Medical emergency and first aid

If necessary, call an ambulance by contacting the University Emergency Control Centre, internal telephone number 4444, giving full details of location and the casualties’ injuries.

Accidents requiring first aid treatment or use of the first aid cabinets around the Department, must be reported to the Technical Services Manager (Richard Nicholson, room E24a, phone 24576) and recorded in the Departmental Accident Book. Dangerous occurrences or “near misses” MUST also be reported to Richard Nicholson. These will be recorded but will not be used to point the blame at anyone. The “near miss” accident records will be used to highlight incidents in order to improve procedures and the safety of personnel.

Rooms containing a first aid cabinet are identified by a green first aid sign outside the door. The sign also gives the location and contact details of the nearest first-aiders.

It is an offence to remove any item from a first aid cabinet except for the purpose of first aid.