Earlier this year the British Healthcare Trade Association (BHTA) announced the release of a new British Standard BS 8599-2. This new standard came into effect in February 2014. It directly relates to Motor Vehicle First Aid Kits. The new British Standard represents best practise. It is a comprehensive document that states what vehicles should…
First Aid Advice
In addition to the courses we offer, here you’ll find first aid advice and news from Safety First Aid Training to help you deal with a range of common accidents and conditions in everyday life, be that at work, home or play. However, in an emergency, always dial 999.
Displaying the new Health & Safety law poster If you employ someone, you will need to display the latest version of the Health & Safety Law Poster by 5th April 2014. Old Posters produced before 2009 will no longer be permitted and should be removed. The newer style replaces the old poster and contains…
The Law There is currently no legal obligation to ensure an automated external defibrillator (AED) is available in the workplace. Without common law making units mandatory, workplaces may feel reluctant to invest in an AED. However, there is good reason to consider a purchase if you have not already. Typically these units retail for around…
Customised health and safety training courses designed with you in mind Every company, workplace, organisation and event is different and so is our approach to first aid and health and safety training. Varying levels of risk will be present depending on where you work. The HSE state you should complete a workplace risk assessment and…
Gone are the days of HSE approved first aid training centres. The HSE no longer offer this approval process and have stepped away from having HSE-approved centres. As laid out in the revised guidance to the Health & Safety (First Aid) Regulations; in a bid to open up the marketplace and allow greater flexibility of…
Safety First Aid Training is committed to help meet the requirements of each individual onsite booking. This includes where there is a need for carrying out a course on non-consecutive days. Consecutive training days for an organisation may be difficult to organise, and taking individuals out of work on consecutive days may not be feasible,…
Vinnie Jones shows how hard and fast Hands-only CPR to Stayin’ Alive by the Bee Gees can help save the life of someone who has had a cardiac arrest. The Hollywood hardman is starring in a British Heart Foundation TV advert urging more people to carry out CPR in a medical emergency. Watch it below….
Manual handling & the law The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) statistics suggest that lifting heavy objects in the workplace accounts for over 30,000 reported workplace injuries. That is three in ten reported injuries. As most workplace manual handling injuries resulted in over three days of sick leave, lost time to business accounts for 1.2…
Driver CPC was launched as an EU Directive 2003/59 and runs in line with a vocational driving licence. The training is intended for drivers of vehicles over 3.5 tonnes and passenger carrying vehicles (PCV) that hold 9 or more passengers. The aim of CPC training is to improve the skills and competence throughout a driver’s…
Update on new first aid regulations Following our previous First Aid Regulation update article in March 2013, the HSE have been busy releasing further draft papers before officially submitting the revised Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations to parliament. A draft paper was released to stakeholders on 14th August 2013 with some minor amends to…