19.06.13
First aid training for New Street workers
Construction workers on the Birmingham New Street project are benefitting from a programme to improve health and wellbeing.
Network Rail and Mace are working to raise awareness of health-related risks of construction, including hand-arm vibration, how to respond in an emergency situation, and providing complimentary health check-ups.
The companies are working with the British Heart Foundation (BHF) to deliver first-aid training for workers.
Chris Montgomery, project director for Network Rail said: “Following the successful completion of the first half of the new station in April, we now have over 1,000 people working round the clock behind the scenes transforming the old concourse at New Street. We take our responsibilities to our people and contractors seriously and through this scheme we’re determined that our team stays fit and healthy while they deliver what will be a fantastic station for Birmingham.”
Ian Painter, area development manager at British Heart Foundation, said: “We’re working with the team at New Street to teach skills that could truly mean the difference between life and death in an emergency. The BHF ‘Heartstart’ programme teaches people what to do in an emergency situation including assessing an unconscious patient, performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), dealing with choking or serious bleeding and helping someone that might be having a heart attack.”
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