Our recent SM post about staff training was quite popular and generated a lot of responses, agreeing about how important employee training is. It benefits the employee, the employer and all of the stakeholders.
Staff Training Highlighted Through Health & Safety Session
Coincidently, it was posted on the same day the training room was used for a Health and Safety refresher session on how to use the defibrillator.
I was one of the people being instructed by Production Supervisor, Jamie Ellwood, Solar Solve’s Health and Safety Officer. Jamie takes his H&S responsibilities very seriously and had well-prepared himself beforehand, with a printout, a video and making a cardboard cut-out so that we could get a better idea of where the pads have to be placed for optimum effect.
We have had our defibrillator for a few years and keep it well maintained. Fortunately we have never had a situation when we needed to use it. It’s a very clever machine and during the session we were reminded that it tells the user what to do and what not to. It gives precise instructions and will not give a ‘shock’ to the patient unless it is safe to do so. We watched an online video of an actual situation on a beach in Australia of a swimmer being pulled from the sea not breathing and revived with the aid of a defibrillator even though he had been clinically dead for quite a few minutes. They are magic.
I am a person who would, by choice, not be particularly willing or confident at performing first aid but obviously would if I had to. I do feel very confident that I would cope much better if there was a defibrillator available to help bring a patient’s heart back into action.
You can follow us by reading SolarSolve News and Events
John Lightfoot
