SHP 3433 SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK DISCUSSION CASE 1 – EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT “Forget it! We are not going to train our employees in first aid. Emergencies notwithstanding‚ I don’t want a bunch of amateur doctors running around the company doing more harm than good.” Mary‚ safety director for Gulf Coast manufacturing‚ was getting nowhere trying to convince her boss that the company should have employees trained in first aid in the event of an emergency. “But John‚ we have had three hurricanes
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Task A 1. A description of four different exemples of accidents and/or sudden illness that might occur: severe bleeding‚ cardiac arrest‚choking and difficulty of breathing‚ fractures andd suspected fractures 2. An outline of the procedure to follow if an accident or sudden illness should occur. Severe bleeding:you will need to apply pressure‚ if possible‚ use a sterile dressing. You will need to apply direct pressure over the wound for 10 minutes. If there is any object in the wound‚
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OHS101S/101/0/2012 Tutorial letter 101/0/2012 Occupational Health and Safety Law (OHS101S) Year module Department of Mercantile Law This tutorial letter contains important information about your module. Bar code CONTENTS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Introduction and welcome .............................................................................................. 3 Purpose and outcomes of the module ........................................................................... 4 Lecturer and
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Most employees lack a culture of caring. Where health and safety regulations are concerned‚ most of them think of the repercussions of these laws rather than looking at it from a different perspective. This has affected many people in the organisation mentally and emotionally and a negative culture can undermine the viability of the best projects‚ strategies and services proposed to improve the workforce. They are affected mentally because they spend most of their time worrying how much they are
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UNIT 1 PRINCIPLES OF DEVELOPING RELATIONSHIPS WITH CHILDREN‚ YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS 1.1.1 EXPLAIN WHY EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IS IMPORTANT IN DEVELOPING RELATIONSHIPS WITH CHILDREN‚ YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS Communicating effectively with children‚ young people and adults is very important to enable strong and positive relationships between these groups. Communicating positively with adults‚ this includes teachers and parents‚ is an important part in helping build a strong and trusting
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Sharps- In a hospital health and social care setting needles are frequently being used in lots of different places and lots of them are actually used. It’s important to have a place where these used needles can be stored which is why now after a needle has been used it’s put into a ‘sharps box’. If all the sharps are kept in the box then it reduced the possible harm to service providers and users such as if a person was to come into contact with a used needle they could hurt themselves because it
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Unit 334 Support children and young people’s health & safety. Outcome 1: Understand how to plan and provide environments and services that support children and young people’s health & safety. 1.1 Factors to take into account when planning healthy and safe indoor & outdoor environments & services. • Who needs to access environments & services? I.e. Only staff‚ parents‚ children taking into account age range‚ disabilities. • The schools health & safety policy and who is responsible for
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The reason I chose to do my project on a game that can hit all three areas safety‚ health‚ and nutrition‚ is because all three areas are important to children and their families. As a parent I can easily justify the role a teacher has on the lives of our children. It is usually a parent does not know anything and the teacher is always right. In the eye’s of a child. Many times well most of the time what you teach a child it usually stays with them‚ and if it is presented in a
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part in play however in a well controlled environment the child could be encouraged to explore and try out new skills under adult supervision. In my nursery we allow children free flowing take over‚ respecting their choices and decisions ‚allowing them to pick any activity and toy they want to play with yet keeping an eye on them that they take turns‚ share and do not do anything that could harm themselves and other children. It applies to our out door activities as well we ensure they are appropriately
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1.1 Describe the factors to take into account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments and services. When planning activities there are many factors we have to take into account to ensure that the objectives of those activities are healthy and safe to achieve. In my setting‚ we carry out a risk assessment by checking and ensuring that the environment where the activity will be carried out is clean and tidy‚ there is good room temperature and ventilation‚ there is enough space
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