This document provides guidance on developing an emergency preparedness plan for organizations. It stresses the importance of planning and being prepared, as statistics show that most companies will face a crisis within 5-8 years. The plan should outline emergency procedures, evacuation plans, communication methods, and training for employees. It also provides a checklist of important considerations like responsible personnel, first aid, emergency contacts, fire equipment, and addressing risks from weather events or neighboring businesses. Developing a comprehensive emergency plan can help organizations avoid suffering from disasters and crises.
Types of Emergencies - An emergency is a serious unexpected and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action. Be prepared for your Health and safety emergencies.
The roles within Health and Safety are very specific and require a dedicated team to ensure that all the duties are covered to ensure the workplace is safe.
Types of Emergencies - An emergency is a serious unexpected and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action. Be prepared for your Health and safety emergencies.
The roles within Health and Safety are very specific and require a dedicated team to ensure that all the duties are covered to ensure the workplace is safe.
Emergency preparedness is planning and actions undertaken in advance of a possible or probable natural or man-made emergency. To be prepared for the worse is the key to ensuring the safety of yourself and colleagues.
Emergency preparedness is planning and actions undertaken in advance of a possible or probable natural or man-made emergency. To be prepared for the worse is the key to ensuring the safety of yourself and colleagues.
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First Aid and CPR Training.
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Introduction
A training program is an organized description of activities and resources used to provide guidance and techniques to a group of people sharing a common interest.
First Aid and Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training is essential for employees general safety whenever they are faced with life threatening events.
The skills forms the basis of lifesaving techniques that required during emergences.
First Aid and CPR Training outline.
Topic to consider: How to handle accidents resulting from burns and cuts.
Aim of the training: To provide skills that will help to reduce accidents and risks resulting from burns and cuts in workplaces.
Training objectives.
Provide skills on how to handle individual with accidental burns and cuts.
Train employees on how to reduce accidents at workplace.
Train employees to assess and accident predisposing factors.
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Expected learning outcomes
By the end of the training session trainees must be able to:
Identify and apply OSHA standards.
Apply skills acquired to minimize accidents.
Utilize skills learned to assess and report accident related incidences.
Use the skills acquired to help individual with accidental cuts and burns.
Assessment, evaluation, and reflection
Using quizzes,
use of test questions,
Testing practical and field application of learned skills.
assessing the trainees based on their responses and reactions.
Use of fire drills to assess effectiveness of learning process.
Stepwise training process.
Preventing burns and cuts related accidents.
Roles of workers.
Avoid handling naked electrical cables or wires barely.
Use appropriate skills to keep of fire.
Roles of employer.
Establish accident and hazard preventive measures.
Provide frequent first aid and accident management trainings.
Cont.…
First aid CPR responses on;
Accidental cut injuries.
For minor injuries, clean and disinfect the cut area with antiseptics
for severe injuries, ensure bleeding is stopped applying pressure.
immediately contact emergency for further treatment
Cont.…..
First aid CPR responses on;
b. Accidental burns.
determine the severity of burns.
if not severe use cold water to cool the burnt
cover the region with clean dry material
for serious burns burns, elevate the part as you call for emergency for further treatment.
5. Challenges, Complaints, and issues.
Upon identifying accidental cuts or burns report immediately to your supervisor,
Supervisor will convey the issues to the safety and risk prevention department.
Upon communication management will handle the underlying safety threats.
6.Effective communication.
a. Employer to Worker.
Information must be effectively, timely and clearly communicated to all employees.
worker to the employer.
Identified risk and safety threats must be conveyed to the relevant authority immediately.
c. Trainer to the employees.
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2. FACT SHEET
WAYs TO AVOID A CRISIS
PREPARE-PLAN
MONITOR
REVIEW-ESTIMATE
MOST BUSINESS NEVER HAD A
CRISIS AND COMMUNICATION
PLAN TO AVOID SUFFERING OR
A DISASTER. WHY? # FACT
3. ONE TIME FROM 5 TO 8 YEARS ANY
COMPANY WILL FACE A CRISIS.
#FACT
DESPITE ONGOING TRAGEDIES
ORGANIZATIONS INSIST NOT TO
HAVE A CRISIS AND
COMMUNICATION PLAN IN A CASE
OF AN EMERGENCY. # FACTPUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY
4. PREPARATION: Organizations must ensure that an emergency
plan is prepared for the workplace, including workers who may
work in different or multiple work place.
What is an EP? Is a written set for instructions that outlines
what workers must do.
EP plan must provide at least:
EMERGENCY procedures
Action plans
Evacuation procedures
Notify workers and emergency service organizations
Medical treatment/assistance
Effective communication between organization-
authorities.
Testing and alerts of the procedures
Information about changes
Training information
Types:
FIRE
EXPLOSION
MEDICAL
RESCUE
VIOLENCE
BOMB THREATS
EARTHQUAKE
NATURAL
MAN MADE
EP is better to be based on practical assessment.
Hazards/risks associated with work activities.
5. Consideration:
Nature of the work
Nature of hazards/risks at the workplace
Size and Location of the workplace
Proximity to Health organizations
Number of the workers, visitors (persons with needs)
History about equipment, related/past cases.
Practical information:
Contact details for key persons/workers with specific
roles/responsibilities under the EP.
Nearest emergency services.
Alert /Mechanism for alerting workers.
Instructions/procedures/actions.
Workplace map/new possible area/map to go.
Transport
Post incident procedures (medical treatment/help/new
location, remove).
Access to the EP:
Accessible on a notice board in each department.
Workers must know what to do, their roles.
Training: Adequately trained in procedures.
Explosions, fire, evacuations, earthquake, manmade
Or natural disasters.
6. Training may include:
Evacuations to safe place and count.
Identifying assembly points.
Location of the equipment/fire points.
Shut down procedures.
Transportations.
Training:
Refresher training for existing workers/train for new workers
Specific training for new tools/equipment/visitors;/contractors.
Specific training for key persons.
Reviewing: EP mustbe implemented in an emergency. To be
effective anEP must be reviewedand revisedona regular basis.
Malfunction/issues fixedbefore any new beginning.
Here is the most important, listen toworkers for any possible
malfunctionor any issue about equipment/products/services
Wrong doings. Pay attentionon these type/cases.
Check list:
Responsiblepersons for specific actions.
Firstaid/mental and officials
Workers/actions/roles
Specific procedures
7. Contact details:
Officials, police, fire, hospitals, water board, power.
Poison/chemical information center.
Emergency contact details:
In an easily accessiblelocation in any department.
(New workers mustgivetheir contact details/lists must regularly
update).
Firstaid:
First aid assessment/medical
staff/facilities/transportations
Rescue team
Contact details
Fire equipment:
Appropriate fire equipment.
Properly maintained/regular checked/tested
Stored in a clear/covered area
Adequate number of trained workers/staff in use.
Do they know what type to use for different types of fire?
Evacuations:
Evacuations plans for emergencies, procedures.
Address types/risks which may arise at the workplace.
Cover everyone, allow quick/safe evacuation (for
workers/visitors/persons with special needs).
Alarms/siren, clear stairs/route/passage ways.
Exit signs (All above must regularly tested).
8. Weather conditions:
Is there a risk of extreme weather?
Bushfire, floods, storms. Control measures?
Weather warning: From 1-5.(1=normal/5=red code).
SAFE PLACE, SAFE EXIT ROUTES.
Communication equipment, workers trained in
evacuations or related procedures.
Coordination and collaboration with officials.
Workers which may travel in extreme
weather/communication ways to communicate.
Safety-Explosions/chemicals/hazardous materials:
Safety data sheets available for types of risks on site.
Materials labelled/stored in a safe manner /correct
instruction.
Personal protective equipment.
Training procedures.
Neighboring business:
Have neighboring business considered if an emergency occurs?
(If a business near store chemicals/explosions).
How they collaborate/who is responsible to coordinate the
place?
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