First Aid and Hands-Only CPR Awareness — General Industry

First aid bridges the time until professional care arrives. Before work, know who can help on each shift, how to call them, and where supplies are kept. A name on a roster is not useful if that person is absent or cannot reach the work area.

General industry requires medical personnel readily available for advice. Where a suitable infirmary, clinic or hospital is not in near proximity, one or more people must be adequately trained to give first aid. Adequate supplies must be readily available.

This course teaches workplace preparation and basic response knowledge, including hands-only CPR. It is not a complete first-aid or CPR certification course. It is independently developed and is not an American Heart Association or American Red Cross course or approval.

Physical skills need hands-on instruction and practice. The employer must confirm the training and credentials needed for the assigned role and applicable standards. A quiz score does not establish that a person can perform CPR, control bleeding or serve as the required first-aid provider.

Plan for all shifts, remote work areas, access barriers and changing project conditions. Check State Plan and task-specific rules. The original training inventory is not a list of courses that every worker must take.