First-aid
The University is required by the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 to provide adequate and appropriate equipment and facilities for rendering first-aid to employees if they are injured or become ill at work.
Central Sevices staff form the basis of this provision as many are trained in first-aid, they are easily recognisable and are on campus at all times. However, a wide range of activities are undertaken by the University and the nature and extent of the risks that arise from these must be considered when determining the overall level of first-aid provision that is required. As a first step, Heads of Schools should consider the hazards which are associated with activities that are within their opperational control. Following this, an assessment of the risk which relates to each hazard should allow decisions to be taken about the nature and extent of first-aid provision that is necessary. Work involving higher risk activities (such as diving, fieldwork, workshop activities etc.) will require a greater level of first-aid provision than that in which there are very few hazards (e.g. where the work is largely office based).
The following guidance and resources provide futher information and support to allow tailoring of first-aid provision to meet the needs of schools.
It is also now possible to download apps for use on mobile devices. For some of these see:
The St John Ambulance First-aid Advice web page
or
The Red Cross apps web page, where you also find an app that is specific to babies and children