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Workplace Critical Injury Kits, Points & Stations

The Health and Safety Executive state “First aid provision must be 'adequate and appropriate in the circumstances'. This means that you must provide sufficient first aid equipment, facilities and personnel at all times”.

Basic first aid provisions such as an HSE or BS8599-1 compliant ‘standard’ first aid kits do not have any items to treat major bleeding, yet thousands of UK workplaces and sites will have machinery or equipment which could cause a critical injury in the event of an accident or malfunction. If there is a risk of a major bleed injury occuring, Workplace Critical Injury Packs or additional bleed control products should be provided alongside standard first aid.