Est1 Task 2

1. Download the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 via the BlackBoard. Read the sections, and briefly explain what each of the following parts of the act refer to:

a) Part 2

Victorian Work Cover Authority is used to improve occupational health and safety practices within workplaces, by monitoring and developing new procedures to reduce risks to employees.

b) Part 3

General OHS Duties is the duty that requires employers train their employees, to insure their health and safety is protected

c) Part 4

Consultation with employees help dentift hazards and risks, and to develop procedures to reduce the safety risk that could arise.

d) Part 5

Representation of Employees is designated work groups that provide participation in handling decision

Watch the video on snake bites, and explains briefly how you would treat snakebite

Follow the DSRABCD (Danger, Response, Send for help, Airway, Breathing, CPR, Defibrillation), we then reassure our patient and ask them to lie down and not move. Next we can apply a crepe bandage over the snakebite followed by a pressure bandage and splints, immobilizing the part of patient so the venom isn’t prompted to move throughout the body. We also need to keep in check if the patient still has circulation flowing in their immobilized area, we then stay with the patient and write down the time of the bite and when the bandage was applied.

3. Watch the video on Jellyfish sting, and briefly explain how it can be treated

Next we can remove the tentacles still attached to the stung area with tweezers, shaving cream and a blade, or something straight edged to scrape off the tentacles. We then rinse the are again with vinegar or seawater. We can then treat the area with calming jel, medical attention is then advised to be seeked to further treat the sting.

4. Watch the video How to perform ABC'c of CPR, and answer the following questions.

a) What are 2 possible results after a person stops breathing for more than 10 minutes?

As soon as someone stops breathing they stop taking on oxygen. Once breathing stops, your blood oxygen levels quickly start to drop. The first issue of not breathing is the patient’s unconsciousness which is then followed by brain damage. After about 10 minutes the patient’s brain cells have mostly died and brain death nears the patient. With oxygen levels running out in the body it starts to cause muscles to fail, such as the heart. Once the heart or brain fail due to no oxygen the patient is assumed dead.

b) The number to call in emergencies in Australia is?

Triple zero (000)

c) What does ABC stand