Here's the stuff. You're the only recipient due sole to time. Stu Cox Project Management Technician Southern Interior Region Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure 342-447 Columbia St., Kamloops, BC V2C 2T3 p: 250-828-4320 f: 250-828-4229 [email protected]
_____________________________________________ From: Cox, Stuart TRAN:EX Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 3:42 PM To: Konowalchuk, Michelle D TRAN:EX Subject: FW: Question: Procedure for first aid emergencies Here's a copy of what I sent to Joey for your reference. Stu Cox Project Management Technician Southern Interior Region Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure 342-447 Columbia St., Kamloops, BC V2C 2T3 p: 250-828-4320 f: 250-828-4229 [email protected] _____________________________________________ From: Cox, Stuart TRAN:EX Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 2:12 PM To: Alain, Joey S TRAN:EX Subject: FW: Question: Procedure for first aid emergencies Joey, you were a co-addressee for Michelle's email below but I thought that forwarding it along with this email was appropriate. You might care to discuss this with the OH&SC tomorrow. For the past several years, I've been posting a yellow First-Aid poster around the building in both the Regional and District portions. I'd thought that the poster was sufficiently self explanatory to allow someone seeking aid to quickly find a number to call. That might not be so. <<Yellow FIRST AID Poster_20071121MoT.docx>> The poster (attached) has a single large phone number centered close to the top. It seemed reasonable to make the initial point of contact that of the building's central reception desk. The reasoning was that it was always occupied and its occupant could be made aware of the location and availability of the first-aid attendant. As the "Kamloops Transportation Building Emergency & Security Procedures, November 19th, 2009 Edition" notes, the primary first aider for the building is Stuart Cox with Level 2 occupational first aid. I make a concerted effort to always let reception know of my absences from the building. I could increase reception's knowledge of my whereabouts by telling them if I leave during lunch and such. Other issues might overwhelm the importance of this degree of communication, however. The KTBE&SP lists several Level 1 First Aid trained individuals and an individual trained as a First Responder. I didn't include these people's names and phones on my poster. Perhaps an oversight. There comes, however, a point where a poster can become too cluttered to permit an anxious helper from being able to see who to call for help. I fear that the poster is at this point now. Alternatively, the quantity of people on the KTBE&SP list was sufficiently long that it is likely that one or another of those individuals would be within earshot of someone in crisis. They'd be likely able to step in until further help could arrive. As well, they'd have sufficient training to keep their wits and call for further help. To return to the issue at hand, should I not be in the building the reception desk's occupants have been asked to call 911 as a primary option. Our building's proximity to the hospital and to ambulance service would result in timely care. The yellow poster lists some five individuals with training at my level or above in the adjacent KRMB. They could be called to render aid similar to what I'd be able to administer. The quandary facing reception is how to weigh who to call when faced with a possibly desperate caller. It's hard to lay down specific rules in advance. There are several issues that come into play, which I alluded to above: If I step away from my desk, I can't be contacted by phoning my desk. This simple difficulty likely outweighs those times that I'm not in the building. I don't have an office cell phone but have never before raised the matter. Would this be a road to follow? I could then substitute that phone's number for reception's on the poster but change its auto answer message to give out reception's number when I'm on vacation, say. Should reception choose to call one or another of the KRMB first aid attendant's numbers, time is ticking and neither reception or any person in attendance with the patient may be able to assess just how urgent it is that care needs to be provided the patient. These matters caused me to suggest that reception call 911 as their first fallback position after trying to reach me. They might choose to call one of the KRMB attendants over so that they could assess the situation and possibly demote the 911 call from an emergency to a lesser status. However, it's my understanding that once a 911 call has been initiated, it must be attended to by those dispatched. Even so, having a KRMB attendant render aid in the meantime might prove greatly valuable. Stu Cox Project Management Technician Southern Interior Region Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure 342-447 Columbia St., Kamloops, BC V2C 2T3 p: 250-828-4320 f: 250-828-4229 [email protected] _____________________________________________ From: Konowalchuk, Michelle D TRAN:EX Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 12:54 PM To: Alain, Joey S TRAN:EX; Barichello, Lawrence E TRAN:EX; Cox, Stuart TRAN:EX; Jepsen, Brian TRAN:EX Subject: Question: Procedure for first aid emergencies Good afternoon, gentlemen. I am writing to you as I understand you all serve on the OSH committee for the regional office. I just want to confirm what the Regional procedure is for a first aid emergency; 1. When there is a qualified first aid attendant in the building 2. When there is not a qualified first aid attendant in the building Thank you. Michelle Konowalchuk Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure Thompson Nicola District Ph: (250) 371-3959 Fax: (250) 371-3848
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