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Working At Heights- First Aid

Get height safety training to avoid any kind of accidents while working at heights

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Working At Heights- First Aid

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  1. Working At Heights- First Aid

  2. Working at heights is by definition a risky job. • All an accident takes is a slip, shaky footing, or a brief loss of balance. • Personal protective equipment helps reduce risk but does not completely eliminate it. • Every organisation with personnel working at heights should have a fall protection and rescue plan. • The specifics of this approach should be thoroughly explained to the staff. • Employees could still be in risk even in the best-equipped workplaces if they fall and their harness catches them. • It can easily become a highly dangerous situation if an accident occurs and the team does not act promptly to get the suspended coworker down.

  3. What occurs following a fall? • It's crucial to comprehend what occurs to the victim's body while they are hung in the air following a fall while the employee is restrained by a harness. • Blood flow will be compromised, and if the victim doesn't move, Harness Trauma Suspension, also known as Suspension Intolerance or Orthostatic shock, can set in within 3 to 20 minutes. • After a few minutes, the victim can faint and finally have their brains stop responding.

  4. Explaining Harness Trauma Suspension • It is essential that blood and oxygen are still supplied through veins and arteries throughout the body to the brain and other key organs. • Gravity and the harness's will both limit blood flow while someone is suspended in the air. • This will cause blood to pool in the legs and drop blood pressure, which will restrict the flow of blood and oxygen to the brain. • Since the heart is still pumping blood, additional blood will eventually accumulate in the victim's legs. • Finally, the brain will make the victim weak. • As a final resort. A person would often fall to the ground after fainting and be in a horizontal position, which would allow blood to start flowing again. • This wouldn't happen if the sufferer were wearing a harness; they would stay standing. Here is where things can go very bad.

  5. Explaining Harness Trauma Suspension • A person who faints while standing may experience closed airways and suffocate as a result, which will exacerbate the danger by preventing movement. • Additionally, the brain no longer has the capacity to "restart" the body when the person faints. • According to an evaluation of harness suspension, if a person loses consciousness while hanging in a harness, they can die or sustain brain damage within four to six minutes. • It goes without saying that if an accident occurs where a team member or coworker falls from a height, a safe and effective rescue operation is essential.  Get height safety training to avoid any kind of accidents.

  6. Guidelines for administering First Aid following a fall The list below can serve as a reference for how to rescue and treat a worker who has fallen while working at heights: • Analyze the circumstances. It's critical that neither you nor anybody else put themselves in danger. • 2. Speak with the victim. Keep an eye out for any indications of suspension trauma while the rescued worker is still suspended in the harness. • 3. Notify the emergency services. • 4. Get the sufferer of suspension trauma on the floor. However, be careful to avoid endangering others or yourself in the process. • 5. Remove or quickly release the harness.

  7. Guidelines for administering First Aid following a fall • 6. The rescued worker should be placed in a comfortable position, preferably supine or W-shaped • 7. If you or anybody else believes the worker who was saved from the suspended fall has a back injury, immobilise and stabilise the person on a spine board if one is available. • 8. Analyze injuries, airway, and circulation. If you're unsure, ask medical services to provide you with instructions. • 9. Make that the worker who has been rescued receives appropriate injury management. • 10.It is critical that a healthcare professional evaluate the worker, even with minor accidents or injuries. Ensure that personnel who have been asleep or exposed for a long time are taken to the hospital.  • There are other similar courses like confined space training,standard 11 mining induction course, etc., that prepare the employees to work safely in the industry.

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