Title: Identify first aid supplies, personnel, and emergency protection areas.
Course: Biomedical Technician (14900) > Section: Maintaining Safe Environment

Identification of first aid supplies, personnel, and emergency protection areas includes the following:

- Identifying emergency situations requiring first aid, such as cuts, burns, electrical shock, and other injury from biological and chemical spills or inhalation of chemicals
- Identifying equipment and supplies required to handle simple emergency situations, such as those listed above
- Identifying the location of equipment and supplies to respond to emergencies
- Being prepared to participate in an emergency response
- Activating an appropriate emergency response plan/team, including use of SDS
- Knowing one's individual role in the emergency response plan/team
- Identifying eye wash stations, showers, hoods, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), and SDS

Process/Skill Questions:

- How does one locate information on safety and first aid procedures in the work area?
- Why must biomedical technicians be familiar with first aid procedures?
- What are emergency protection areas? Why are they important in biomedical laboratory settings?