First Aid
How first aid is administered and notified
If your child requires first aid while at school they will be treated in the classroom appropriately and the incident recorded fully. For all minor bumps and grazes, parents and carers will be notified of all first aid that has been administered at the end of the school day. The adult collecting will be given a first aid slip outlining the details of the accident and the first aid administered. The school will notify parents and carers by a text or phonecall if their child bumps their head or is requires further treatment.
Head Bump Procedure
Serious Head Bumps
If after a head injury a child remains unconscious or fits an ambulance should be called immediately and the parents contacted.
If a child suffers from any of the following symptoms medical advice must be sought and if advised the child should be taken to see either their GP or to A&E by the parents or by school staff.
• Loss of consciousness
• Vomiting
• Sleepiness
• Fits or abnormal limb movements
• Persisting dizziness or difficulty walking
• Strange behaviour or confused speech
If a child sustains a serious head injury whilst at school, the following information should be recorded from any witness.
• Was the child behaving in an unusual way before the injury?
• What happened to cause the injury?
• If they fell, how far did they fall?
• What did they hit their head against?
• Did the child lose consciousness? If so, for how long?
• How did they appear afterwards?
• Did they vomit afterwards?
• Was the child observed to have any other problem after the injury?
Parents/carers will be contacted by phone in the event of a serious head bump incident.
Less Serious Head Bumps or those considered at the time less serious
Children may appear well immediately after sustaining a head injury but show signs of complications later in the day. School staff must remain vigilant and take the appropriate action if the child develops a problem.
Regardless of whether the school seek medical advice about the child, this information should be given to parents so that if the child becomes unwell after school, information will be helpful to parents if they need to see a doctor.
- Person carrying out first aid MUST complete the accident log.
- School office MUST notify parents by text message following any minor head injury to their child and invited in to inspect the injury.
- School office to check if the child is attending any after school clubs. If the child is attending any after school clubs, a printed slip MUST be photocopied and added to the clubs’ register. This is to ensure that adults, who organise and lead these clubs, can continue to remain vigilant. Club leaders MUST hand slip to parents at collection.
- School office to hand a copy of the slip to the child’s class teacher. This ensures that the class teacher can monitor the child for the rest of the day and can also hand any slips to parents at the end of the school day.
All other First Aid
- If first aid required - person carrying out first aid MUST complete the accident log.
- Person carrying out first aid should decide if injury requires additional treatment and parents, medical professional need contacting.
- If only basic first aid is carried out the slip MUST be handed to the child’s class teacher who will put it in the child’s book bag for parents to see at the end of the school day.
- School office to check if the child is attending any after school clubs. If the child is attending any after school clubs, a printed slip MUST be photocopied and added to the clubs’ register. Club leaders MUST hand slip to parents at collection.
- Parents to be reminded in school newsletters to regularly check book bags for First Aid Slips
