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First Aid Services

Introduction

TRU is committed to providing first aid facilities and trained personnel which meet the requirements stipulated in the applicable regulations.

First Aid (Health) Services

First Aid on the Kamloops campus  can be obtained by dialing 1111 or 5033  after 4:30 pm and on weekends from any campus phone.

Field trip First Aid Requirements

The first aid services and equipment required for field trips is highly variable and needs to be identified on a trip specific basis, considering several factors, including, but not limited to:

  1. Destination
  2. Number of people on trip
  3. Distance from Hospital
  4. Activity being conducted
  5. Mode of transportation
  6. Duration of trip
  7. Availability of alternate services
  8. Hazard classification of the site being visited

The Occupational Health & Safety Department should be contacted at least two weeks prior to the proposed field trip, to determine the first aid services and equipment which should be provided. The Occupational Health & Safety Department has some equipment available for loan to TRU Departments / groups that are undertaking field trips.  Departments that participate in a number of field trips should have a departmental field trip policy which includes first aid. 

First Aid Attendant Certification

Generally speaking, the current WCB first aid requirements require a minimum of a Level 2 Occupational First Aid Certificate for most of the operations conducted on TRU campuses. Where First Aid Attendants have achieved a higher level certification, they will be encouraged to retain it, since it provides for both better training and better service to the TRU community.

Contract Security staff members are required to obtain a Level 2 Occupational First Aid certification as part of their contract requirements.

High hazard activities off campus (i.e. Helicopter logging, forestry worker programs, etc.) will require a Level 3 Occupational First Aid certificate holder.

The Occupational Health and Safety Department should be consulted for the specific first aid requirements.

Reporting Procedures

All employee injuries must be reported to an area supervisor and first aid attendant immediately.

Serious Accidents and/or fatalities must be reported to the Occupational Health and Safety Department IMMEDIATELY. After hours contact can be made by calling TRU Security at 250-828-5033 and requesting that the Manager, Occupational Health & Safety return the call.  She will coordinate the notification of TRU Executive staff members and appropriate personnel in Marketing & Communications.

All other agencies such as the WorkSafe BC and RCMP will be contacted by the Occupational Health and Safety Department. The area in which the accident/fatality has occurred must immediately be secured and the scene undisturbed to preserve evidence. The only exception is where rescue efforts are required or other lives may be at risk. In those cases efforts should be made to minimize disturbance of the scene (if possible).

All injuries or disabling diseases "... arising out of and in the course of employment ..." shall be reported to WorkSafe BC within 3 days of the occurrence, or discovery of the disease.  Injuries must be reported to a designated First Aid Attendant who will then:

  1. Record the incident in the first aid treatment record book; and
  2. Complete a copy of the WorkSafe BC Form 7A if the employee is referred to a physician; and
  3. Complete a draft copy of the UCIPP Incident Report form; and
  4. Forward the documents in "2" and "3" to the Occupational Health & Safety Department.

First Aid Attendant's Authority

The designated First Aid Attendant is in charge of all first aid treatment on an injured person (unless an individual refuses treatment) until:

  1. a place of medical treatment is reached, or
  2. the injured person is passed to a qualified ambulance service, or
  3. responsibility for treatment is accepted by an attendant with a higher level of certificate, a physician or a registered nurse with a valid Level 2 or 3 certificate, or a person licensed as an Emergency Medical Assistant (EMA) Level 1 or higher by the BC Ambulance Service under the Health Emergency Act.

The decisions of a First Aid Attendant relating to treatment or transport must not be overruled except by persons listed in "3" above.

The First Aid Attendant does not have the authority to overrule a worker's decision to seek, or choice of medical attention.

Incidents and Injury requiring First Aid

Reports of incidents and/or emergencies can be made by calling 1111 or 5033 after 4:30 pm and on weekends

No person shall treat or take charge of an emergency situation without ensuring that a designated First Aid Attendant has been notified immediately.

Transportation of Employees to Emergency Department at Hospital

  1. It is in the First Aid Attendant’s decision to determine if and when emergency or other transportation is required.
  2. For injuries occurring on campus, transportation to the hospital from campus must be by ambulance or by taxi.
  3. Transportation from remote, off campus sites is by whatever means are most practical.