Accidents, emergency treatments and deaths on site

Barnabees pre school provides care for children and promotes health by ensuring emergency and first aid treatment is given as required. There are also procedures for managing food allergies in section Food safety and nutrition.

• Parents consent to emergency medical treatment consent on registration.
• All staff are paediatric first aiders, who regularly update their training; First Aid certificates are renewed at least every three years.
• Vinyl single use gloves are also kept near to (not in) the box, as well as a thermometer which is located in the blue room cupboard.
• Senior staff are responsible for checking the First Aid Box contents.
• A cool pack is kept in the fridge.
• For minor injuries and accidents, First Aid treatment is given by a qualified first aider; the event is recorded in the setting’s Accident Record book. Parents may have a photo-copy of the accident form on request.
• In the event of minor injuries or accidents, parents are normally informed when they collect their child, unless the child is unduly upset or members of staff have any concerns about the injury. In which case they will contact the parent for clarification of what they would like to do, i.e. collect the child or take them home and seek further advice from NHS 111.

Serious accidents or injuries

• An ambulance is called for children requiring emergency treatment.
• First aid is given until the ambulance arrives on scene. If at any point it is suspected that the child has died, Death of a child on site procedure is implemented and the police are called immediately.
• The registration form is taken to the hospital with the child.
• Parents or carers are contacted and informed of what has happened and where their child is being taken to.
• The setting managers arranges for a taxi to take the child and carer to hospital for further checks, if deemed to be necessary.

 

 

Recording and reporting

• In the event of a serious accident, injury, or serious illness, the designated person notifies the designated officer using Confidential safeguarding incident report form as soon as possible.
• If required, a RIDDOR form is completed; one copy is sent to the parent, one for the child’s file and one for the local authority Health and Safety Officer.

 

Death of a child on-site

Identifying

• If it is suspected that a child has died in the setting, emergency resuscitation will be given to the child by a qualified First Aider until the ambulance arrives.
• Only a medical practitioner can confirm a child has died.

Informing

• The designated person ensures emergency services have been contacted; ambulance and police.
• The parents are contacted and asked to come to the setting immediately, informing them that there has been an incident involving their child and that an ambulance has been called; asking them to come straight to the setting or hospital as appropriate.
• The designated person calls the designated officer and informs them of what has happened.
• Confidential safeguarding incident report form prepared by the designated person and designated officer.
• A member of staff is delegated to phone all parents to collect their children. The reason given must be agreed by the designated officer and the information given should be the same to each parent.
• The decision on how long the setting will remain closed will be based on police advice.
• Ofsted are informed of the incident by the nominated person and a RIDDOR report is made.
• Staff will not discuss the death of a child with the press.

Responding

• The owners decide how the death is investigated within the organisation after taking advice from relevant agencies.
• The owners will coordinate support for staff and children to ensure their mental health and well-being.