CPR, AED and First Aid Training in the construction industry

June 22, 2008 - PRLog -- The CPR School, LLC recently conducted a CPR, AED and First Aid training class for Holzer Jesko Quality Exteriors, LLC in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.  Based out of Jupiter Florida, The CPR School travels to the client to perform onsite group CPR AED and First Aid training for various types of businesses.  

Keith Murray, the owner of The CPR School, LLC is also the lead instructor.  Keith indicates that they try to customize their classes to fit the industry.  For example, if they are teaching a class for roofers they will spend more time talking about injuries from cuts, burns, falls as well as heat related emergencies.  When we teach for a daycare or school we spend more time on pediatric emergencies such as chocking, poisoning and allergic reactions.

OSHA's standard for first aid training in general industry, 29 CFR 1910.151(b), provides:
In the absence of an infirmary, clinic, or hospital in near proximity to the workplace which is used for the treatment of all injured employees, a person or persons shall be adequately trained to render first aid. Adequate first aid supplies shall be readily available.

In the construction industry, 29 CFR 1926.50(c) provides:
In the absence of an infirmary clinic, hospital, or physician, that is reasonably accessible in terms of time and distance to the worksite, which is available for the treatment of injured employees, a person who has a valid certificate in first-aid training from the U.S. Bureau of Mines, the American Red Cross, or equivalent training that can be verified by documentary evidence, shall be available at the worksite to render first aid.

The primary requirement addressed by these standards is that an employer must ensure prompt first aid treatment for injured employees, either by providing for the availability of a trained first aid provider at the worksite, or by ensuring that emergency treatment services are within reasonable proximity of the worksite. The basic purpose of these standards is to assure that adequate first aid is available in the critical minutes between the occurrence of an injury and the availability of physician or hospital care for the injured employee.

Please note - OSHA standards do not indicate the exact number of minutes, OSHA has long interpreted the term "near proximity" to mean that emergency care must be available within no more than 3-4 minutes from the workplace.  Think about this time limit for a moment.  It takes the average person 3-4 minutes to walk to their car and pull out of their driveway each morning.  It is highly unlikely that you will be able to get someone to the hospital this fast.  

The first aid training standards at 29 CFR 1910.151 and 1926.50(c) generally apply throughout the industries that they cover. Other standards which apply to certain specific hazards or industries make employee first aid training mandatory, and reliance on outside emergency responders is not an allowable alternative. For example, see 29 CFR 1910. 266(i)(7) (mandatory first aid training for logging employees), and 29 CFR 1910.269(b) (requiring persons trained in first aid at work locations in the electric power industry).

To learn more about scheduling a CPR AED and First Aid Training Class at your business please visit http://www.TheCPRSchool.com or call The CPR School at 561-762-0500.

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