Team:Safety/FirstAid

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Background

The first aid team is responsible for ensuring that all attendees and volunteers are able to access timely, appropriate care in the event of a medical emergency.

The team will consist mainly of volunteers with existing first aid certification who are happy to work as first aiders for a few shifts, hopefully supported by a small number of healthcare professionals who can be called upon if their expertise are required.

Objectives

  1. Provide a 24 hour first aid service, responding appropriately to incidents anywhere on the site within an agreed time.
  2. Provide a control and dispatch (CAD) function, monitoring the team's capacity, and liaising with other teams and external services as required.
  3. Source and make available first aid supplies for team use, and to make available at other strategic points around the site.
  4. Adequate clinical record-keeping to ensure that all legal requirements are met, without storing any more information than is essential.
  5. Ensure that any interested volunteers from any team can access basic training (maybe around 1hr worth) in how to deal with medical emergencies while waiting for help.

Current Priorities

- Establish exact requirements for the event (particularly relating to the permit). - Plan volunteer recruitment (it's possible this will involve an element of vetting, so will need starting some time in advance). - Very broadly start planning first aid point locations and deployment types, so that we are in a position to start thinking about shifts in the near future.