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Document ID (ISN)56085
CIS number 91-778
Year 1991
Convention or series no. Manual No.7
Author(s) Kikushima F.
Title First aid in the workplace
Original title Primeros auxilios en los lugares de trabajo [in Spanish]
Bibliographic information Federación Nacional de Trabajadores Mineros, Metalúrgicos y Siderúrgicos del Perú, Plaza 2 de Mayo No.44, Lima, Peru, 1991. 54p. Illus.
Abstract Illustrated training booklet on first aid, aimed at workers in the mining industry. Relevant passages from Peruvian mining safety legislation are quoted. Contents: contents of the first-aid kit; what to do when there is an accident; most common types of injury in the workplace; first aid action after superficial and serious injuries; head injuries; internal bleeding; burns; foreign bodies; fractures; contusions; poisoning; shock; cardiac and respiratory arrest; role of workers' organisations in first aid organisation; self-evaluation test.
Descriptors (primary) Peru; first aid; training material; mining industry; mining and quarrying
Descriptors (secondary) first-aid equipment; first-aid organization; legislation; role of workers' organizations; training manuals
Document type C - Training manuals, audiovisual material
Country / State or ProvincePeru
Subject(s) Medicine, hygiene and first aid
Broad subject area(s) Occupational medicine, epidemiology
Browse category(ies) Mining and quarrying
OSH training
First aid and emergency organization