© University of Liverpool 2019
FIELDWORKSAFETY
Medical emergencies
St John Ambulance and emergency SMS
This St John Ambulance website has information about what to do in
medical emergencies.
St John Ambulance and other organisations offer First Aid training that
gives you a qualification which may be of advantage in future
employment. First Aiders are well thought of by employers.
It is worth registering your mobile phone with emergencySMS. This
allows you to send a text message to the emergency services even when
there is poor mobile phone reception.
You should visit these sites and familiarise yourself with what should be
done.
Emergency SMS site: www.ngts.org.uk/how-to-use-ngt/contact-999-using-ngt.html
St John Ambulance site: http://www.sja.org.uk/sja/first-aid-advice.aspx
First aid advice app: http://www.sja.org.uk/sja/first-aid-advice/free-mobile-first-aid-app.aspx
First Aid Kit
A First Aid kit is essential when working in the field and should be able to cope
with minor injuries, cuts, abrasions and insect bites. Ready-made kits are
available from a pharmacy, but check your kit contains:
•
instruction leaflet
•
10 sterile dressings
•
1 sterile eye patch
•
1 crepe bandage 8cm wide
•
1 standard lint dressing No.9
•
4 cleansing wipes in foil sachets
•
non-stick dressing
•
2 safety pins & 1 pair of blunt-ended scissors
•
1 sachet of sugar and salt
•
1 tube of antiseptic cream
•
sticky tape - paper type that is easier to tear
•
a triangular bandage
Hands-only CPR
The British Heart Foundation advice on artificial respiration - Call Push Rescue, Learn CPR - is available on YouTube.
This video shows you how to do CPR.
Remember:
Keep your first aid kit in a cool, dry place and check "use by" dates on items in the kit and replace items as appropriate.
First Aid materials should be carried in a clean, labelled, waterproof container.
Only qualified First Aiders should administer First Aid to others.
Remember:
Step 1. Shake and shout and check for a response.
Step 2. Check for normal breathing
Step 3. Call 999/112 for emergency medical help.
Step 4. Lock your fingers, knuckles up.
Step 5. Push down 5 to 6 cm in the middle of the chest.
Repeat about twice a second and keep going until the ambulance arrives.
Step 6. Give 30 chest compressions
Step 7. Give two rescue breaths
Step 8. Repeat until an ambulance arrives
Even if you haven't been trained in CPR with rescue
breathing, you can still use hands-only CPR.
© University of Liverpool 2019
FIELDWORKSAFETY
Medical emergencies
St John Ambulance and emergency SMS
This St John Ambulance website has
information about what to do in medical
emergencies.
St John Ambulance and other organisations
offer First Aid training that gives you a
qualification which may be of advantage in
future employment. First Aiders are well
thought of by employers.
It is worth registering your mobile phone with emergencySMS. This allows you to send a text
message to the emergency services even when there is poor mobile phone reception.
You should visit these sites and familiarise yourself with what should be done.
EmergencySMS site: www.ngts.org.uk/how-to-use-ngt/contact-999-using-ngt.html
St John Ambulance site: http://www.sja.org.uk/sja/first-aid-advice.aspx
First aid advice app: http://www.sja.org.uk/sja/first-aid-advice/free-mobile-first-aid-app.aspx
First Aid Kit
A First Aid kit is essential when working in the field and
should be able to cope with minor injuries, cuts,
abrasions and insect bites. Ready-made kits are available
from a pharmacy, but check your kit contains:
•
instruction leaflet
•
10 sterile dressings
•
1 sterile eye patch
•
1 crepe bandage 8cm wide
•
1 standard lint dressing No.9
•
4 cleansing wipes in foil sachets
•
non-stick dressing
•
2 safety pins & 1 pair of blunt-ended scissors
•
1 sachet of sugar and salt
•
1 tube of antiseptic cream
•
sticky tape - paper type that is easier to tear
•
a triangular bandage
Remember:
Keep your first aid kit in a cool, dry place
and check "use by" dates on items in the
kit and replace items as appropriate.
First Aid materials should be carried in a
clean, labelled, waterproof container.
Only qualified First Aiders should
administer First Aid to others.
Hands-only CPR
The British Heart Foundation advice on artificial respiration - Call Push Rescue, Learn CPR - is
available on YouTube. This video shows you how to do CPR.
Remember:
Step 1. Shake and shout and check for a response.
Step 2. Check for normal breathing
Step 3. Call 999/112 for emergency medical help.
Step 4. Lock your fingers, knuckles up.
Step 5. Push down 5 to 6 cm in the middle of the chest.
Repeat about twice a second and keep going until the ambulance arrives.
Step 6. Give 30 chest compressions.
Step 7. Give two rescue breaths
Step 8. Repeat until an ambulance arrives
