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First Aid for Child Day Care Personnel
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Partnership Triangle
Child
Parent/Guardian Child Care Provider
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Program Overview
• Preventing injuries in the child care environment.
• Being prepared for emergencies.• Emergency response skills.• Responding to specific injuries & illness.• Children with special health needs.
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Is this an Accident?
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Questions for Story
•Was this an accident?
•What could have been done to prevent this situation from happening?
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Injuries are NOT Accidents!
Accidents are• Unpredictable• Random
Injuries are• Predictable • Preventable
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Injury Facts Leading cause of death &
disability among children ages 14 & under in U.S.
1/2 of these deaths occur to children ages 4 & under.
1 in 4 (25%) children require medical attention each year for injuries.
Estimated that 9 out of 10 injuries can be prevented.
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Common & Serious Injuries to Children
Falls Burns Poisonings Motor vehicle crashes Pedestrian-motor
vehicle crashes Drowning Choking
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Children are Vulnerable to Injury because:
• Heads are larger in proportion to their bodies
• Internal organs are not mature• Large body surface area for their size• Small fingers• Small airways• Immature swallowing mechanism• Bones are still growing
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Children are Vulnerable to Injury because they:
• Are natural explorers of their environment.
• May not understand the word “NO”.
• Are fearless.• Put things in their mouths.• Can’t judge speed & direction of
sound.• Lack balance & coordination.• Imitate adult behaviors.
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Injury Triangle
Child
Environment Agent
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Injury Prevention Strategies
1. Change the environment
2. Change the behavior
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Change the Environment
Train yourself to look at center as a child might
Use the enclosed Safety Checklist to perform safety check of the center
Ongoing job
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Supervision is IMPORTANT!!
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Change the Behavior
Learn about the injury risks at each stage of a child’s development so that you can prevent injuries from occurring.
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Prevention Tips
Perform a Safety Check of your center regularly.
Maintain good supervision!
Learn about injury risks at each developmental stage so you will be prepared to act before injuries occur.
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Injury Triangle Example
• What factors contributed to this injury? Think of the behavior, environment & injury causing agent.
• What could have been done to possibly prevent the injury?
• What are some of the barriers to changing the corners of the triangle?
• What strategies would be best for this situation?
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Why talk about abuse & neglect in this
course?• They can cause injury
and illness to children.• They occur often
enough that most will see these problems at some time.
• Under Ohio law, child day care providers are required to report them -EVEN if it’s just suspected.
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Recognizing Abuse
Accept that it happens!
Train yourself to ask: “Could this be abuse?” whenever a child has an unusual or suspicious injury.
Learn the warning signs.
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Steps to Take
Report the abuse/neglect to the Children’s Service Agency in your county. It is your legal responsibility to report - even if you just suspect!
Become familiar with how to assist a child who discloses abuse.
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Completing the Incident Form
Fill out soon after incident so details will be fresh.
Be specific. Include factual detail.
Be objective. Give the facts, not your opinion.
Write clearly. Give a copy to the
child’s parent and keep a copy on file.
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Suggestions
• Use the “Safety Checklist” to scan for hazards as you clean.
• Rotate roles with staff each week.
• Use injury prevention activities with children.
• Organize a safety event that includes one of the day care rules.
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Injury Prevention Plan Involve all staff. Review incident reports. Use the injury triangle. Plan a safety activity each month. Write down important dates in a
calendar. Develop a schedule for safety
activities. Use your resources.
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