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jarsmith83  
#1 Posted : 01 July 2013 11:58:30(UTC)
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jarsmith83

Dear all Could anyone be so helpful and provide me with a First Aid Risk Assessment for an office, I will be eternally grateful. Just to clarify, I am after a template rather than a completed Risk Assessment. Looking to assess what equipment is required and how many first aid personnel, along with type of first aid training. Any help would be much appreciated.....
sadlass  
#2 Posted : 01 July 2013 12:53:40(UTC)
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sadlass

Er . . . A template for a risk assessment? Check out the HSE guidance: "As a minimum, a low-risk workplace such as a small office should have a first-aid box and a person appointed to take charge of first-aid arrangements, such as calling the emergency services if necessary. Employers must provide information about first-aid arrangements to their employees." It does depend on the office size etc. It could be multi-storey with 800. Then use their "First aid at work assessment tool" Write down your input info and conclusions (shopping list). End of.
sadlass  
#3 Posted : 01 July 2013 12:58:43(UTC)
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sadlass

Actually the tool is supposed to print out the results, even better! Although I can't get it to work.
bob youel  
#4 Posted : 01 July 2013 13:05:49(UTC)
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bob youel

Firstly you need to confirm that you are a low risk environment thereafter determine your needs as I am not convinced that all offices are low risk environments NB: Shops are now classified as low risk but get robbed at knife point, staff are attacked etc. robbed etc. very regularly so how can they all be low risk?
aland76  
#5 Posted : 01 July 2013 15:21:59(UTC)
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aland76

St john Ambulance have a useful tool for calculating First Aiders, training and Kit required: http://www.sja.org.uk/sj...irements-calculator.aspx Not perfect but a good starting point :) Alan
jarsmith83  
#6 Posted : 01 July 2013 16:50:20(UTC)
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jarsmith83

Hi Alan, bad explanation ont pay to begin with. That was te type of thing I was looking for. I thought there might be an excel fix type out there that worked it out for you :-) obviously have to write out a long winded RA instead. Always trying to buy time fr somewhere.
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