First Aid Kits
Health Services has created a process by which Divisions can request the purchase of first aid kits for onsite, local use:
- Divisions may order the simple compliant first aid kit from Amazon without going through
Health Services. The kit contains bandages, gauze and alcohol swabs. To purchase this kit,
a requisition must be submitted to Procurement (purchase via Division PCard is not
permitted). For information on submitting a requisition, go to the Procurement & Property website, then navigate to Make a Purchase > ePro. The kit will be delivered to
you directly.- Once the kit is received, please print this guidance and include it in the kit.
- Once the kit is received, please print this guidance and include it in the kit.
OR
- Divisions submit a form with their PID and select from either of two larger first aid kits. Health Services orders the kits via Procurement to ship to the Health Services Clinic at B26.
- Upon delivery, Health Services removes any prohibited items, then distributes the kits to the Divisions.
Health Services manages the contents of the selected commercially available kits in alignment with Procurement’s Restricted Items List. Please report all injuries or illnesses, even first-aid-type issues, to Health Services (510) 486-6266.
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Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs)
Automated External Defibrillators, or AEDs, automatically diagnose life-threatening cardiac events and treat patients with defibrillation, an electrical pulse that stops the cardiac irregularity and thus allows the heart to reestablish a normal rhythm.
- AEDs are deployed in different buildings around the Berkeley Lab, housed in white wall-mounted cases, often near entrances.
- A short video has been created to show how to use an AED. Training is not required to use an AED, but advanced understanding can be helpful. Watch the video here.
- Review this AED checklist when your office is ready to install an AED device.
Frequently asked questions about AEDs and public access defibrillation programs can be found here.
