Summer is upon us and managing heat stress and heat illness are important issues for mines. Stewart Masson writes about first responders treatment of exertional heat illness on site. Heat Injury is a...
Tag - First Aid
If you’ve ever wanted to upskill your kids with some first aid skills, a new app has been created by St John’s Victoria that uses gamification techniques to teach first aid skills to the...
First aid training should be compulsory for all people getting their drivers licence for the first time, or renewing their existing licence, according to a spokesperson from St John’s Ambulance...
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) has launched a dedicated medical training program for members of mine rescue teams across the state. The program has been developed in conjunction...
Although the NSW coal mining industry maintains one of the best health and safety records in the world, workers continue to suffer injuries on a regular basis. According to Coal Services...
Barrick Kanowna has taken out the CME Underground Mine Emergency Response Competition held last weekend at KCGM’s Mt Charlotte site in Kalgoorlie-Boulder in WA. 12 teams were each tasked with...
The Royal Flying Doctors Service (RFDS) has launched three online training courses designed to deliver health services to mining communities across rural and remote Queensland. Nino Di Marco, CEO of...
