cd9: health, safety and nutrition for young children ch 9 and 10: safety and accident management
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CD9: Health, Safety and Nutrition for Young Children
Ch 9 and 10: Safety and Accident
Management
Why Do We Manage Safety? Unintentional injuries are leading
cause of death in children Accidents are preventable!! Different needs at each age and
stage Equipment Controlling the environment Developing self discipline Chart, pg 219-210
How Do We Manage Safety?
Identify and Manage risks Quality Supervision Relevant Safety Education
Managing Risks
Plan the environment Prepare, pre-judge and test
activities Follow safety rules (chart pg 224) Use safe (non-broken) toys and
materials
Quality Supervision Dionne’s “Three Point Playground”
strategy Flexible, team-based supervision plan Make supervision decisions based on
materials used and available activity type activity location children’s age children’s choices of equipment
Playground Supervision
What decisions would you make?
What would you train your staff to do if this was your play ground?
Relevant Safety Education Structured safety activities
Fire and Earthquake Playground and fieldtrips Food safety
Parent workshops Community Resources Safety “Teachable Moments” Re-educate if the environment
changes
How Do We Assess Safety? Toys and learning materials Outdoor play equipment (pg 228) Art materials (pg 235) Size and quality of available toys
(pg 229) Weekly inspections of all equipment
Remove all broken or questionable items Safety Checklist (pg 232 – 233)
What are the Legal Issues of Safety?
Fieldtrips Animals in the classroom environment Sign-in & sign-out / emergency
consent Accident and injury documentation Accident and injury reporting to parent Liability and negligence (pg 237)
Safety Resources
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
National Program for Playground Safety
MedLine US Consumer Product Safety
Commission McGruff Homepage
Managing Accidents and Injuries Preventing accidents
Supervision Quality environment environment Fire chief inspections Know each child
Health enrollment forms give you information about potential safety issues
Daily observations and interactions
Once an accident has occurred Care for the child Document Report to parents
Document, document, document!
What changes would you make to this form?
Who do you call when the parents are not available?
Talking with Parents
What do you say? What do you show them? What care do you suggest they
provide? Do you have them sign the
documentation?
Handling injuries or accidents in the classroom ABCs of first aid!
Asthma Diabetes Seizures Choking Head injury Poisoning Burns Bleeding
ABCs of first aid… __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________
Call 911 for everything life threatening or if you are unsure of what to do
Barriers to Accident Care
Lack of knowledge Lack of training Fear of consequences
The Role of the Teacher What is your commitment to preventing
accidents and injuries? What skills and knowledge do you
need? What can you do to improve the quality
of your center or home to reduce accidents and injuries?
What will you do to promote safety to the kids? Give two examples.
What will you do to promote safety to the parents? Give two examples.