SJAM First Aid at Workplace case studies
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The First Aid at Workplace course is a workplace-focused first aid training programme delivered by St. John Ambulance of Malaysia (SJAM), a non-profit organisation that describes itself as the leading first aid training provider in Malaysia and states that it runs training courses for companies as well as free awareness courses for the public. The SJAM First Aid at Workplace case studies are 5 cases and about 4,275 words.
1Collapsed in the loading bay: the first 60 seconds
It is 06:40 and rain is blowing into the loading bay of a food distribution warehouse. You are the only trained first aider on shift.
813 words, about 4 min2Office gym: agonal gasps, a pacemaker and a single set of pads
At 09:15 in a small office gym, a 54-year-old manager collapses mid-stride on a treadmill and does not get up. You are one of two trained first aiders on site; eight other staff are in the room.
823 words, about 4 min3Angle grinder kickback: a spurting wound and a casualty on warfarin
14:20 in a fabrication workshop. A 58-year-old cutter has taken an angle grinder kickback across his left forearm.
877 words, about 4 min4Hot oil in the canteen: a burn and a fall, one first aider
12:30 in a busy staff canteen. A caterer pulls a pan of frying oil off the hob and it tips, pouring hot oil over her right forearm, wrist and the back of her hand.
868 words, about 4 min5Night shift asthma attack: no first aider, an out-of-date inhaler
02:10 at an injection moulding plant with 40 staff across three shifts. On paper there is one qualified first aider per shift - in reality the night-shift first aider is on annual leave and no cover was arranged.
894 words, about 4 min