In first aid we take a TRANING COURSE but do you do ANY DRILLS at work to re-enforce that knowledge

When it comes to first aid we must remember it is a not now training course you are taking, it is a WHEN and WHERE training course and your actions and training could save a life in so long as you remember your skills. Reviewing emergency response procedures in a non-emergency situation is critical to ensure the plan works and everyone knows what their role and expectations are. Under times of stress, when every minute counts, forest workers should be confident in their Emergency Response Plans (ERPs). First aid drills can prove your first response team will be able to aid as needed in emergency situations.  Quiz your response team on first aid questions periodically to make sure the necessary knowledge is retained for emergency situations.  Five minutes could be all it takes to assure a customer or employee in need will receive the fastest and best first aid available. Are you prepared to save a life?

Some guidelines:

• Adapt the scenarios to make them as realistic as possible. Drills work best when held on the worksite, using the equipment and people who will be involved. Have them try to act as they would if it were a real situation.
• Try not to prepare your people too much. A real emergency could happen at any time so use the drill to see what areas you need to improve upon or provide additional training.
• During the drill test out the emergency numbers to ensure they are still correct for the work area. Let the operator know you are testing the system.

Remember that worksite drill can be a full scale demo or just a table stop exercise in safety to review things like the Supine Position

In first aid, The supine position  is a position of the body: lying with the face up, as opposed to the prone position, which is face down, sometimes with the hands behind the head or neck

Need help in remembering or a topic to pick to conduct drills, no problem

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You can make it a Q and A meeting or SHOW and REENFORCE your LIFE GIVING TRAINING, like

1. Identify when basic life support (BLS) is needed.
2. Identify the links in the cardiac chain of survival.
3. Identify when and how rescue breaths are given.
4. Identify how to correctly perform the head tilt–chin lift.
5. Identify the importance of using a barrier device for rescue breaths.
6. State when cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is needed.
7. Identify the correct hand position for chest compressions in an adult.
8. Identify the correct rate and depth of chest compressions.
9. Identify the correct ratio of chest compressions to breaths.
10. Identify situations in which CPR can stop.
11. Identify when and how Hands-Only CPR is given.
12. Identify how to give choking care to an unresponsive adult.
13. Identify when and how to use an automated external defibrillator (AED).
14. Demonstrate how to give CPR to an adult.
15. Demonstrate how to use an AED on an adult

Or  get staff to review simple easy recall training questions like these ones noted below or take a RECOGNIZED agency test like http://www.redcross.ca/cmslib/general/09_sfa_efa_knowledge_evaluation_ver_a.pdf:

1. 1) Your check of the scene suggests that a victim has suffered an electrical shock. The first thing to do is…
2. a) Cover all burns with a dry loose dressing.
3. b) Ask a bystander to help you move the victim.
4. c) Place the victim on one side with the head down.
5. d) Make sure the power is turned off.
6. 2) A victim of a car accident has just vomited and now appears to be coughing up blood. He is breathing very quickly and his pulse is weak and fast. What is most likely wrong?
7. a) He is having a seizure.
8. b) He has internal bleeding.
9. c) He is having a heart attack.
10. d) He is having a diabetic emergency.
11. 3) You are caring for a victim with a burned hand. Put the hand in cool water if…
12. a) The burns are very deep
13. b) There are burns with open blisters.
14. c) The burns are minor with no open blisters.
15. d) You should put the hand in cool water for all of the above.
16. 4) In general a splint should be…
17. a) Loose, so that the victim can still move the injured limb.
18. b) Snug, but not so tight that it slows circulation.
19. c) Tied with cravats over the injured area.
20. d) None of the above.
21. 5) A victim has lost a lot of blood through a deep cut in his leg. He is breathing fast and seems pail and restless. He is probably…
22. a) Having a stroke.
23. b) Having a heart attack.
24. c) In shock.
25. d) Choking.
26. 6) You suspect that a person has been poisoned. She is conscious. Your first call should be to…
27. a) The Poison Control Center or your local emergency phone number.
28. b) The victim’s physician.
29. c) The hospital emergency department.
30. d) The local pharmacy.
31. 7) Which would you do when caring for a seizure victim?
32. a) Remove nearby objects that might cause injury.
33. b) Place a small object, such as a rolled up piece of cloth, between the Victim’s teeth.
34. c) Try to hold the person still.
35. d) All of the above.
36. 8) Splint an injury to a muscle, bone, or joint only when...
37. a) You have to move or transport the victim.
38. b) You can do so without hurting the victim.
39. c) You have splinting materials available.
40. d) Both a and b
41. 9) For which of the following burn victims should you immediately call your local emergency phone number?
42. a) A 40 year old man who has burned his hand with hot coffee.
43. b) A 68-year-old woman who has a blistered grease burn on her hands and arms.
44. c) A 26-year-old woman who has a sunburn on her shoulders.
45. d) All of the above.
46. 10) A 15-year-old boy has just splashed a chemical on his face. After sending someone to call for an ambulance, you would…
47. a) Cover the burned area.
48. b) Have the victim stay calm until ambulance arrives.
49. c) Flush the burned area with large amounts of water until the ambulance arrives.
50. d) Immediately drive the victim to the hospital.
51. 11) Why should you cover burns with a clean or sterile dressing?
52. a) To prevent infection.
53. b) To cool burned area.
54. c) To keep the burned area warm.
55. d) Both a and c
56. 12) You find a person at the bottom of the stairs. He appears to have fallen and seems badly hurt. After sending someone for help, you would….
57. a) Roll the victim onto his stomach keeping the head and back in a straight line.
58. b) Roll the victim onto one side.
59. c) Position victim onto one side.
60. d) Attempt to keep the victim from moving.
61. 13) A victim has a large piece of glass sticking out of her leg. You should…
62. a) Leave the glass in her leg and control the bleeding.
63. b) Call your local emergency phone number.
64. c) Remove the glass and then control the bleeding.
65. d) Both a and b
66. 14) What should be your first concern at the scene where a person has been seriously burned?
67. a) Checking the scene for safety.
68. b) Checking the victims breathing and pulse.
69. c) Calling your local emergency phone number.
70. d) Cooling the burned area.
71. 15) A woman has fallen and burned her ankle. She says she heard something snap. She looks pale and is sweating. What should you do?
72. a) Have the victim walk on the injured ankle.
73. b) Care for the injury as if it were serious.
74. c) Apply heat and elevate the injury.
75. d) Apply a dressing and loosely bandage
76. 16) Which of the following should be done for a person experiencing a heat related illness.
77. a) Keep the victim warm.
78. b) Force the victim to drink fluids.
79. c) Apply cool wet cloths.
80. d) Place the victim in warm water.
81. 17) You feel a sudden sharp pain in the bottom of your left foot. You look at the bottom of your left shoe and see a tack sticking in your shoe. What type of wound do you probably have?
82. a) Avulsion
83. b) Bruise
84. c) Scrape
85. d) Puncture
86. 18) Which should be part of your care for a severely bleeding open wound?
87. a) Allow the wound to bleed in order to minimize infection.
88. b) Apply direct pressure and elevate the injured area. (If no broken bones)
89. c) Use a tourniquet to stop all blood flow.
90. d) Both b and c
91. 19) What should you do if you think a victim has serious internal bleeding?
92. a) Apply heat to the injured area.
93. b) Call your local emergency phone number for help.
94. c) Place the victim in a sitting position.
95. d) Give fluids to replace blood loss.
96. 20) Which of the following behaviors reduces your risk for injury?
97. a) Always wearing a safety belt when riding in automobiles.
98. b) Limiting intake of alcohol.
99. c) Limiting intake of foods high in cholesterol.
100. d) Both a and b
101. 21) Which is the first step when caring for bleeding wounds.
102. a) Apply direct pressure with a clean or sterile dressing.
103. b) Apply pressure at the pressure point.
104. c) Add bulky dressings to reinforce blood soaked bandages.
105. d) Elevate the wound.
106. 22) How can you reduce the risk of disease transmission when caring for open, bleeding wounds?
107. a) Wash your hands immediately after giving care.
108. b) Avoid direct contact with blood.
109. c) Use protective barriers such as gloves or plastic wrap.
110. d) All of the above.
111. 23) You have tried to control a victim's bleeding with direct pressure and elevation, but the bleeding doesn’t stop. Where would you apply pressure to slow the flow of blood to a wound on the forearm?
112. a) Outside the arm midway between the shoulder and the elbow.
113. b) On the inside of the elbow.
114. c) Inside the arm between the shoulder and the elbow.
115. d) Any of the above will slow the flow of blood.
116. 24) Dressing and bandages are used to…
117. a) Reduce the victim's pain.
118. b) Reduce internal bleeding.
119. c) Help control bleeding and prevent infection.
120. d) Make it easier to take the victim to the hospital.
121. 25) Most injuries are due to situations that….
122. a) You have no control over or could not have been prevented.
123. b) You have some control over or could have been prevented.
124. c) Involve five or more people.
125. d) Involve water sports.
126. 26) Where is the carotid artery located?
127. a) Inside the wrist just above the hand.
128. b) On the neck to the right or left of the windpipe.
129. c) Behind the kneecap.
130. d) Inside the arm between the elbow and shoulder.
131. 27) On an infant, where would you check the pulse?
132. a) Inside the wrist just above the hand.
133. b) On the neck to the right or left side of the windpipe.
134. c) Behind the kneecap.
135. d) Inside the arm between the elbow and shoulder.
136. 28) For an infant who is choking, you would perform….
137. a) The Hiemlick maneuver.
138. b) CPR
139. c) Back blows and chest thrusts.
140. d) Hold the infant upside down and strike between the shoulder blades.
141. 29) Breathing emergencies may be caused from….
142. a) Asthma or Allergic reaction
143. b) Hyperventilation
144. c) Injury to a muscle or bone in the chest
145. d) All of the above
146. 30) A person, who is unconscious, not breathing, has a weak pulse, needs….
147. a) CPR
148. b) Hiemlick maneuver.
149. c) Rescue breathing.
150. d) Back blows and chest thrusts.

After your drills

Evaluation:

• The monitors discuss and critique how the drill went
• Monitors ask the participant to critique themselves
• Then we review the steps of the drill from start to finish
• Discus positives and negatives
• Practice skills on a mannequin if needed
• Offer suggestions for improvement