However, it is important to recognise when medical assistance is required urgently. Whenever you are dealing with an accident, incident or illness you must stay calm. You should reassure casualties, and children who are bystanders, as they may be frightened. You should ensure that you and others are not put at unnecessary risk. Think through your actions carefully and make safety your priority.
Some of the signs of meningitis are signs of “severe headaches, photophobia, nausea and vomiting and joint pains.” http://www.meningitis.org/symptoms 7/4/14. When in the setting the immediate plan of action would be firstly reassure the child and isolate the child from the group and take them to a quiet place. The next part of the plan would be to send someone to ring up the emergency services and inform the child’s parents as soon as possible. In the event of an asthma attack you must stay calm and reassure the child while helping the child find a comfortable position. You should give the child’s blue relief inhaler and wait 5-10 minutes to see if the asthma attack has improved, if not you should phone for an ambulance after 10 minutes.
So here are the steps to performing CPR on a victim. First, check the scene for immediate danger. Make sure you're not putting yourself in harm's way by administering CPR to someone unconscious. You don’t want to become a victim yourself. Do whatever is necessary to move yourself and the other person to safety.
According to Korabek and Cuvo (1986), teachers tend to focus on teaching self-care, motor skills, and sometimes the reduction of self-injurious behavior as well as the academic curriculum. Teachers also must be aware of some of the medical problems that will possibly affect the children in their classroom who have spina bifida. Among these problems are lower limb paralysis and possible bowel and bladder incontinence. Self-care skills can be taught by the teacher in the classroom to help the child with spina bifida. One aspect of self-care for these children is to check their bodies for injuries such as pressure sores.
Physical therapists work with patients to strengthen them to help prevent falls. Patients also learn how to minimize injury if they do fall. Grab bars are installed for patients who are mobile but at risk for falling. Medications are another area our care professionals are trained to assess for safety. Some of the households in which we provide services include children.
* Look if the child has a wound or break in the skin. * Look if is swelling around the injured area. * Look if the child loss of power or ability to move. * Ask the child if he can move it? * Maintain the injured in the most confortable position white waiting for ambulance 1.4 Demonstrate the application of a support sling and an elevation sling: Demonstration made in the course to the assessor SUPPORT SLING ELEVATED SLING 2.1 Describe how to recognize and manage head injuries including: Concussion: it is when is dizziness and nausea, with or without a spell of unconsciousness.
“Make sure appropriate hand hygiene is used. Meticulous infection prevention precautions are required to prevent infections, with particular attention to hand hygiene and standard precautions” (Ackley & Ladwig, 2011, pg. 492). The nurse should also teach the patient what the signs and symptoms of infection are. “Teach the patient and family the symptoms of infection that should be promptly reported to a primary medical caregiver” (Ackley & Ladwig, 2011, pg.
* Another accident form is filled out if a child arrives with an injury by parent/carer, or Practitioner if injury is found during session. i.e. A bite from an insect or a graze from a fall. * * how duty of care contributes to the safeguarding or protection of individuals. * My duty of care can safeguard the children in my care.
You have the feeling of your knees giving out due to a torn ligament. How to Apply First Aid to an Athlete with MCL Injury? If you’re an athlete, it is necessary for you to learn how to apply first aid to someone with an MCL injury. You can’t probably do this to yourself if you’re the one injured, but having this knowledge greatly helps if one of your teammates sustained this type of knee injury. For minor MCL injury, you can always follow the RICE method: R - Rest.
For example, If we notice a client has a sore spot at the base of the spine and we fail to report it or apply cream to it, in a very short space of time it could develop into a pressure sore which is neglient. Aiii WHAT HAVING A DUTY OF CARE MEANS FOR A CARE GIVING ORGANSIATION Organisations must do as much as is reasonable possible to keep individuals safe from harm. This can be achieved by providing policies and proccedures to keep all in the setting safe. Respond to reports and complaints, address any risk. Included in the policies and proceedures the organsiation needs to be aware of dangers, carrying out risk assessment, respecting the individuals right to make risky choices ( after you have done all that is possible to dissuade them), take actions to keep individuals safe and log and report any dangers or problems.