{"id":36071,"date":"2026-02-19T13:57:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T13:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grapenordic.com\/first-aid-in-the-workplace-the-most-important-things-happen-before-help-arrives\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T12:47:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T12:47:06","slug":"first-aid-in-the-workplace-the-most-important-things-happen-before-help-arrives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grapenordic.com\/en\/first-aid-in-the-workplace-the-most-important-things-happen-before-help-arrives\/","title":{"rendered":"First aid in the workplace: The most important things happen before help arrives"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;full_width_background&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; bg_color=&#8221;#243936&#8243; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; top_padding=&#8221;6%&#8221; 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el_id=&#8221;svindlerne&#8221; text_direction=&#8221;default&#8221;]\n<h5><em>Written by <a href=\"https:\/\/grapenordic.com\/en\/anders-schultz-moeller\/\">Anders Schultz-M\u00f8ller<\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; text_direction=&#8221;default&#8221;]\n<h2>Denmark in numbers: the minutes are your opponent<\/h2>\n<p>In Denmark, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sst.dk\/media\/1qthhiyb\/faktaark_genoplivning_opdateret-juni-2023.pdf?\">around 5,000 people a year suffer cardiac arrest outside of hospital<\/a>. The Danish Health Authority points to three facts that make &#8220;the first minutes&#8221; a workplace issue: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>After about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sst.dk\/vidensbase\/sygdomme-og-behandling\/hjertesygdom\/hjertestartere-og-genoplivning?\">6 minutes<\/a> without help, the brain can start to suffer damage<\/li>\n<li>Most people suffer permanent injuries or die if they don&#8217;t get help within about 10 minutes<\/li>\n<li>The chance of survival decreases by approximately 10% per minute without resuscitation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s why HR and L&amp;D can&#8217;t just &#8216;have something on the wall&#8217;. Preparedness is a shared reflex or nothing. <\/p>\n<h2>Why people &#8220;freeze&#8221; (and why it&#8217;s perfectly normal)<\/h2>\n<p>When something becomes urgent, many people freeze. Not because they don&#8217;t care, but because the brain is looking for a next step and can&#8217;t find it fast enough. <\/p>\n<p>This is where training makes all the difference: it changes &#8220;What if I do something wrong?&#8221; with a simple script for your body to follow when your heart rate increases:<\/p>\n<p>Call 1-1-2 \u2192 start CPR \u2192 use AED\/defibrillator \u2192 stop life-threatening bleeding \u2192 continue until help takes over.<\/p>\n<h2>The first 60 seconds: a script everyone can use<\/h2>\n<p>When the going gets tough, it&#8217;s not &#8220;more knowledge&#8221; you need. You need a consistent process. Here&#8217;s a practical script that works in a workplace context:  <\/p>\n<h3>1) Take control right away<\/h3>\n<p>Say out loud:<br \/>\n&#8220;You call 1-1-2. You get the defibrillator. You make room.&#8221;<br \/>\nIt reduces chaos, clarifies roles and gets more people moving.<\/p>\n<h3>2) Check briefly: is the person responding? Is the person breathing normally? <\/h3>\n<p>If the person is unconscious and not breathing normally, you need to act as in cardiac arrest.<\/p>\n<h3>3) Call 1-1-2 (or confirm that it is done)<\/h3>\n<p>An important reassurance: The on-call center can guide you in resuscitation over the phone.<\/p>\n<h3>4) Start CPR and stay focused<\/h3>\n<p>The most important thing is to get started and keep going until help takes over.<\/p>\n<h3>5) Use the defibrillator\/AED as soon as it is available<\/h3>\n<p>If you want to do one thing today, it&#8217;s this: make sure everyone knows <strong>where it hangs<\/strong> and that more people dare to use it.<br \/>\nYou can check the nearest location via <a href=\"https:\/\/hjertestarter.dk\/find-hjertestarter?utm_source=chatgpt.com\"><strong>hjertestarter.dk<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Witnesses make a huge difference even when response time isn&#8217;t perfect<\/h2>\n<p>A large, nationwide survey based on the<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/27881566\/?\"><strong>Danish Cardiac Arrest Registry (Danish Cardiac Arrest Registry)<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nshows that witnessed CPR is associated with significantly higher 30-day survival and that the difference actually increases the longer the response time:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For response time within 5 minutes, survival was 14.5% vs. 6.3% (\u2248 2.3\u00d7 higher)<\/li>\n<li>For response time within 10 minutes, survival was 6.7% vs. 2.2% (\u2248 3.0\u00d7 higher)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Translated into workplace language: When someone dares to take action, it can move the outcome even when the ambulance is not there &#8220;fast enough&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h2>Early defibrillators can go even further<\/h2>\n<p>When cardiac arrest is caused by a shockable rhythm, early defibrillation is crucial.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/30148564\/?\">The European Resuscitation Council (ERC)<\/a> suggests that defibrillation within 3-5 minutes can provide survival rates as high as 50-70%.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why &#8220;defibrillator on the wall&#8221; is only half of it. 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