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Re: [OCC-HEALTH] Question
I agree with Anne's response.  I would also comment that I learned more about first aid from a 4-day HSE-recognised First Aid at Work course than I did in all my nurse training.  I have kept up this qualification ever since, even though I am not expected to do first aid as part of my duties.  I do, however, feel more competent to deal with emergencies outside of work if I ever come across them and I never tell a "stranger" casualty that I am a nurse, only that I am a first aider.

Jane Ingham
Occupational Health Advisor

HMP Lincoln               HMP Morton Hall
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From: Anne Harriss [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 05 October 2006 23:20
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Subject: Re: [OCC-HEALTH] Question

on 5/10/06 10:16 pm, theresa davidson at [log in to unmask] wrote:

As a registered nurse for 15yrs now working in an Occ. Health capacity (non NHS)
 
am I within my remit to administer first aid without a first aid certificate.  It has been
 
suggested to me by a n other that this is the case.  Surely not.  Is there some
 
literature to say either way?
 

 
Very Curious


Dear Theresa

It is in your remit to do what you are competent to undertake with, or without, a First Aid at Work Cert. See Clause 6 of the NMC Code. This is downloadable as a pdf file from the NMC website.

The NMC Cod also requires that a nurse should be able to give emergency care, either within or outside the workplace (Clause 8.5). If you do not feel competent to undertake emergency first aid I would  suggest a CPR refresher  as  bare minimum. I do not believe that OH services should automatically offer a treatment service, but I do consider that an OHN who manages the first aid provision within a workplace should be able to do what a first aider would be expected to do --- and more.

First aid is not rocket science - just common sense for someone with a nursing qualification.

I hope this is helpful.

Anne

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