First Aid

There are specific requirements for a workplace first aid kit so you need to think about how many people you have working within the business and have enough kits to also cover your remote & isolated work.

• Have a well stocked kit at your main workplace/workshop
• Provide smaller portable kits that can be taken in machinery when in use
• Make your own first aid kits for vehicles
• Many people use the small St John’s Ambulance kits and leave them in each vehicle/machine

Even though these smaller kits may not be ‘technically’ compliant with the Law, who cares, they’re still relevant first aid supplies for people to use in need. What actually matters is safety, not compliance.

Some extra items to have in kits for rural/remote farms:

1. Extra triangular and compression bandages (heavy duty crepe)
2. Hydro gel & dressings for burns

I do supply recommendations for my members & clients, but otherwise the kit requirements can be found in the Code of Practice:

• First Aid in the Workplace – Code of Practice

Resources:

Handy Posters from St John’s Ambulance

• Burns
• DRABCD
• Eye Injury
• Fractures
• Handling an Emergency
• Head Injury
• Heart Attack Warning Signs
• Poisoning
• Recovery Position
• Red-back Spider Bite
• Severe Bleeding
• Snake Bite
• Spinal Injury S
• Sprains & Strains
• St John Resuscitation Chart