I'm looking for a risk assessment form to document the assessment of contents of first response kits. I keep a holdall kit in the car (but my car is SORNed just now), mobile kits in each of my bags and backpacks for when I'm out and about on foot and when I work I take in my own slightly larger mobile kit populated according to hazards, risks and potential injuries involved. I know what to put in them, in fact they are all well-populated for a wide range of injuries in different sectors but I'm not sure how to set out the risk assessment / due diligence form(s). HSE L76 doesn't suggest a risk assessment form. What fields do I put on the self assessment? I'm also looking for Sealed sterile pairs of nitrile non-powdered gloves. ATEX pupillary reflex flashlight (penlight) I have boxes of nitrile examination gloves but they are not really any use in the mobile kits. The company Regent that supplied my sealed sterile co-polymer gloves before seem to be out of business and the stock I have is nearing expiry. I have ATEX flashlights but they are too bright, pupillary reflex pens but none are ATEX or IS. What's this I've heard that dressings scissors and tape can't be stocked in first aid kits (even those without public / numpty access) unless they are in a room for the purpose of administering first aid?

Sorry for really quick reply - busy busy busy, but.... I am also confused as to what level this is aimed at. Why not just use the same kit that NHS first responders would use? Is this for a chemical plant? If working in ex areas is it possible to use a gas monitor and then use any torch? As for gloves - these should be easy to find - SJA supplies have then for one, in St John there is a push for all mobile first aider (not ambulance based) to use sterile sealed gloves.

Why would you want a 'risk assessment form' to document the assessment of contents of first response kits? In my opinion, a further example of 'risk assessment' used in completely the wrong context.

Hi Frank, If it is for work within a hot zone I think i would leave things on the D side of the CABCDE scale until I had evacuated them to a place of safety. Worry about a really quick quick CABC, then get them out to a place were you can do something about the observations you are making. If they are trapped within the hot zone, then a PEARL assesment isn't going to change your treatment given anyway. Phil

Hijack thread alert here!!! Still can't get any one to approve use of a defib in a decompression chamber, so good luck with an Ex area!! Phil

:) Just noticed I did it too...DOH

I guess they now pipe through 'staying alive' instead!

Just be careful we are mixing FAW requirements with ALS (Advanced Life Support) although I'm sure we could argue differently... Which brings us back to the thread...I hope... Just need to find the level this is aimed at....Hello Frank...are you with us...?

Sounds like Franks not looking for advice on what equipment to carry in what zone, as he says, he knows what goes in it........ Rather it sounds like he's looking for a RA template to document it......... Unless he's looking for a RA for documenting his assessment............ Confused.com :c)

I answered that - two columns in a spread sheet - Scenario in one - first aid kit required in the next... simples.

Thanks all, sorry had to go out. The RA is for the record, , as a formal double check and to review contents as needs change and new products come on the market. I threw out the proverbial fag packets and envelopes. teh boy, yes an element of justification, traceable to work to get expenses. Irwin I'm not that knowlegeable about the compliance paperwork, the ins and outs of the regs and all that bureacracy. The flashlight is not entirely for first response / first aid, I'm a bit of a flashaholic I always have a flashlight on me and it would be handier if I didn't have to give up my pocket P-R light or team out my pocket kit at security on sites with potentially explosive atmospheres or my pocket light at the heliport. I never get them back.

That'll do nicely.

Just be careful not to stock your first aid kit with kit you are not trained to use...having recently reviewed a clients First aider who had intubation set!... Do not be tempted to use anything other than a diagnostic penlight for examining eyes as this could cause more damage.. there are stanard risk assessment forms to allow such kits in ATEX/DSEAR Zones..if you need a copy drop me a note..

Not trying to put anyone down for trying to help...but some of the kit I have come across in first aiders and first responders some doctors don't even carry!....