emergency prep at work

jenuine · March 2011

A 55 year old man at my mom's work died of either a heart attack or stroke yesterday in the cafeteria. My mom called 911 while others tried CPR. Despite many heros that day, just like that - he's gone. HR is trying to contact all the people who helped and get some kind of therapy for them. Needless to say, my mom is a mess right now.

But it got me thinking. How much training do you get at work for if something like that was to happen? Do you have an AED (automated external defibrillator) or CPR training?

DH's first reaction, "Of all places, please don't let me die at work."

madhatter2003 · March 2011

Yikes! That is sad.

We have an AED in our building and they offer training on it twice a year. I am CPR certified but it's not through work, just on my own.

We are about a 3 minute walk from a hospital ER though

jenuine · March 2011

madhatter2003:
We are about a 3 minute walk from a hospital ER though

Yeah, I work in a hospital. You cough the wrong way walking down the hall and 20 MDs are all over you. Wink

It just got me thinking that it's one of the perks I never really thought about. Dying at work would be a challange for me.

madhatter2003 · March 2011

jenuine:
madhatter2003:
We are about a 3 minute walk from a hospital ER though

Yeah, I work in a hospital. You cough the wrong way walking down the hall and 20 MDs are all over you.

It just got me thinking that it's one of the perks I never really thought about. Dying at work would be a challange for me.

On the other hand, doctors have the worst health habits. Outside the ER there are always a ton of drs smoking. And I work above the office of a major insurance co and it's the same thing, I think probably 50% of their employees smoke. I only know of 2 at my co.

blueyez09 · March 2011

We have an AED but I know no one in my office has been trained on it...but, I'm hoping that since I work around mostly military that they are trained in CPR/first aid/AED...but, I could be wrong.

jenuine · March 2011

madhatter2003:
On the other hand, doctors have the worst health habits. Outside the ER there are always a ton of drs smoking. And I work above the office of a major insurance co and it's the same thing, I think probably 50% of their employees smoke. I only know of 2 at my co.

I couldn't agree with you more. You should see our numbers for the % of staff who don't wash hands between each patient or refuse to get the flu shot. Nevermind the junk we feed patients and staff in the cafeteria. Not really setting good examples, but we can fix what ever is wrong with the guy in the next office.

sju · March 2011

That's so sad.

We have a defibrillator and quite a few people know CPR.

My sister lost a co-worker in a similar manner. They found her unresponsive in her cubicle. It was too late.

celiabwatson · March 2011

I teach and we get first aid and CPR every year. They always make sure to do adult as well in case a coworker or parent needs help. It's reassuring but so far we haven't needed it.

snansley · March 2011

We have an AED. Also, our phone list denotes who in the office is CPR/AED trained.

aocain02@yahoo.com · March 2011

My work offers CPR certification a couple times a year which includes AED training. Considering I work at a city hall which is across the street from the fire dept and across the courtyard from the police station I think there are plenty of people trained in emergency response.

FortMyersBride · March 2011

Yes, but I work in the OR, so we could pop in a breathing tube, start some great IVs, even put someone on bypass. Where I work is pretty much the best place to have a life threatening event.

I used to teach CPR in college for the American Heart Association, and many big firms would hire me to come in and teach for any interested employees.

Lotte134 · March 2011

Never thought about it, but I guess I'm pretty lucky. I work at a large public institution. Our security department is trained to respond to minor medical emergencies and knows CPR and how to use the AEDs.

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