Safety Best Practices
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The document provides information from Norman Patton, owner of Safety Services, on disaster preparedness and safety training. It discusses the importance of being prepared for emergencies by having supplies to last 72 hours, knowing first aid and CPR, and having an evacuation plan. It notes that government assistance may take days to arrive so individuals need to be self-reliant in the first 72 hours. Safety Services offers training in first aid, CPR, AED certification and facilitation of safety planning for organizations.
Safety Best Practices
- 1. Safety - Best Practices CPR Safety Services Your choice for Safety Training, CPR Certification AED Certification Basic First Aid Certification Agency Troubleshooting Facilitate Board and Employee Retreats First Aid, CPR & Disaster Supplies and equipment.
- 2. Introduction Norman Patton, Owner of Safety Services, Previously of Miracle House, Edward Jones and The Salvation Army Study Finds Californians Unmotivated To Prepare For Next Disaster
- 3. Memories of My Disasters – When is the next one? St Louis flood – 1993 LA Earthquake 1994 Kenai River Flood - 1995 Fargo Flood – 1997 Alaska Airlines Flight 261 – 2000 Twin Towers, New York -2001
- 4. Things You Should Know Are you personally ready? Know what to expect Government will not respond for at least 72 hours, at best! You! Are the responder Have Basic Supplies Be trained in the basics CPR, Basic First Aid
- 5. Are You Personally Ready What would you do if basic services — water, gas, electricity or telephones — were cut off? Local officials and relief workers will be on the scene after a disaster, but they cannot reach everyone right away. Have enough resources for at least 72 hours, Even the Salvation Army and Red Cross takes a day or two to really get going.
- 6. Your Physical Condition Are your Computers anchored to your desks Book shelves anchored Windows double pane or Wire Mesh Emergency equipment – AED & Fire Extinguisher Employees know how to use. Light fixtures anchored to the ceiling. Where is the gas shut off and electrical panel. Do you have an exit plan Do employees all know what to do with your clients. General meeting area.
- 7. Get Informed Get Informed, what disaster plan does your County and community have in place, don’t be surprised, their disaster plan until it is put into effect is just a theory.
- 8. Assemble a Kit Survival Kit - 1 person 3 days. Should include: water (6 pre-measured 4 oz air tight sterilized packets / 5 year shelf life) food (9 pre-measured / 5 year shelf life) Blanket, hand warmer light stick (5 year shelf life) package of 45 waterproof safety matches (1) 4" candle First Aid Kit (4) moist towelettes, (3) plastic strip bandages (2) sterile gauze pads, (4) adhesive tape strips (3) alcohol preps, (4) aspirin tablets (2) bacitracin ointment
- 9. Review Your Plan At least once a year review your plan with your family. A good time is when you change your batteries in your smoke alarm.
- 10. Know What to Expect 72 Hours no help comes. People come in two types in disasters Givers Takers You are seen as givers, your agency will be tapped like never before when there is an emergency. It is you who people will look for first. How prepared you are as a family and as a company will decide what stresses you can handle.
- 11. It Does Happen To You ! "Californians are conflicted about disaster preparation," said IINC Executive Director Candysse Miller. " Katrina showed us that we can not count on the Government to respond. We need to be prepared for natural and personal disasters – both physically and financially.
- 12. Statistics 60 percent believe that there is more than a 10 percent chance of a catastrophe in their area in the next five years. Since 1990, California has experienced 32 natural catastrophes or disasters in which insured losses totaled more than $25 million, with losses totaling $19.4 billion.
- 13. Financial Preparation Your Money, keep in at least 3 pots. 1. Cash, 2. Easy to liquidate and 3. Long term. Depending on the disaster, you need at least 1 month of cash expenses available. Having Savings is a difficult concept for this generation of spend now, save later. Have a conservative mindset until all three pots are filled. You decide what is considered full.
- 14. What This Means Many of us feel catastrophes are beyond our coping, so we don’t cope at all. Start Small, get your business and family ready for the small catastrophes you can expect and deal with. Get Trained in CPR and Certified Basic First Aid Certification AED Certification Have an adequate First Aid Kit accessible and kept stocked.
- 15. Legal Issues Good Samaritan Law is being rewritten. Must be certified in your actions, if your card is out of force, you may be legally liable. Even if your acting in the best interest of the situation. Best Practices means to be legally responsible in your actions in an emergency.
- 16. Know This … EMS or 911 will not be able to get to you in less than 5 minutes, at best. Average time in US is 10 to 14 minutes, this includes Ventura County, though their stated goal is 4 minutes, Think about it. How long is 4 minutes?
- 17. Know This… CPR is best effective if performed at the onset of a sudden cardiac arrest. 911 by itself is less than 3% effective CPR by itself is only 30% effective CPR with an AED in the first 5 minutes is 70% to 85% effective.
- 18. Contact Information CPR Safety Services 50 Majestic Court #1101 Moorpark, CA 93021 805-603-6772 Available for Coordination of CPR /AED/ First Aid Certification Organizing and facilitation of Board & Employee Retreats Trouble Shooting your organization
Editor's Notes
- #4: Only 22 percent of Californians consider themselves to be prepared or very prepared for a disaster in their area. Type of Disaster: 1. Corporate, Community Wide 2. Partnership, your company or family 3. Individual, you! Whatever the scope, your are guaranteed to have a disaster as some point in your life. The Disaster may involve you as a participant or a responder, How prepared are you for either? In my life I have been a responder and a participant. 1. St. Louis Flood, of 1993 2. Kenai River Flood, Alaska 1995 3. Fargo, North Dakota - 1997 Alaska Airlines - Oxnard 2001
- #6: Emergencies and disasters can strike quickly and without warning and can force you to evacuate your neighborhood or confine you to your home. You can cope with disaster by preparing in advance and by working with your family and fellow employees as a team. Make a plan.
- #7: Hotel fixture fell in the middle of the ballroom in the middle of a table of ten.
- #11: Emergencies affect people differently. Some become Givers and want to help. Others become takers and are only concerned about survival. It is the Fight or Flight mechanism in effect.
- #12: They recognize risk, but they often assume it will happen to someone else. They acknowledge that they aren't prepared, but they can't find the motivation to strap their water heaters, clear dry brush or prepare a home inventory." "Clearly, it is critical for us as an industry to find ways to encourage consumers to get better prepared for natural disasters -- both physically and financially,"
- #13: Nearly equal percentages of those polled considered the state to be both best prepared (35 percent) for earthquakes and least prepared (30 percent) for earthquakes among the disasters the state faces. Only tsunamis (40 percent) scored higher for the peril Californians consider themselves least prepared to handle.