The plan must provide for advanced first aid support trained personnel. These personnel must be qualified Basic Life Support (BLS) personnel or better-trained personnel. BLS refers to a unique group of trained individuals (e.g., EMTs) who have received an established level of specialized training that exceeds basic first aid skills such as control of bleeding and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). These personnel must be on standby, as per 1910.120(q)(3)(vi), and the plan must list all the qualified emergency medical personnel on site, their certifications, and how best to contact them during an emergency. The advanced first aid support personnel shall be no more than 3-4 minutes from the site. (Note: Although the online version of HAZWOPER refers to BLS personnel, some hard copy versions of HAZWOPER may refer to “Advanced First Aid Support.”)
CSHOs must verify that emergency medical personnel are aware of their roles in an emergency and are trained to fulfill their roles.
If adequate emergency medical treatment and first aid procedures for emergency responders and provisions for qualified personnel are not included in the ERP, then cite (q)(2)(viii).