RESUSCITATION GUIDELINES 15TH OCT 2015

 

Extract taken from Resuscitation Council (UK)

The Resuscitation Council (UK) published new resuscitation guidelines online on 15 October 2015 following the review of resuscitation science by the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR). 

Changes in the guidelines are based on the available science and aimed at simplifying clinical practice, enhancing education, and improving outcomes. The process used by the Resuscitation Council (UK) to develop and update its guidelines has NICE accreditation.

 

The publication of new and revised treatment recommendations does not necessarily imply that current care is either unsafe or ineffective. We believe it is in everyone’s best interests that the current training you provide continues right up until such time as your organisation has updated its content and has made plans for local implementation. 

 

The Resuscitation Council (UK) new course material will be introduced in the following stages during 2016:

  

• Advanced Life Support (and e-ALS) - January 2016 

• Immediate Life Support -  January 2016 

• Focused Echocardiography in Emergency Life Support - April 2016 

• Newborn Life Support - April 2016 

• Advanced Resuscitation of the Newborn Infant - April 2016 

• European Paediatric Life Support - April 2016 

• Paediatric Immediate Life Support - April 2016 

• Generic Instructor Course - April 2016 

• Immediate Life Support Instructor Course - April 2016 

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We recommend that all organisations aim to have implemented the guidelines by January 2017.

 

 

HSE CHANGES IN FIRST AID

 

The regulation changes 
From 1st October 2013 the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) no longer requires to formally approve first aid training which now gives employers more choice when selecting their first aid training provider. 

What do my customers need to know?

The new law came into effect on 1st October 2013.

 

This now means there is more of a responsibility placed on the employer as they still have a legal duty to make arrangements to ensure their employees receive immediate attention if they are injured or taken ill at work. “The Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 require employers to provide suitable first-aid equipment, facilities and personnel so that immediate assistance can be given to employees if they are injured or become ill at work.

Extracts taken from First Aid at Work - The Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 -  L74 (Third Edition) Published 2013

Regulation 3(2) states an employer shall provide, or ensure that there is provided, such number of suitable persons as is adequate and appropriate in circumstances for rendering first aid to his employees if they become ill at work: and for this purpose a person shall not be suitable unless they have undergone appropriate training and has such qualifications as may be appropriate in the circumstances of that case.

Regulation 3(52) Where the first aid assessment identifies a need for people to be available for rendering first aid, the employer should ensure that they are provided in sufficient numbers and at appropriate locations to enable first aid to be administered without delay should the occassion arise. Where 25 or more people are employed, even in low-hazard environements, at least one such person should be provided.

What are your first aid needs? 

All employers should undertake an assessment of their first aid needs. The findings of the first-aid needs assessment can help employers decide whether their first-aiders should be trained in FAW or EFAW. As a guide, the table in First aid at work: your questions answered suggests what first-aid personnel to provide under different circumstances. Employers can also use the new First aid at work assessment tool which is designed to help employers determine the number and type of first-aid personnel to provide in their workplace.For advice on completing a needs assessment for your workplace is available from the HSE. 

What i can offer my customers .

 

 My training standards are well established with the most up to date clinical practice. I understand your concerns with regards to the legislation changes and want to reassure and give you peace of mind that i will continue to provide the right training to HSE standards before the legislation changes and after to meet your legal obligations under the new the Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) regulations October 2013.

All First Action Plus courses are to the highest standard and are QCF Accredited and Certified.

To view the major advantages of QCF and the value to you or delegates as against HSE please click here

 

• These qualifications are awarded by organisations which have been approved by an independent regulator “Ofqual”.

• This demonstrates a certain standard and level of knowledge and competence in your chosen subject (First Aid Training).

• Achieving a regulated qualification is exactly that, an achievement you and others can be proud of.

• QCF is a regulated qualification which sits on the Ofqual register under sector area(SSA).