| estimated six million working days being lost in the UK | | | | increase the level of first aid and basic life support skills |
| each year due to work related injuries, employers | | | | amongst their staff by arranging for them to |
| should be looking at increasing the amount of first aid | | | | participate in first aid at work training courses, or |
| provision and knowledge amongst their employees. | | | | perhaps even by just providing employees with first |
| It is estimated that around six million working days are | | | | aid manuals or Procedure Packs which they can read |
| lost in the UK each year through work related | | | | and refer back to. |
| reportable injuries. As such, the cost of this to UK | | | | As they say, knowledge is power and the knowledge |
| companies is in the region of £5-8 billion in lost | | | | of basic first aid can make the difference between life |
| working time.[1] Amazingly, these figures do not even | | | | and death. Knowing how to react and how to treat |
| include the number of people who are taken seriously ill | | | | injuries can play a vital role in preventing an injury or |
| at work through cardiac arrests, asthma attacks and | | | | illness from becoming fatal in and out of the workplace. |
| other non-work related illnesses such as epileptic fits | | | | Having first aid skills is obviously the primary |
| etc. | | | | requirement but having access to the correct first aid |
| Although the provision of first aid equipment within the | | | | kit is also important. First aid kits contain various |
| workplace is a legal requirement in the UK, there is no | | | | product mixes and first aid administrators need to |
| mandatory list of contents to be contained within First | | | | understand the uses of the various components. |
| Aid Kits . Quite strangely, there is also no mandatory | | | | The UK’s leading online supplier of first aid |
| requirement for there to be a trained first aid | | | | equipment, First Aid Warehouse supply a varied range |
| practitioner in the workplace either. The Health & | | | | of high quality, specialised first aid kits and first aid and |
| Safety Executive (HSE) do however, provide | | | | medical consumables such as bandages, dressings, |
| guidelines to businesses and employers regarding | | | | gloves and resuscitation aids. First Aid Warehouse also |
| standard items that should be included within their first | | | | stock a selection of up-to-date first aid guidance |
| aid provision and they do offer suggestions as to the | | | | manuals and books which make ideal companions for |
| level and amount of trained first aid personnel based | | | | first aid kits and company first aid personnel. |
| upon the size of the workforce and associated risks | | | | Shopping online with First Aid Warehouse is a simple |
| involved. | | | | and secure method of purchasing essential first aid |
| According to the British Red Cross, the number of | | | | products, diagnostic equipment and other Medical |
| reportable injuries and amount of lost working time | | | | Equipment that is delivered direct to the door. The |
| could be reduced by employers if they were to | | | | highest quality at the lowest prices are offered to the |
| increase the knowledge of first aid and first aid | | | | general public, private companies and medical |
| procedures amongst their employees. Employers could | | | | professionals alike. |