minor injuries prevents improving the accident record. I am sure that by the end of this toolbox talk, we will know the importance of first aid training and the importance of first aid in everyday life.
Regardless of how many health and safety rules and regulations are compliant at the site, minor injuries are almost certain to occur at some point. When someone got injured, you need to know the basic first aid before the first aider arrived or medical attention. So that it could help someone get bad to worse.
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What is first aid and why is important
According to the Red
Cross, first aid not only allows a person to be stabilized until they can
receive medical help but also makes it possible to secure the scene where the
emergency occurred so that no one else is injured, incidents are not repeated
and there is no collective panic. Most first aid cases are:
- Haemorrhage or bleeding
- Fainting
- Seizures
- Choking
- Burns
- Fractures
When you suffer a deep
cut or burn, what do you do? Very well, very well, as Mohan said…., you go to
First Aid to be treated. You know that you need help and that the First Aid
room is the right place to get it.
But what do they do when
they get a scratch, a splinter in your finger, or a speck of sawdust in your
eye? Tell me, do you usually go to First Aid to be treated? … No, you heal
yourselves loudly with the help of a partner.
I think I know some of
the reasons why they don't go to the First Aid Room in cases like this. Perhaps
you think that reporting minor injuries will tarnish my good incident record.
Or it is also possible that if your co-workers find out they will laugh at you
and treat you like a girl.
Our plant requires all
injuries, no matter how minor, to be reported. Many of you may not realize that
injuries that are classified as minor sometimes end up causing more problems
than serious ones and can even be fatal.
Do not pay attention to
the household advice that is often circulated by the plant, such as putting
tobacco juice on a wound to disinfect it or sucking on a cut to extract the
poison. These remedies, most of the time, tend to aggravate the problem.
The most troublesome
germs are everywhere—on your skin, in the air, on the floor, on the hands of
your fellow and they easily enter your body. These invaders usually don't cause
much of a problem if they stay on the outside of the skin, but as soon as they
find an easy way to get in, even a small break in the skin, they quickly burrow
in and start causing serious problems.
In a short time, you
begin to feel pain, perhaps some part of the body swells, and you may have a
fever. In many cases, by the time these symptoms are felt, it is often too late
to take effective action.
Did you know that in
just six hours a germ can multiply to produce 4,000? Have you ever heard that a
germ can move from a finger to a shoulder in less than 10 minutes? That's why
it's so important to go to a male nurse for first aid treatment and report
minor injuries as soon as possible.
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Today there are many pharmaceutical remedies to kill these germs or at least slow down their spread and growth, but drugs are sometimes not entirely effective either. If they do not produce the expected effects, you will be the ones who will have to experience the pain and suffering, for not having gone quickly to First Aid.
Sometimes I have heard
some of you say that no one does the work that you do better than yourself.
Why? Simply because you received good training and have accumulated many years
of experience. So do our doctors and nurses, who have received many years of
training in their profession and know much better than you what you need when
you are injured.
You and I do not know
the consequences that a minor injury can have, for that reason, whenever we are
injured, even slightly, we go to First Aid and let our doctors and nurses
decide what we need.
What are your responsibilities when dealing with an accident injury?
It is an unforeseen
situation that must be addressed as soon as possible because it represents a
risk to the life, health and integrity of one or more people.
- Check first that those around the injured person are staying safe. I recommend that you do not expose yourselves to risks, but seek to preserve their safety at all times.
- Keep calm. Take a deep breath and think that the well-being of those who do not will depend on your peace of mind. If there is someone on the scene with more knowledge than you, keep an eye out for what they need.
- If you are going to help someone, tell someone to request medical attention. If you are not the first aider, contact the supervisor. Clearly say the address of the place where they are, the emergency, the number you are calling from (landline or cell phone) and if support is needed from him.
- Check the state in which the person is: is he conscious? If so, does he speak? Where is he in pain? Can he move? Does he react to different stimuli? If he is not conscious, is he breathing? Does he have a pulse? Does he respond to your calls? Does he bleed?
- Do not move the injured to avoid further injury. Put his head at the same level as the trunk so that he can breathe better. If there is vomiting or convulsions, turn his head slightly to avoid choking. Do not provide him water or food.
- If the person is not breathing, give him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. You all have already attained the training in CPR. Turn him on his back, massage his chest and compress the edge of the sternum, lower his head a little to lift his chin so that the respiratory tract is not obstructed, close his nose with your fingers, stick your mouth to him without any air vents, give her two puffs of air and repeat the process checking her breathing.
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