First Aid

Advisory Note on Covid-19 Measures/Clarifications

All areas must have emergency responder cover arrangements in place whilst working on the campus/satellite campus areas, especially if there is a risk of serious injury. This is unchanged by Covid-19.
OFAs and chemical spill responders or fire marshals must be given relevant and appropriate PPE for Covid-19 response. This is a School/Department action.
Changes in occupational first aid practices, e.g. avoidance of contact with aerosols in CPR etc. Updated advise from HSE for OFAs is available here. Note: this has been brought this to the attention of current UCC OFAs as of May 2020 (2 year current OFAs refreshed and new OFAs).
Where shared resources are being considered, then those relevant emergency responders must be actually present in the premises or be immediately adjacent and contactable for when the various departments are working (across the operating hours) and most importantly be willing to do so/agree to cover another department. These are voluntary roles. They must also be given relevant and appropriate PPE for Covid-19 response.

- Health and Safety Office, June 2020

First Aid/Nursing Mother's Rooms Locations

UCC First Aid/Nursing Mother's Rooms Locations

Area	Location	Details
Main Quadrangle	Stone Corridor	Baby Changing Unit in Male & Female Toilets
Boole Library, Q Level	Ground Floor, GT.01	Nursing Mother/Baby Changing/First Aid Room
Student Centre	Ground Floor, G.08	Nursing Mother/Baby Changing/First Aid Room
Glucksman Gallery	Lower Ground Floor, G.13	Nursing Mother/Baby Changing/First Aid Room
Cavanagh Pharmacy Building	Lower Ground Floor, G.27	Nursing Mother/Baby Changing/First Aid Room
Biosciences Institute	Ground Floor, G.07	Nursing Mother/Baby Changing/First Aid Room
Brookfield Health Sciences Complex	Ground Floor, G.30	Nursing Mother/Baby Changing/First Aid Room
Western Gateway Building	Ground Floor, G.59	Nursing Mother/Baby Changing/First Aid Room
Mardyke Arena	Ground Floor Pool Changing Rooms	Baby Changing Unit in Male & Female Changing Rooms
Environmental Research Institute	First Floor, 1.12	Nursing Mother/Baby Changing/First Aid Room
Tyndall National Institute	Ground Floor, BG.23	Nursing Mother & First Aid Room
Cooperage	Ground Floor, G.33	Nursing Mother/Baby Changing/First Aid Room
Butler Building	Second Floor, 2.17	Nursing Mother/Baby Changing/First Aid Room
Cork College of Architectural Education	First Floor, R1.07	Nursing Mother/Baby Changing/First Aid Room
Lapp's Quay	Ground Floor, G.15	Nursing Mother/Baby Changing/First Aid Room
Beaufort Research Laboratory	Ground Floor, G.33	Nursing Mother/Baby Changing/First Aid Room

First Aid Box Contents

The H.S.A advise the recommended contents of a First Aid Box is

Materials	First Aid Travel Kit Contents	First Aid Box Contents
		1-10 persons	11-25 persons	*26-50 persons1**
Adhesive Plasters	20	20	20	40
Sterile Eye Pads (No. 16) (bandage attached)	2	2	2	4
Individually Wrapped Triangular Bandages	2	2	6	6
Safety Pins	6	6	6	6
Individually Wrapped Sterile Unmedicated Wound Dressings Medium (No. 8) (10 x 8cm's)	1	2	2	4
Individually Wrapped Sterile Unmedicated Wound Dressings Large (No. 9) (13 x 9cm's)	1	2	6	8
Individually Wrapped Sterile Unmedicated Wound Dressings Extra Large (No. 3) (28 x 17.5cm's)	1	2	3	4
Individually Wrapped Disinfectant Wipes	10	10	20	40
Paramedic Shears	1	1	1	1
Examination Gloves Pairs	3	5	10	10
Sterile water where there is no clear running water*2	2x20mls	1x500mls	2x500mls	2x500mls
Pocket Face Mask	1	1	1	1
Water Based Burns Dressing Small (10x10cm's)*3	1	1	1	1
Water Based Burns Dressing Large*3	1	1	1	1
Crepe Bandage (7cm )	1	1	2	3

*1: Where more than 50 persons are employed, pro-rata provision should be made.

*2: Where mains tap water is not readily available for eye irrigation, sterile water or sterile normal saline (0.9%) in sealed disposable containers should be provided. Each container should hold at least 20ml and should be discarded once the seal is broken. Eye bath/eye cups/refillable containers should not be used for eye irrigation due to risk of cross infection. The container should be CE marked.

*3: Where mains tap water is not readily available for cooling burnt area.

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First Aid

Advisory Note on Covid-19 Measures/Clarifications

First Aid/Nursing Mother's Rooms Locations

Area

Location

Details

First Aid Box Contents

Health & Safety Office

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