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Hi, today we’re going to be talking about Workplace first aid. My name is Michael Terry, I’m from Momentum Safety and Ergonomics and this is the 5-minute safety series. When it comes to first aid, it’s important that we consider the hazard profile of the workplace that we work in. An office is going to be completely different to a construction site, it’s going to be different to a rural workplace, it’s going to be different to a manufacturing workplace. They will all have different hazard profiles and therefore different first aid requirements, and it’s important that we consider this when we’re going through and considering what we need for first aid. So, think about size, location and the nature of work that you do need to be taken into account. You might be an office workplace that happens to be right beside a major hospital. Your workplace requirements for first aid are going to be completely different than a really remote workplace where the risks are much higher. What the first aid code of practice requires us to do is to consider whether we are a low-risk workplace or a high-risk workplace. A high-risk workplace is where the workers are exposed to risks, where there is a risk of serious illness or injury to them. Once you’ve worked out the hazard profile of the workplace that you work in, you then need to go ahead and do a first aid risk assessment for your workplace. We’ve got an example on screen here of a first aid risk assessment that you can have look at but it doesn’t really matter how you do it, at the end of the day what you need to come up with is some requirements for things like first aid kits – how many? Where are they going to be? First aid personnel, who? how many? and what type of training do they need? Things like whether you need a first aid room, things like what type of first aid information do you need? do you need specific procedures for infection control? These are things that come out of your first aid risk assessment and the code of practice for first aid gives some good guidance on this. When I refer to the code of practice, I’m referring about the Australian First Aid Code of Practice. Let’s consider firstly, first aid kits. Everyone obviously needs at least a first aid kit in their workplace and it needs to be appropriate for the type of work that you do. But it’s going to have to cater to things like cuts, scratches, bruises, burns those sorts of things. Some work places might need additional equipment for eye injuries, chemical injuries, those sorts of things. Consider your hazard profile and make sure your first aid kit is appropriate for that. Again, the Australian First Aid code of practice gives us some good guidance as what is required in a first aid kit and you can see on screen...