This presentation outlines first aid procedures that should be developed and ahered to in the even of an emergency

1. First Aid Procedures
Shereen Davy-Stubbs

2. Emergency First Aid procedures
Emergency first aid procedures may include the following:
• Notifying internal first aid officers of emergencies
• Contacting external emergency services for assistance
• Administering basic first aid for minor cuts, bruises, abrasions, burns
and scalds.
• Administering basic first aid in accordance with relevant chemical
information sheets where chemicals have been spilled on skin, been
ingested, or have entered into the eyes.

3. Material Safety Data Sheets
• All chemical companies must produce these and make them available
to customers to post on walls in the areas where their chemical are
being used.
• This is to educate the workers and make first aid easier to implement
if accidents do occur in the workplace

4. Internal First Aid Staff
• All staff working in a kitchen environment should undertake basic first
aid training.
• The kitchen is considered a dangerous workplace and when accidents
happen it is important that people have some idea what to do when
disaster strikes.

5. Correct use and storage of stored chemicals
• It is important not to mix chemicals in the workplace. Chemical
should be stored in the containers in which they are purchased.
• If they are placed into smaller containers for ease of usage then those
containers need to be marked accordingly.

6. Applying appropriate first aid measures in
emergency situations
• When medical emergencies are required the appropriate first aid
measures must be taken.
• Every organisation should have detailed procedures that must be
followed when accidents take place.
• These procedures may be designed by the organisation itself or
provided by suppliers of equipment and cleaning agents.

7. Example of a procedure detailed for use
when chemicals come into contact with a
person

8. First Aid measure
Eye If in eyes, hold eyelids apart and flush the eye continuously with running water.
Continue flushing for at least 15 minutes or until advised by appropriate medical person.
Skin If skin or hair contact occurs, remove contaminated clothing and flush skin and hair with running water. Continue flushing with water until advised by
appropriate medical person.
Inhalation If inhaled, remove from contaminated area. To protect rescuer, use an Air-line respirator where an inhalation risk exists. Apply artificial respiration if not
breathing.
Ingestion For advice, contact appropriate medical person or a doctor at once. If swallowed, do not induce vomiting.
Advice to Doctor CORROSIVE POISONING TREATMENT: Immediate treatment preferably in a hospital is mandatory. In treating corrosive poisoning,
DO NOT INDUCE VOMITING; DO NOT ATTEMPT GASTRIC LAVAGE; and DO NOT ATTEMPT TO NEUTRALISE THE CORROSIVE SUBSTANCE.
Vomiting will increase the severity of damage to the oesophagus as the corrosive substance will again come in contact with it.
Attempting gastric lavage may result in perforating either the oesophagus or stomach.
Immediately dilute the corrosive substance by having the patient drink milk or water. If the trachea has been damaged tracheotomy may be required.
For oesophageal burns begin broad-spectrum antibiotics and corticosteroid therapy. Intravenous fluids will be required if oesophageal or gastric damage
prevents ingestion of liquids.
Long-range therapy will be directed toward preventing or treating oesophageal scars and strictures. Treat as for strongly alkaline material.