WorkSafeBC (WCB) First-Aid Room

Product Description

A first aid room should be at least 9.3 square metres (100 sq. ft.). It should have the following:

• Storage cupboards
• A counter
• A toilet, or have a toilet facility as near as practicable
• The following first aid room equipment

At a remote workplace (more than 2 hours’ surface travel time to a hospital), a first-aid room should be equipped to provide reasonable overnight care for two injured workers and be used exclusively for first-aid purposes.

A first-aid room should have the following equipment:

• 3 – Blankets
• 1 – refuse pail with lid
• 1 – Package of paper towels
• 1 – Eye lamp, self-illuminating, magnifying
• 1 – Eye cup
• 1 – 14 cm stainless steel bandage scissors
• 1 – 11.5 cm stainless steel sliver forceps
• 1 – 15 cm stainless steel thin nosed plier-type forceps
• 1 – Universal scissors
• 1 – Penlight or flashlight
• 36 – 14 cm x 19 cm wound cleansing towelettes, individually packaged
• 1 – 150 ml liquid antibacterial soap
• 6 – Cold packs
• 100 – Sterile adhesive dressings, assorted sizes, individually packaged
• 48 – Sterile skin closures, individually packaged
• 6 – 20 cm x 25 cm sterile abdominal dressings, individually packaged
• 3 – 30 cm x 40 cm sterile abdominal dressings, individually packaged
• 6 – Sterile eye pads, individually packaged
• 200 – 7.5 cm x 7.5 cm gauze sponges
• 72 – 7.5 cm x 7.5 cm sterile gauze dressings, individually packaged
• 72 – 10 cm x 10 cm sterile gauze dressings, individually packaged
• 6 – 7.5 cm x 4.5 m crepe roller bandages
• 4 – 10 cm x 16.5 cm sterile pressure dressings with crepe ties
• 2 – 7.5 cm x 4.5 m adhesive crepe bandages
• 2 – 2.5 cm x 4.5 m rolls of adhesive tape
• 2 – 5 cm x 4.5 m rolls of adhesive tape
• 4 – 5 cm x 1.8 m conforming gauze bandages
• 4 – 7.5 cm x 4 m conforming gauze bandages
• 6 – Cotton triangular bandages, minimum length of base 1.25 m
• 4 – SAM splints or quick splint equivalent
• 1 – #0l 4.5 m tubular finger bandage with applicator
• 1 – Kidney basin
• 1 – Wash basin
• 1 – Cold instrument sterilizer with supply of non-rusting germicidal solution
• 1 – Chair suitable for treating injured worker with a non-porous surface or covered with a non-porous material
• 1 – Bed approximately 2 m long X 75 cm wide, with a mattress having a non-porous surface or covered with a non-porous material
• 2 – Pillows with a non-porous surface or covered with a non-porous material
• 4 – Sheets
• 1 – Portable urinal, if overnight care may be required
• 1 – Bedpan, if overnight care may be required
• Patient assessment charts
• First aid records