Hi
Sue,
If its any
help I used to work in the ports industry where they had automatic defibs on
site. Safety was responsible for teaching the First Aiders how to use them
and ensured that they had their yearly updates. The new generations of
automatic defib are, supposedly, pretty foolproof and are now insitu in several
shopping centres around the country. I agree it does need a procedure as
to who will use it and where it will be sited. I'm assuming that you don't
offer an 'emergency service' so maybe its an area where your first aiders need
to be more involved.
Incidentally,
how many incidents have you had over the past 5 years where you can prove that
having a defib on site would have been beneficial?
Regards,
Jeremy R F Smith
RGN BSc Hons (OHN) SCPHN
Occupational Health Manager - KCC
01622 605518 (VPN 7000) EXT 5518
Personnel &
Development
Making KCC a Great Place to Work
My company are asking
me whether we should have a defib on site and I was wondering what everyone
thinks about this equipment and procedure coming into the area of occ health.
- I am concerned about the cost of
buying this equipment and the overall cost of maintaining the
machine.
- Who should be responsible for
it.
- Who is accountable if it is
used.
- How often should the staff who
use it be retrained. I seem to have read somewhere that crash teams
need up dating every 3mths in a hospital setting.
- How effective is it as a
procedure.
- Given that this site uses
chemicals and tests equipment albeit in special chambers so that if they
explode staff are not injured!! and we are 25mins away from a emergency
response ambulance I should balance this against the first 5
points
And does
the RCN cover the use of such equipment outside of the NHS by an
OHA.
Any
thoughts advice etc would be helpful from the group. To think way back
in the era of matrons I was just given the defib and told to get on with it,
and did without a moments thought, and was the first nurse in my training
hospital to use the equipment!
Thanks
Sue
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