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Friday, June 06, 2008

Life Saving Training Pays Off On The Job

1910.151(b) states, "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 should be readily available."

Is meeting the above adequate? An article in today's Augusta (Georgia) Chronicle reveals that it may not. Curtis South, an executive with Thermal Ceramics Inc., had a serious heart attack at work. The type of heart attack he had is called sudden cardiac death. Co-workers used CPR and an automated external defibrillator, or AED, to revive him. The article reports that: "If five minutes had passed without help, he would have died. 'It's uncommon to survive,' Mr. South said. 'I'm very lucky.'"

You can read the entire article at the Augusta Chronicle.

Labels: Emergency Planning, First Aid