LO4 - First aid requirements

Question 1

What are the firstaid regualtions 1981?

Answer 1

1. Employers must have provision for first aid
2. Employers must have completed a needs assessment
3. Workplaces must have appointed person to take charge of first aid arrangements
4. Employers must provide information to employees about first aid arrangements

Question 2

What are the responsibilities of a first aider?

Answer 2

1. prevent further damage to yourself and others
2. no medical aid
3. prevent condtion from becoming worse
4. prevent delay in recovery

Question 3

What must staff know for first aid at work?

Answer 3

1. importnace of preventing cross contamination
2. need for recording incidents and accidents
3. how to use equipment
4. asses siutaions and circumstances to act safely

Question 4

what 6 things would you find in a first aid kit?

Answer 4

1. disposable gloves
2. triangualar banagdages
3. sterile eye pads
4. large wound dressings
5. medium wound dressing
6. safety pins

Question 5

Minimum requiremnts of a first aid kit

Answer 5

1. leaflet
2. 2 sterile eye pads
3. 2 large sterile wound dressings
4. 3 disposable gloves
5. 4 sterile traingular bandgades
6. 6 safety pins
7. 6 medium sized sterile wound dressings
8. 20 sterile plasters

Question 6

how to help a casualty who is choking?

Answer 6

1. encourgae them to cough
2. 5 back blows between shoulder blades
3. abdonimal thrusts 5 times
4. if still choking call 999

Question 7

first aid for a casualty whoese unconscious?

Answer 7

1. check for danger
2. speak to them to see if you can get response
3. shake shoulders/pinch ear
4. tilt head back and open airway
5. call 999 if not breathing
6. check for circulation

Question 8

how to give first aid to a casualty who is wounded or bleeding

Answer 8

1. put on disposbale gloves
2. cut or move clothes
3. dont remove any objects
4. apply direct pressure
5. call 99 if its serve
6. secure bleeding with dressings
7. check every 10 mins circulation is going through

Question 9

why shouldnt you remove first bandage

Answer 9

if it bleeds through the first banadge keep it on because its started clotting
can alwyas add a second or third bandadge

Question 10

how to administer CPR?
- child

Answer 10

1. call 999/for help
2. open their airway and pinch nose
3. seal mouth and give 5 rescue breaths
4. one hand on centre of chest and push down one third
   30:2 breaths

Question 11

how to give CPR?
- adult

Answer 11

1. call 999 and start cpr
2. one hand centre and other on top
3. push down 5-6cm
4. give 30 chest compressions
5. seal mouth and give 2 rescue breaths

Question 12

how to help a casualty who is suffering from shock?

Answer 12

1. look for symptons, weak pulse or restless behaviour
2. lie them down and raise their legs
3. call 999
4. loosen any tight clothing
5. keep them warm
6. check regualry theyre responsive

Question 13

what shouldnt you give during first aid?

Answer 13

food and drink - incase they need to operate

Question 14

how to treat a cut/graze

Answer 14

1. put on disposable gloves
2. clean the wound,aplly pressure and dry
3. apply a sterile dressing

Question 15

how to treat a burn

Answer 15

1. run under cold water for 10 minutes
2. check casulty is okay throughout
3. if its chemical or large amount call 999

Question 16

what does a first aid book help employers to do?

Answer 16

1. identify trends
2. Identify ways to improve health and safety risks
3. Identify any problems with first aid needs assessments
4. For insurance and investigative purposes

Question 17

what should be recored in a first aid log ?

Answer 17

1. Date, Time, Place of the accident
2. Name of person
3. Details of the injury/illness and what first aid was given
4. What happened to the person immediately afterwards
5. Name/signuture of first aider

Question 18

List 3 things required in a first aid kit?

Answer 18

1. leaflet
2. two sterile eye pads
3. two large, individually wrapped, sterile, unmedicated wound dressings