NOVENEX Toolbox Talk - First Aid - The First Five Minutes
Fire & Emergency · ±7 minutes · novenex.tech/toolbox-talks
Professional help is minutes to hours away; the person next to the casualty is the real first responder. You don't need a certificate to keep someone alive - you need a handful of actions done fast and in order.
First moves
- •Make the scene safe FIRST - isolate the machine, kill the power; a second casualty doubles the disaster.
- •Shout for the first aider and send a named person to call it in: location, what happened, how many injured.
- •Severe bleeding: direct pressure with anything clean, keep pressing, elevate.
- •Burns: cool with running water for 20 minutes; no ice, no ointments; burnshield if in the kit.
What NOT to do
- •Do not move a fall or crush casualty unless danger forces it - spines are unforgiving.
- •Nothing to eat or drink for a serious casualty.
- •Chemical splashes: eyewash/shower for 15+ minutes - bring the SDS to the medics.
Discussion - ask the crew
- Who are the first aiders on THIS shift and where is the kit?
- What exactly do you say when you call the emergency number - practise it.
- Is our eyewash station charged and in date?
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Requisition the first aid kit and related equipment from the Supply Register.