I have worked in heavy industry for over 20 years and have always provided first aid and been part of emergency response teams. Yes we had first aiders but the companies employed them to do a job and employed a nurse to take care of the employees plus the usual medicals ect. They would not like the fact that they had to pull a first aider off a job sometimes when they are working at height or a mile away from the first aid centre to clean out someone's eyes or clean a laceration when a nurse was in the first aid center. I have always been available for anyone who wanted to talk over a problem, or wanted information , I have found this a very interesting part of the job and also you get to know the employees more so than if you were just doing medicals ect so I for one will still provide first aid if and when needed and be very happy to do so.
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