Hydraulics & Pneumatics July/August 2022

OUR EMERGENCY GUIDE CAN SAVE LIVES Protect your staff from fluid injection injuries Simple step-by-step guide to dealing with injury trauma Vital dos and don’ts Discover how an innocuous-looking wound could lead to amputation Timeline for effective treatment Find out more visit bfpa.co.uk/publications THE FACTS IN AN EMERGENCY DO NOT TAKE TO LOCAL SURGERY – CALL 999 IMMEDIATELY HELP PREVENT LIFE CHANGING INJURIES 18342 1/2 Page Fluid Injection Ad.qxp_Layout 1 27/07/2022 1 1:20 Page 1 TACKLING THE THREAT OF FLUID INJECTION INJURIES BFPA’s Fluid Injection Injury – The Facts Booklet This handy top-pocket sized booklet is available from the BFPA, covering the background, symptoms and treatment of fluid injection injuries –identifying people who are most at risk and how such an injury should be treated. Every booklet now comes with a wallet sized plastic card detailing the emergency action steps to take immediately after an injury. Fluid Injection Injuries have been known to occur at pressures as low as 6.9 bar (100 psi) which means the people most at risk are not just limited to those who work within the mobile replacement hose business, but anyone who works with equipment under pressure which uses oil (hydraulic) or air (pneumatic) as the medium, or even bystanders in the wrong place at the wrong time. The British Fluid Power Association (BFPA) promotes the highest working standards in fluid power through training and education and aims to support fluid injury accident management with its essential booklet Fluid Injection Injury Booklet “THE FACTS”. The Fluid Injection Injury Emergency Fact Book covers the following: ACCIDENT MANAGEMENT n How to Treat a Fluid Injection Injury n Treatment and timeline n Guidelines for optimal treatment (for the medical professional) n Site of Injection n Injection Injury Patient Information Sheet n What to look out for: Step by step progression of high-pressure injections RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES n Abstract n The People Most at Risk n Material injected n Identifying the symptoms n Outcomes To order your copy of the BFPA Fluid injection Injury booklet, visit the BFPA’s website www.bfpa.co.uk/publications or call us on 01608 647900