First Aid Kit in the office

Every worker, wherever he or she labored, has the right to labor protection, fixed by law in the Labor Code of the Russian Federation. Responsibility for the implementation of labor protection requirements rests with the employer. This means that among other things the employershould take care that in the office or at the factory there was a first aid kit, completed with the necessary set of medicines and preparations used for first aid.

Of course, in the medicine cabinet should be not onlymedicines and drugs to provide first aid in emergency situations, but also in case someone corrupted his head - it seems that there is not enough serious ailment to go home, but it's unlikely to work well with a headache. What medicines are included in the first-aid kit? Typically, a first aid kit in the office or in the company contains such drugs:

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  analgesics (analgesics and antispasmodics), anti-inflammatory and antipyretic agents: analgin, aspirin, drotaverina hydrochloride (no-shpa), ibuprofen, paracetamol, citramone, spasmalgon;
  
  
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  antiseptics: hydrogen peroxide, zelenka, iodine;
  
  
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  medicines for cough and sore throat: pharyngosept, bromhexine;
  
  
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  external means for the treatment of wounds, bruises and burns: panthenol, troxevasin, any other anti-burn and wound healing gels, sprays and ointments;
  
  
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  means for pain in the heart: nitroglycerin, validol, nitrosorbide;
  
  
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  means at increased pressure: captopril, dibasol, normotens;
  
  
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  means with fainting: ammonia solution (ammonia);
  
  
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  means for food poisoning: Activated carbon;
  
  
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  antihistamines: diazolin, suprastin;
  
  
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  soothing agents: corvalol, valocordin, valerian extract, novopassit, motherwort tincture;
  
  
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  funds for spasms: papause;
  
  
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  funds for heartburn and other digestive disorders: festal, digestal, renni, mezim, sodium hydrogen carbonate, maalox, ranigast, phosphalugel, pancreatin;
  
  
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  Drops for the eyes and nose of your choice (for example, nazole and vizin).

In addition, in the medicine cabinet must be dressings: gauze bandages (sterile and non-sterile)of different widths, elastic bandage, cotton wool, bactericidal adhesive plaster, adhesive plaster in a roll, hemostatic tourniquet, hemostatic wipes. Still need non-sterile medical gloves, a thermometer, a glass for taking medication, a cooling bag and blunt scissors.

If the team has employees suffering from increased or decreased pressure, it is very desirable to have in the medicine cabinet also tonometer. It may also prove useful artificial respiration device. God grant, of course, that in your office there are no situations in which they will have to use, but it is better to hedge. First Aid Kit differs from the office in that it may contain drugs, the need for which is determined by the specifics of production.

In principle, in most cases there is no need to independently assemble a first-aid kit in the company or in the office: there is an opportunity to purchase ready-made completed first-aid kits for first aid in workrooms andoffices. A set of medicines in such first-aid kits includes funds from all the above groups, and the exact set of medicines and their number depends on whether the first-aid kit is designed for a manufacturing enterprise or office.

A set of medications must be attacheda soft nylon case, a plastic case or a hinged metal cabinet. The latter option is more preferable for the office: a cabinet with medications can be hung in a conspicuous place so that each employee will know where the first aid kit is. Yes, and provide first aid will be faster, if you do not have to run around the office in search of a case with medication. First-aid kit should be in place, equally accessible to all employees. But for a large enterprise, a plastic suitcase might be more relevant.

All medicines in the office medicine cabinet are desirablesign. Not always in an emergency situation, there is a time to think about what this means is intended for, or to read the annotations. So it's better to hedge and glue a label to each medicine, on which it is written, how and in what cases it should be applied. This may seem trivial and unnecessary, but for freelance situations, panic and confusion are not uncommon, so a label can help.

The person responsible for the office first-aid kit (usually an office manager) should periodically (at least once a month) check the first aid kit and, if necessary, buy drugs (usually fastest dressing materials and funds for headaches are used up). Also, you need to discard the drugs with expired shelf life and replace them with new ones.

But in the medicine cabinet it makes little sense if people do not know how to use it. So it will not be superfluous to conduct a training for staff to provide first-aid first aid. A first aid kit for an office or an enterprise is not just another requirement "for a tick", but a real need. And in your office there is a first aid kit, and if so, what drugs are included?