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In the Event of a Medical

Emergency

Call medical emergency services such as:

P a r a m e d i c s
A m b u l a n c e
F i r e D e p a r t m e n t
H e a l t h & S a f e t y R e p r e s e n t a t i v e
O t h e r

Provide the following information:
N a t u r e o f m e d i c a l e m e r g e n c y .
L o c a t i o n o f t h e e m e r g e n c y .
Y o u r n a m e a n d p h o n e n u m b e r f r o m w h i c h
y o u a r e c a l l i n g f r o m .

Do the following:

D o n o t m o v e t h e v i c t i m u n l e s s a b s o l u t e l y
n e c e s s a r y .
C a l l t h e p e r s o n n e l t r a i n e d i n C P R a n d F i r s t A i d
t o p r o v i d e t h e r e q u i r e d a s s i s t a n c e p r i o r t o t h e
a r r i v a l o f p r o f e s s i o n a l m e d i c a l h e l p .

If personnel trained in First Aid are not
available, as a minimum, attempt to provide
the following assistance

S t o p t h e b l e e d i n g w i t h f i r m p r e s s u r e o n t h e
w o u n d s ( n o t e : a v o i d c o n t a c t w i t h b l o o d o r
o t h e r b o d i l y f l u i d s , a l w a y s u s e s u r g i c a l g l o v e s
p r o v i d e d i n t h e F i r s t A i d B o x e s .

First Aid

T h e C o m p a n y b e l i e v e s t h a t b e s t p r a c t i c e i s t o
e n s u r e s t a f f h a v e a c c e s s t o a t r a i n e d F i r s t A i d e r .
D e t a i l s o f t h e s e t r a i n e d s t a f f w i l l b e d i s p l a y e d o n
y o u r l o c a l n o t i c e b o a r d o r f r o m y o u r l i n e
m a n a g e r a n d y o u s h o u l d f a m i l i a r i z e y o u r s e l f w i t h
n a m e s a n d c o n t a c t d e t a i l s .

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