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First Aid Posters

Need help? Need help? Remind staff of life-saving first aid procedures First aid posters are a valuable tool in the workplace to promote awareness and provide reminders of first aid procedures. They will help businesses to comply with UK health and safety legislations in this regard. First aid measures can change the course of a person’s life. Displaying first aid posters in the workplace is a great way to allow people to brush up on what to do in the event of an emergency. There are a number of options from which to choose, such as emergency resuscitation information, and guidance on what to do about eye injuries, shock and burns.

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Injury Prevention Information: Buying Guide


Prevention is the first line of defence against injury. The awareness posters come in several forms, and are designed to make employees stop and think about protecting themselves.

Accidents do happen, and while first aid posters can never be a replacement for training, they are very useful to serve as reminders and promote awareness – firstly of what to do, and secondly, that accidents can happen, and a person may be called upon to help. Posters may be fixed to a wall with mounting tape, or placed in a snap frame to give them more permanence. Placed where they may often be perused, they will allow staff to constantly refresh their knowledge so that they will remember what to do without hesitating if necessary.

You will find posters relating to different special areas of first aid, as well as a variety of general posters that deal broadly with first aid at work. Each of these general posters covers a range of common issues, such as bleeding, resuscitation, breathing problems, burns, eye injuries and shock, the equipment needed to deal with each of these emergencies is provided here at Seton. There is also a specific poster dealing with first aid for children.

Wall charts are in portrait style, and cover diverse topics. A general chart details each problem, and what action to take. There is a resuscitation guide, a burn chart, two charts that relate to shock and high-voltage shock, and one on accident reporting. They tend to be subject-specific, while the photographic posters and guidance posters have wider advice – for instance, adding information on dealing with burns or broken bones, which can arise from a shock accident.

Accidents must be logged, and for this you can use a handy accident book, which provides pages that you can tear out for the necessary reports. Such an accident book is supplied along with the posters, first aid kits and signs in the construction site starter pack, if ordered “with accessories.”

Our photographic posters break down first aid responses using plainly laid out pictures, each with a title that shows the problem, and text points on how to proceed. The information is clear, concise and easy to follow. The eye wash photographic poster is a perfect addition to our eye wash and first aid station which comes with a notification sign and first aid kit attached to a durable station holding eye wash liquid. Guidance posters use pictorial illustrations alongside clearly marked steps to follow for a specific injury – for example, eye injury or burns.

Information point boards are unique in that they have a 3D header that catches the eye from a distance. It is worth mentioning that the burns and eye noticeboards have a panel to which you can add names and telephone numbers of first aiders. The Information Point is a handy tool that can be placed near a stocked first aid station. For customer ease, these Information Points also come in kits together with supplies.

Getting first aid posters seen


Buying well-designed, universally understood first aid posters is vital. This is true whether it is information to highlight safety risks, or posters containing both text and graphics to make swift first aid action assured.

After this, making sure that your first aid posters are mounted in strategic and obvious locations is all part of your health and safety compliance and duty of care.

Keeping first aid information accessible and fresh supports quick thinking when an accident does happen. So, what else can you do to support this, and ensure that designated personnel (or whoever responds initially) can benefit from at-a-glance instructions on the best ways to administer immediate assistance in the workplace?

Location, location

One of the things to consider when sourcing first aid posters and deciding on the best place to put them is whether the safety messaging will stand the test of time. This includes ensuring that your durable first aid posters and wallcharts aren’t placed where they are likely to be obscured or easily damaged. Are your first aid posters positioned to be seen clearly, from a significant viewing distance?

It is also essential to re-order and reposition first aid posters if the equipment they ‘point to’ is moved for any reason, or your risk assessment creates a new area of concern in your workplace.

Refresh and refocus attention

One of the main issues will be ‘information fatigue’ – even the best first aid posters can start to be ignored or forgotten.

The ideal solution for displaying first aid posters effectively is our innovative rotating poster kits. These enable you to change the safety information displayed as frequently as you want, draw attention to it, and reinforce a variety of essential messages.

For instance, you could intersperse your first aid posters with materials about other workplace risks and procedures.

Choose between rotating poster kits containing three, six or 12 months’ worth of safety posters, from our well-designed, easy-to-understand and durable workplace range.

This is a great way to reinforce other first aid procedures, and the provision of ideally located first aid kits and any specialist equipment needed in your workplace, such as AEDs. The range of resuscitation posters is very useful, keeping staff aware and reminded so that they can react quickly in an emergency. Many employers are considering stocking the lifesaving Automated External Defibrillator (AED). Even untrained personnel can use this item, and there is a range of posters, which, while not serving as first aid training, will reinforce knowledge and help to prompt staff to use CPR when life is at stake.

First aid messaging for smaller workplaces

Another advantage of alternating your safety information in a rotating poster system is that you have a compact and cost-effective way to display multiple health and safety-related messages, including first aid posters. This could be especially valuable for meeting first aid obligations in schools, colleges, care homes, hospitality and tourism venues, and office complexes, when space is limited.

Seton UK offers a wide range of related first aid products that are referred to in guides suitable for all workplaces.