First Aid Arrangements
First Aid Arrangements
First Aid Arrangements
(LLC)
FIRST AID CLINIC
Project Name: MARINA RESIDENCE TOWER
Project No.: AM 095
accredited hospital
TREATMENT OF PATIENT
a. Emergency Services
1. Initial first aid treatment shall be available anywhere on the
worksite within a three minute response time.
2. Up-to-date telephone numbers of first aiders and nearest
emergency organizations (eg. Medical clinics, hospitals) shall be
clearly displayed on noticed board and communication points.
b. General treatment of injured Persons
1.
Minor injuries, injured persons shall be evaluated and
treated according to their injuries.
2.
Non- life threatening injuries that require a higher level of
medical treatment, the injured person can be transported by a
company vehicle to the nearest treatment center hospital.
3.
Major injuries and injuries that are life threatening,
ambulatory services shall be called upon to transport the patient
to the nearest hospital for treatment.
HOSPITAL REFERRALS
No hospital Referral shall be made unless accompanied by the consultation
referral form. When cases are complicated as in severe injuries/ medical
emergencies the patient must be transported to the hospital immediately. The
following procedures must therefore be followed prior to any hospital referral.
1. The Male Nurse examines the patient. After assessment and arriving at an
initial diagnosis, he decides if the patient needs to be referred to a Hospital
for further consultation or management.
2. The patient will be referred to a Hospital with the Referral Form signed by
the Nurse. This form shall be carried by the patient if ambulatory otherwise
he shall be transported by the ambulance/ Emergency Vehicle.
3. The patient is seen at the hospital. The Physician at the hospital must fill in
the accompanying referral form indicating the nature of illness of the
patient, diagnosis and treatment and recommendations. Copy of the
completed form shall be forwarded to the project medical facility and to his
immediate supervisor for proper disposition.
4. In the event that the patient is admitted at the hospital, the project nurse
must be informed immediately and shall inform the HSE Team immediately.
d. Contents of the first aid kits shall be based on health risk assessment.
e. First aid kits and medical supplies are inspected by the nurse at least
once per month to ensure the required contents are available,
including replenishing necessary items and replacing expired items.
f. A first aid registry shall be provided with the first aid kit to be
completed by the nurse.
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
a. Roles and responsibilities
PRE- EMERGENCY
1. Attend regular training.
2. Practice use of specialized equipment.
3. Maintain specialized equipment as per manufacturers specifications.
4. Ensure that personnel protective equipment is maintained and
available.
5. Pre- emergency planning.
6. Attend training and Emergency exercises, as required.
DURING EMERGENCY
1. Members of the emergency response team shall carry out
activities as set out in the emergency response procedures and
the following:
i. Respond to the emergency as directed by the emergency
officer.
ii. Communicate the status of the situation with the emergency
officer.
iii. Hand over and brief emergency services on the arrival.
POST- EMERGENCY
1. Clean and service used specialized equipment.
2. Replace specialized equipment as necessary.
b. Triaging
Triaging is used to prioritize casualties according to the extent of injury
suffered during a mass casualty incident. It is used to effectively and
efficiently distribute the limited resources and provide the necessary
immediate care for the victims until more help arrives.
1. Immediate/ Priority 1: Casualties whose lives are in immediate danger
and who require immediate treatment;
2. Delayed/ Priority 2: Casualties whose lives are not in immediate
danger and who will require urgent, not immediate, medical care;
3. Minimal/ Priority 3: Casualties with minor injuries who will eventually
require treatment;
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RECORD KEEPING
a. First Aid Injury Cases
- All first aid injury cases must be entered in registry form in accordance
with companys policy on record keeping.
- First aid Injury cases information must include the following:
- Name of the Injured Employee
-Date and Time
-Type or nature of Injury or Illness
-First Aid or treatment given
-References to Hospital made if any
- Male Nurse must maintain records and keep it with full confidentiality
unless needed during
investigation and audit.
b. Health Surveillance
- Health Surveillance is carried out to correlate employees health with the
nature of their work or to evaluate if their condition is compatible with their
work.
- It must be done prior the project and annually.
- Health abnormalities must be coordinated to the Health care facility for
further assessment and medical management.
- Time to time evaluation must be carried out with those employees with
health conditions.
- Abnormal Findings must be addressed for proper action.
c. Sickness Absence Monitoring Record
- All sickness absences must be noted regardless of causative factor
whether work related or not-work related.
- Nurse must follow up employees condition upon receiving sick reports
and notice.
- Findings must be addressed for proper action through wellness awareness
campaigns.
- Nurse must ensure that the employee is in full recovery prior resuming or
returning to work.
- Nurse must keep copy of sick reports given by the health facility.
(WHO) programs.
Information awareness campaign is implemented through different strategies
and it should be provided to the workers in language they can understand. Upon
assessing that there is presence of health risk or problem, Health education must
be implemented immediately.
The nurse must keep and maintain records for any awareness program done.
REFERENCES
Guidelines for First Aid Requirement, DM-PH&SD-P4-TG17, Dubai
Municipality- Public Health & Safery Department, Version 2.0 2010,
Dubai, UAE.
Scope of Practice for Registered Nurses (RN),
Department, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, UAE.
Health
Regulation
EHS RI- CoP 4.0 First Aid and Medical Treatment, Abu Dhabi EHSMS
Regulatory Framework (AD EHSMS RF) Code of Practice, Version 2.0
February 2012, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
EHS RI- CoP 6.0 Emergency Management Requirements, Abu Dhabi EHSMS
Regulatory Framework (AD EHSMS RF) Code of Practice, Version 2.0
February 2012, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
EHS RI- Mechanism 6.0 EHSMS Performance and Incident Reporting, Abu
Dhabi EHSMS Regulatory Framework (AD EHSMS RF) Code of Practice,
Version 2.1 December 2013, Abu Dhabi, UAE.