Safety training
Enhanced First Aid Standard / V5 2023-05-02
ANNEX 2 - EFA GUIDELINE: RECOMMENDATIONS 1. Introduction
Wind turbines are placed in increasingly remote areas, away from established medical facilities, both offshore and onshore. This can increase the time interval between the placing of an emergency/distress call and the arrival of professional emergency responders. The GWO Enhanced First Aid (EFA) Standard has been devised so that wind turbine technicians have an additional level of first aid training focused on stabilising and keeping a casualty alive until they are rescued. 2. Purpose This document serves as a guideline for when and how GWO members should implement EFA-training and what special equipment wind technicians should be trained to use. The decision to employ enhanced first aiders should be the outcome of a medical risk assessment.
To implement GWO Enhanced First Aid, the employer will need to have the following:
EFA training
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EFA equipment
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access to medical teleconsultation services
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When to implement EFA training GWO recommends that implementation of EFA training is based on a risk assessment (see Figure Annex 2.2, below).
In general, all first aid (FA) requirements for a wind farm will be dependent on the specific activity being undertaken and an estimation of the likely time interval for either medical support to reach the site or for the casualty to receive medical support. 4. Emergency calls and medical teleconsultation support system as a basic principle The company/employer emergency plan is a central component of the rescue chain, especially offshore. The employer must ensure that in the event of an emergency, it has established lines of communication between itself and any external emergency control centre or external facilities such as first aid, emergency medical care, emergency rescue services and firefighting. All personnel must always be able to place an emergency call, from every workstation. In an emergency, rescue and first aid workers (employed or externally contracted) must be able to quickly respond to and access the scene of the emergency. The employer is also obligated to ensure appropriate transport which may include public resources in specific cases. Onshore public emergency service facilities are usually available to provide qualified transportation; however, this may not the case with offshore.
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