Basic First Aid Techniques
Overview/Description
OSHA requires an employer to provide a safe and healthy workplace that is reasonably free of occupational hazards. Nevertheless, accidents do happen. Therefore, employers are also required to provide medical and first aid personnel and supplies proportional to the hazards of the workplace.
This course teaches basic first aid techniques for employees and managers employed in general industry. Topics include recognizing emergency situations and caring for trauma injuries, musculoskeletal injuries, and common ailments such as fainting and poisoning. This course assists in addressing the nonmandatory OSHA standard 29 CFR 1910 Subpart K Sections 151-152.
Note: this course contains some realistic images of minor injuries.
Target
Audience
Employees in general industry
Expected
Duration
4.0 hours
Lesson
Objectives:
The Emergency Action Principles
select the benefits of knowing the emergency action principles.
sequence the four emergency action principles.
apply the steps of the primary survey in a given situation.
sequence the steps of the secondary survey.
use the steps of the secondary survey in a given situation.
Caring for Common Ailments
select the benefits of knowing how to care for victims of common ailments.
differentiate between the symptoms of shock and fainting.
apply the correct steps to caring for a victim of shock or fainting.
apply the principles of general care for poisoning in a given scenario.
Caring for Common Injuries
identify the benefits of understanding how to care for a common injury.
apply the principles of general care for a closed or open wound in a given scenario.
sequence the steps to applying a dressing to a wound.
implement the principles of general care for burns in a given scenario.
apply principles of general care for special burn situations in a given scenario.
apply the principles of general care for musculoskeletal injuries in a given scenario.
Course Number: SFTY0021