City of Baltimore - File #: 11-0245R

• File #: 11-0245R
• Version: 0
• Name: Investigative Hearing - Department of Human Resources - Workplace First Aid Program
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Failed - End of Term
• File created: 1/24/2011
• In control: City Council
• Title: Investigative Hearing - Department of Human Resources - Workplace First Aid Program FOR the purpose of requesting the Director of the Department of Human Resources to report to the City Council on the efficacy of the workplace first aid training course currently available to City employees; to assess the need for expansion of the training program to meet Occupational Safety and Health Administration guidelines; and to determine which Baltimore City employees need participate in initial mandatory workplace first aid training and periodic refresher courses.
• Sponsors: Sharon Green Middleton, Bill Henry, Warren Branch, Carl Stokes, Helen L. Holton, William "Pete" Welch, Rochelle Spector, Mary Pat Clarke, Robert Curran, Edward Reisinger, William H. Cole, IV, President Young, Belinda Conaway
• Indexes: First Aid, Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/31/2011	0	Health Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
1/27/2011	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/27/2011	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/27/2011	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/27/2011	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/24/2011	0	City Council	Introduced
1/24/2011	0	City Council	Assigned

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Middleton

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
title
Investigative Hearing - Department of Human Resources - Workplace First Aid Program

FOR the purpose of requesting the Director of the Department of Human Resources to report to the City Council on the efficacy of the workplace first aid training course currently available to City employees; to assess the need for expansion of the training program to meet Occupational Safety and Health Administration guidelines; and to determine which Baltimore City employees need participate in initial mandatory workplace first aid training and periodic refresher courses.
body
Recitals

In Best Practices Guide: Fundamentals of a Workplace First-Aid Program, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 2006, first aid is described as “emergency care provided for injury or sudden illness before emergency medical treatment is available. The first-aid provider in the workplace is someone who is trained in the delivery of initial medical emergency procedures, using a limited amount of equipment to perform a primary assessment and intervention while awaiting arrival of emergency medical service (EMS) personnel”.

First aid is generally used in the treatment of minor illnesses, in which case it may be sufficient by itself. However, first aid can also be used as the first response to a more serious injury or illness that will later req...