All businesses need to consider how they keep their employees and the visitors to their premises safe. Having staff that are trained in first aid is a great way to achieve this and it is also a legal requirement for businesses over a certain size. It is important that you have your staff trained with a professional First Aid at Work Gloucester company such as tidaltrainingdirect.co.uk/training-courses/first-aid-at-work/first-aid-at-work-gloucester/ to ensure that they receive the appropriate information.
First aid at work courses help to give those individuals who have agreed to take on this responsibility as a part of their job role, the knowledge and skills that they need to be able to help someone in the event of an accident or injury that occurs at work. They are also trained to deal with a number of medical emergencies such as seizures and heart attacks.
It is important to note that first raiders are not allowed to give medications as a part of their role, unless they find themselves in a situation where they believe an individual is suffering from a suspected heart attack. In these instances they may administer aspirin. This is usually following the advice of an emergency dispatch professional, when requesting for support from an ambulance. Other situations where a first aid trained member of staff may have to administer medication is in the case of a severe allergic reaction that may require the use of an epipen.