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Cheers for that Craig. We do indeed offer Emergency Aid courses, along with BLS, ILS and AED training. Our portfolio is is very wide - critical, acute care through to primary care - first contact is featuring heavily as times change rapidly. Over 8,000 nurses attended one of our courses in 2003. Recently we have had nurses from occupational health teams booking on minor injuries and minor illness courses, and recently interest in our Clinical History Taking and Physical Assessment Skills course. I hear what you are saying, I guess if we do develop an additional course it will appeal to nurses from a variety of settings. My background was as an RGN in A&E - so my contact with OHNs is admittedly from this point, also worked briefly as an Infection Control Nurse and for a while as Senior Nurse on nights at a community hospital. We set up our company 12 years ago whilst working as a Nurse. Prior to this I served as a Combat Medical Technician in the RAMC. Thanks again Craig Mike On 11/2/04 3:16 pm, "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Mike > > I'm one of those industrial sector Occupational Health Nurses. We make life > size Tonka toys > In the past there have been nurses who have removed foreign bodies from the > eye etc but here that is very much ancient history. We have a treatment side > to our service and it is very much based round basic first aid. > > If your company is looking to develop courses you should be looking at what > occupational health is rather than using the stereotype "plant nurse" that > gives out plasters etc. I do get the impression that you only have a vague > idea about what OH and OH practitioners do in reality. OH is very much about > maintaining health of the workforce, preventing ill health, very much in > keeping with the governments drive for improved public health. > > The areas that Sally touched upon are valuable to OH and I'm sure all OH > professionals would find something in her list appropriate to heir work. I > marketing this gives you a much bigger potential client base. If your > companies portfolio is going to be very much concentrated on emergency/ > injury treatment then you should consider first aid at work with specialist > roles like O2 therapy, poisons and for those who are very lucky, > defibrillator training. That the areas you > > As health care professionals we do know the importance of keeping knowledge > up to date, hence the reason we are on this list, and many OHN's are trained > first aiders. I for one would have no intention of taking on a role that can > be accessed via an A&E department where the person carrying out the role is > better suited, better qualified and has better back up. > > Regards > > Craig Graham RGN, B.Sc., SpOHN > Occupational Health Advisor > > Tel: 01698 503111 > Mob: 07734 604596 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Roberts [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 8:46 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Clinical Training (CPD) > > Our company is developing courses to complement our existing portfolio of > training aimed at A&E, Occ Health and MIU nurses. Currently we offer Minor > Illness and Minor Injuries courses and plan to develop a short course on > 'Treatment Room' skills such as wound closure; ophthalmic emergencies (incl. > removal of FB, red eye); Ear Irrigation etc. > > I am keen to hear from Occupational Health professionals regarding this. > > Regards > > > Mike Roberts > Director > M&K Update Ltd > The Old Bakery > St. John's Street > Keswick > Cumbria, CA12 5AS > > t: 01768 773030 > f: 01768 781099 > www.mkupdate.co.uk > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Please remove this footer before replying. > Visit http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html for list archives > > > ********************************************************************** > The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author > and do not necessarily reflect those of the company. The company does not take > any responsibility for the views of the author. > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify > the system manager. > > This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept > for the presence of computer viruses. > > ********************************************************************** > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Please remove this footer before replying. > Visit http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html for list archives > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remove this footer before replying. Visit http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html for list archives