| In today's society, it is vital for | | | | employees are trained in general first |
| business owners to provide their | | | | aid and CPR, treatment can be |
| employees with first aid training for a | | | | administered in those crucial first few |
| variety of reasons. Regardless of | | | | minutes before medical help arrives. |
| industry, implementing a first aid | | | | This can have a huge impact on the |
| training program for employees ensures | | | | overall outcome or survival of the |
| that they are ready to respond to any | | | | victim. |
| medical crisis when needed. This is | | | | Customer Safety |
| important for the safety of customers as | | | | People get hurt or suffer cardiac arrest |
| well as the employees themselves. | | | | in the most inopportune places. If |
| When a person suffers a medical crisis | | | | injury happens at a place of business, |
| such as a heart attack, it is often the | | | | they expect employees to be trained to |
| first aid or CPR administered at the | | | | help them. Businesses typically want to |
| scene that ultimately saves their life. | | | | do everything in their power to ensure |
| The American Heart Association reports | | | | customers have a good experience. |
| that effective CPR, started immediately | | | | Providing them with a safe environment |
| after cardiac arrest, can double a | | | | is the ultimate way to show you care! |
| victim's chance of survival. | | | | On a secondary note, the publicity a |
| Here are four important reasons why a | | | | business receives as a result of a |
| business can benefit from first aid | | | | medical emergency handled properly is |
| training its staff members: | | | | excellent marketing. The general public |
| It's The Law | | | | knows that a business that takes the |
| Based on the industry in which a | | | | time and money to properly train their |
| business operates, first aid training | | | | employees in first aid and CPR |
| may be required by law. The Occupational | | | | techniques really cares about people. |
| Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) | | | | The public will want to reward that |
| oversees the first aid and CPR training | | | | company by doing business with them! It |
| requirements for the workplace. OSHA | | | | is a win-win situation. The victim |
| requirements typically concern | | | | suffers less with proper first aid care |
| industries that put their employees in | | | | and the business wins accolades in the |
| harms way such as electrical power, | | | | media. |
| health care, and construction. However, | | | | Insurance Premiums |
| even general industry businesses such as | | | | Every insurance company is different, |
| manufacturing, wholesale and retail have | | | | but many offer premium discounts for |
| OSHA first aid training requirements to | | | | businesses that have offered first aid |
| follow. | | | | and CPR training to their staff. |
| Knowing where a business falls within | | | | Liability insurance is sometimes one of |
| the OSHA requirements is a first step in | | | | the largest expenses a business faces. |
| determining the type of first aid and | | | | The ability to lower this cost while |
| CPR training to give employees. Even | | | | providing a community service to |
| businesses that are not required to | | | | employees and customers is a huge |
| administer training through OSHA can | | | | advantage. |
| benefit from having employees on staff | | | | There are many reasons to provide first |
| that can provide a broad range of first | | | | aid training to employees, but one of |
| aid at any given moment. | | | | the most important is simply the fact |
| Employee Safety | | | | that they can be good stewards in the |
| Thousands of employees are hurt on the | | | | community and use their training to help |
| job every year in this country. This | | | | others no matter where they are. If more |
| results in loss of work and less | | | | citizens were knowledgeable about proper |
| productivity. Some industries such as | | | | first aid and CPR training, thousands of |
| construction and manufacturing have | | | | lives could be saved each year. The |
| higher instances of injury than other | | | | American Heart Association reports that |
| less dangerous businesses. Still, first | | | | 75 to 80 percent of all out-of-hospital |
| aid training for all employees ensures | | | | cardiac arrests happen at home. A person |
| that if anyone is injured on the job | | | | who received on-the-job first aid |
| immediate action can be taken. | | | | training could very well wind up saving |
| It typically takes several minutes for | | | | the life of a loved one! |
| paramedics to respond to a call. If | | | | |