Drivers undergo first aid training
The Ministry of Petroleum, in collaboration with the St John’s Ambulance Ghana, has organised a first aid training programme for drivers in the petroleum industry to enable them to support the management of casualties in the industry.
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Speaking at the opening session in Accra, the Chief Executive Officer of the St John’s Ambulance Ghana, Mr Kwame Apedzi, said it was important for everybody to acquire first-aid training because casualties were inevitable in everyday activities.
The five-day training programme, being organised by the St John’s Ambulance Ghana, is expected to build the capacities of the participants in the latest first-aid procedures that are recommended by first aiders worldwide.
International first-aid procedures have been included in the 10th edition of the local first-aid manual.
Similar workshops will be organised for all stakeholder institutions nationwide to safeguard the health and safety of the national human resource.
Already, a similar training programme has been organised for health and safety officers of the Ghana Chamber of Mines.
Casualties are inevitable
Mr Apedzi said such training was necessary to safeguard the safety of players in the petroleum industry in the event of accidents.
He, therefore, commended the Ministry of Petroleum for the collaboration to help St John’s Ambulance Ghana discharge its national duties effectively.
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He said St John’s Ambulance would continue to advocate partnerships with all sectors of the economy to promote first aid as a way of ensuring a safe and healthy workforce or human resource required for national development.
Concerning first-aid boxes, Mr Apedzi said St John’s Ambulance would continue to call for first-aid training and the provision of first-aid boxes for employees, in compliance with Section 28 of the Factories and Shops Act of 1970, Act 328.
The act states that all offices, factories and shops should have first aid boxes and first aiders at post.
Fact Sheet
The St John’s Ambulance Ghana is part of an international humanitarian organisation established by the British Police in 1937.
It has been mandated to operate as a first aid training and service delivery organisation since its inception.
It is one of the legacies bequeathed to this country by Great Britain in 1957.