SHE Code 36: Management and Provision of First Aid

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SHE Code 36 Management and Provision of First
Aid

• Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) Group

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This code should be read by

• First Aiders
• Members of HR and Occupational Health teams
  involved with First Aid management and
• Managers of staff and Contractor Contract
  Supervising Officers

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• Safety, Health and
• Environment (SHE) Group

SHE Code 36 Management and Provision of First
Aid
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Why a First Aid code?
The STFC has a duty to ensure staff receive
immediate First Aid if they are injured or taken
ill at work irrespective of cause. First Aid can
save lives, for example in the event of heart
attack, and can prevent minor injuries becoming
more serious. This code addresses the
requirements of the Health and Safety (First Aid)
Regulations 1981.
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Key features

• Establishes requirement for First Aid cover at
  all STFC sites and where STFC staff work non STFC
  sites
• Encompasses the provision of First Aid by
  contractors working at, and tenants on, STFC
  sites
• Ensures provision of sufficient numbers of
  qualified First Aiders across sites to provide
  first aid cover
• Outlines the provision of HSE Approved First Aid
  at Work training, and Defibrillator and oxygen
  training for First Aiders
• Guidance provided on first aid hardware needs
  for first aid bags/boxes and treatment rooms
  and the transport of injured parties to
  hospital and
• Addresses the recording and reporting First Aid
  treatment provided.

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Interested in First Aid?

• Contact local Occupational Health or HR teams -
  RAL 6666 DL 3234 SO 2061 ATC 8325 - who can
  advise of places and if successful training.
• Further questions should be directed to SHE Group
• Graeme Finlan, DL, 3147, RAL, 6249
• Mark Roberts, DL, 3283
• Matt Dickson, RAL, 5329
• Rose Russell, SO, 2061
• Linda Fisher, ATC, 413
• Or your Departmental Safety Contact

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First Aid a reminder
Minor injuries Contact your local First Aider(s)
if you dont who your local First Aider is -
find out - try using the STFC SHE Directory
(Occupational Health teams, where they exist,
should be a last resort) More serious injuries
or incapacitationa)  At RAL and SO call 2222,
DL call 3333 and UKATC call 222 from the nearest
telephone and ask for First Aid Assistanceb) 
Give exact location (building room)c)  Cope
with the immediate emergency making the casualty
safe andd)  If an ambulance is called from the
incident scene inform Site Security.
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Are you a First Aider? (or interested in becoming
one?) Do you know who your local First Aider is
and/or how to contact them?
See Management and Provision of First Aid
See Whats new at www.she.stfc.ac.uk
STFC SHE Group Corporate Services Issued Sept 2009