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First Aid Equipment

First Aid provides initial medical attention to a person suffering an injury or illness. Things to be considered when working out a suitable first aid plan include:

• Type of work performed (e.g. tree harvesting, skidding or forwarding operation);
• Type of injury / illness likely to be sustained (e.g. cuts, fractures, amputations, stings and bites);
• Number or distribution of employees;
• Size and layout of work area (e.g. size of coupe);
• Location of work area (e.g. distance and time to nearest medical centre).

The first aid plan will require suitable kits and training of personnel to provide immediate first aid. Kits must be easy to get to on the worksite and kept in work vehicles or machines. A trained first aider must be available within the working area.

Level 2/Senior First Aid Accreditation is recommended as the minimum and where possible, all workers should have basic first aid knowledge in case the trained first aider is not immediately available.

For work crews undertaking typical forest operations an example of a first aid kit is shown below. Requirements may differ between logging operations so check this with your supervisor.

An individual needs assessment for the crew should be undertaken in accordance with work safe guidance.

More compact personal kits may be used for people working away from other members of a work crew. It is important that First Aid kits are maintained, and used contents recorded for regular replacement.

Find out who is responsible on your work site for this function.

 

Cuts, sprains and breaks	Eye module
6 x tubes saline solution 1 x adhesive dressing strips 50s 1 x adhesive strapping tape 75mm 3 x75mm gauze swabs 2 x Wound dressing No. 13 – 20cm x 30cm 2 x Wound dressing No. 15 – 10cm x 10cm 1x Dressing wound No. 14 8x Triangular bandage 110cm – cotton 2x Crepe bandage 10cm 1x Constrictive bandage 50mm x 1m	4 x eye pads 1x eye wash cup 1 x hypo-allergenic tape – 2.5mm x 9m
	Other items
	12 x Safety pins 1 x Scissors – blunt / sharp 6 x Splinter probes – disposable 5 x Disposable latex gloves 1 x resuscitation mask 1 x Thermal emergency blanket 1 x resealed bag – medium size Sting relief spray or ointment First aid instruction information note pad with pencil  Clearly labelled water resistant and dust proof container
Burns
3 x non-adhesive dressing – 10cm x 10cm

Chart (A) sample of contents of a first aid kit.