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Training for Immediate Response
- Trainees should learn to identify illness and injury that require immediate action, such as severe bleeding, stroke and shock, whether from an injury or an anaphylactic reaction.
- Learning good communication skills helps immediate responders handle the necessary steps to treat emergencies without duplication of effort. It also ensures that advanced medical responders are alerted quickly.
- In addition to the basics, occupational health and safety managers should consider in-depth add-ons to training such as caring for an asthma attack, using an epinephrine auto-injector in conjunction with anaphylaxis and managing severe bleeding injuries.
My organization employers a comprehensive workplace First Aid/CPR/AED program that is both OSHA-compliant and can provide employees with a repository of skills making them essential bulwarks against workplace emergencies. It draws upon studies that show that varying learning approaches can improve effectiveness for adults on learning retention.
Convenience and leveraging the value of peer-to-peer education are important in this kind of training. So our online option can be completed by employees at their convenience and an in-class portion provided by certified instructors in the workplace. Also, being taught by one’s peers is an effective learning approach, so we train employees to teach the course, allowing businesses to provide their own training in-house while supported by high standards and materials.
This article originally appeared in the September 2023 issue of Occupational Health & Safety.