A spokesperson for Lithgow Ambulance Service said they were called to a few workplace injuries each year, most of them being in industrial workplaces.

They also said the industrial areas had pre-determined first aid locations for ambulance officers to use each time, first aid rooms and a set procedure to follow when someone is injured.

“If (the workplace) can have a person to call a job in with the exact details, with the person’s injuries and the exact location for the Ambulance to meet the patient it makes it easier.

“In office buildings unless we are met by someone it is sometimes very difficult to locate the patient,” the spokesperson said.

The spokesperson said most workplaces had a first aid, occupational health and safety or a workplace safety coordinator.

“They should have a set procedure with the information Triple 0 will need, even technicalities such as the person’s age, sex and their type of injury.”

“Most workplaces around here have a plan, and the mines are all very well organised,” the spokesperson said.

A media release from the NSW Ambulance Service stated over 30,000 injuries was reported each year, which resulted in someone being off work for five or more days.

The new campaign is aimed at informing NSW workplaces of the appropriate steps to take when faced with a medical emergency at work.

The campaign enforces that workplace incidents can be eliminated or minimised if everyone takes responsibility, that each workplace is different and there is no blanket approach to workplace safety and that preparation is vital when responding to an emergency.

NSW Ambulance Service chief executive Greg Rochford said the introduction of this campaign would encourage a high standard of workplace safety across NSW.

“If workplaces can streamline their emergency response procedures and adopt recommendations suggested in our Medical Emergency Plan, lives can potentially be saved — and the severity of workplace injuries can be significantly lessened,” Mr Rochford said.

As part of the campaign a poster (The Medical Emergency Plan Poster) is now available for workplaces across NSW outlining key information to adhere to in the event of a medical emergency.

The poster will be distributed to all WorkCover registered businesses throughout NSW and is available through WorkCover publications, the WorkCover website www.workcover.nsw.gov.au and the NSW Ambulance website www.ambulance.nsw.gov.au.