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- Aims
- Roles and responsibilities
- First aid procedures
- First aid equipment
- Record keeping and reporting
- Training
- Monitoring arrangements
- Legislation and guidance
Appendix 1: list of trained first aiders |
- Aims
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1.1 Ensure the health and safety of all pupils, staff and visitors. 1.2 Ensure that all staff are aware of their responsibilities. 1.3 Provide a framework for responding to first aid incidents and recording and reporting the outcomes. |
- Roles and responsibilities
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2.1 Appointed persons The school’s appointed persons are: Julie Williams, Urooj Asif, Lydia Lanchester and Sam Hudson. They are responsible for: - Offering advice and guidance where required.
- Ensure adequate medical supplies in first aid kits and replenish kits as and when necessary.
2.2 First aiders First aiders are trained (see section 6) and are qualified to carry out the role and are responsible for: - Acting as first responders to any accidents. They will assess the situation where there is an injured or ill person and provide immediate and appropriate treatment.
- Ensuring an ambulance has been called, where necessary.
- Sending pupils home to recover, where necessary, in consultation with a member of SLT.
First aiders are available to support during the school day as required; however, where possible, Julie Williams, Urooj Asif and Lydia Lanchester should be the first points of first aid contact. 2.3 TEFAT TEFAT has ultimate responsibility for health and safety matters in the school, but delegates responsibility for the strategic management to the Principal. The Principal delegates operational responsibility to the Vice Principal responsible for safeguarding.
2.4 The Vice Principal The Vice Principal, supported by the SENCo and School Business Manager, is responsible for the implementation of this policy, including: - Ensuring that an appropriate number of appointed persons and/or trained first aid personnel are present in the school at all times.
- Ensuring that first aiders have an appropriate qualification, up-to-date training, and remain competent to perform their role.
- Ensuring all staff are aware of first aid procedures.
- Ensuring, in conjunction with the School Business Manager, that appropriate risk assessments are completed and appropriate measures are put in place.
- Ensuring that, in conjunction with the School Business Manager, when required, accidents are reported to TEFAT and to the HSE (see section 5)
- Ensuring that first aid provision is reviewed regularly to monitor the effectiveness of the provision and ensure standards are being met.
2.5 School Business Manager The School Business Manager will make a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risks to the health and safety of the employees at work, and others who may be affected by their undertaking, to identify what measures they need to take to prevent or control these risks.
2.6 Staff School staff are responsible for: - Ensuring they follow first aid procedures
- Ensuring they know who the trained first aiders are in school and asking for their support when needed.
- Completing a Medical Event Log on Arbor, labelling ‘Accident/Injury when a first aider is needed to support. See Appendix 2
- Completing an accident incident paper slip (in duplicate) for all accidents, whether serious or minor, and ensuring one copy is handed to parents/carers at the end of the day
- Ensuring that their first aid kit is adequately stocked and is taken wherever the children go. Staff should speak with Julie Williams or Urooj Asif for all their first aid replenishment needs.
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- First aid procedure
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3.1 In-school procedures In the event of an accident resulting in injury: - The member of staff present will assess the seriousness of the injury and, if necessary, seek the assistance of a qualified first aider who will provide the required first aid treatment.
- The first aider will assess the injury and decide if further assistance is needed from another first aider or the emergency services. They will remain on scene until help arrives.
- The first aider will also decide whether the injured person should be moved or placed in the recovery position.
- If the first aider judges that a pupil is too unwell to remain in school, SLT must be contacted.
- If emergency services are required, SLT must be contacted
- The member of staff present will create a Medical Event Log on Arbor, labelling ‘Accident/Injury’.
- The member of staff completing the log will also complete an accident slip (in duplicate) and ensure one copy is handed to parents/carers at the end of the day.
- If the injury is minor, requiring minimal care, e.g. TLC, a cold compress or a plaster, then a first aider is not required and care can be given by the member of staff present. A minor incident does not need to be recorded on Arbor; however, an accident slip (in duplicate) should be completed with one copy handed to parents/carers at the end of the day.
3.2 Off-site procedures When taking children off the school premises, staff will ensure they have the following: - A mobile phone and contact details for the school
- A fully stocked first aid kit
- Information about the specific medical needs of all pupils
- The class medical bag or the individual’s children’s medicine
- Parents’ contact details.
- A trained first aider on the trip
- Local hospital knowledge.
Before children are taken off the school premises, risk assessments are completed by the off-site visit lead. See the Educational Visits Policy.
3.3 Body spillages, including vomit No adult in school should remove any bodily spillages, including vomit. If a child is sick in the classroom or other shared space, the vomit should be covered by a chair and paper towels, if available, and children removed from the area. The Office will contact the BSS on duty, and they will clean the area. If necessary, the SBM or SLT will offer cleaning support. |
- First aid equipment
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4.1 First aid kits A first aid kit will include:
- A leaflet giving general guidance on first aid (e.g. HSE's leaflet Basic advice on first aid at work)
- Individually wrapped sterile plasters (assorted sizes), appropriate to the type of work (hypoallergenic plasters can be provided if necessary)
- Medi-wipes
- Individually wrapped triangular bandages
- Micro tape
- Large sterile, individually wrapped, unmedicated wound dressings
- Medium-sized sterile individually wrapped unmedicated wound dressings
- Disposable gloves (for advice on latex gloves, please see Selecting latex gloves)
- Paper towels
- Accident slip book
Medication is not kept in first aid kits. Any medication required by children should be stored in the classroom medical bag.
4.2 Location First aid kits are stored in the following places: - All classrooms
- In the main office
- In the kitchen
All dinner supervisors carry a first aid kit (and the class medical bag). All staff covering a playground duty should carry a first aid kit (and the class medical bag). |
- Record keeping and reporting
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5.1 Minor incidents - Minor incidents are deemed such when a trained first aider is not required, the injury is superficial, and any treatment is minor, e.g. TLC, a cold compress or a plaster. A minor incident does not leave a mark or would leave only a superficial mark, i.e a small cut, graze or bump.
- In these instances, the staff member present should complete an accident slip (in duplicate). The top copy should be given to parents at the end of the day.
- If a child has a head bump, then parents should be called to inform them of the bump and offer the option of coming to school to assess their child. The office staff will make the call at the request of the staff member dealing with the incident.
5.2 Accidents - Accidents are deemed such when a trained first aider is required to attend and the injury is more than superficial, e.g. a nasty cut, graze, bump, or worse.
- In these instances, the member of staff should create a Medical Event Log on Arbor, labelling‘Accident/Injury as well as completing an accident slip (in duplicate).
- An email must be sent to the School Business Manager and Vice Principal informing them of the accident log on Arbor at the same time as recording the log.
- Parents should be offered the option of coming into school to assess the injury.
- Dinner supervisors will be supported in this process by a more senior member of staff.
- The School Business Manager will update the TEFAT accident tracker and complete all necessary investigations and follow-up actions promptly, keeping all stakeholders fully informed throughout.
5.3 Record keeping timeframes - Records held in the accident slip books and as Medical events on Arbor are retained by the school for a minimum of 3 years, as per regulation 25 of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1979.
- The School Business Manager is responsible for retaining all necessary records.
5.4 Accident slip books - The School Business Manager is responsible for ordering and maintaining sufficient numbers of accident slip books.
5.5 Reporting to the HSE - The School Business Manager will keep a record of any accident which results in a reportable injury, disease, or dangerous occurrence as defined in the RIDDOR 2013 legislation (regulations 4, 5, 6 and 7) and will report these to TEFAT as soon as is reasonably practicable. TEFAT will complete the RIDDOR report on the school’s behalf
Reportable injuries, diseases or dangerous occurrences include: - Death
- Fractures, other than to fingers, thumbs and toes
- Amputations
- Any injury likely to lead to permanent loss of sight or reduction in sight
- Any crush injury to the head or torso, causing damage to the brain or internal organs
- Serious burns (including scalding)
- Any scalping requiring hospital treatment
- Any loss of consciousness caused by head injury or asphyxia
- Any other injury arising from working in an enclosed space which leads to hypothermia or heat-induced illness, or requires resuscitation or admittance to hospital for more than 24 hours
- Injuries where an employee is away from work or unable to perform their normal work duties for more than 7 consecutive days (not including the day of the incident)
- Where an accident leads to someone being taken to the hospital
- Near-miss events that do not result in an injury, but where injury could have occurred.
Examples of near-miss events relevant to schools include, but are not limited to: - The collapse or failure of load-bearing parts of lifts and lifting equipment
- The accidental release of a biological agent likely to cause severe human illness
- The release or escape of any substance that may cause a serious injury or damage to health
- An electrical short circuit or overload can cause a fire or explosion
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- Training
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6.1 - All first aiders will complete a training course and hold a valid certificate of competence. These will be stored on the Google Drive.
- The Vice Principal maintains records on Arbor of all trained staff, the training they have received and how long the training is valid.
- The school Business Manager will monitor training and arrange for training updates /retraining as required, ensuring adequate first aid cover in school at all times.
- Staff training will be either:
- Paediatric first aid (EYFS staff, Office staff, Sports Staff, After-school club staff
- Emergency First Aid (Select staff)
- Basic Emergency First Aid (Dinner supervisors)
- First Aid at Work (select staff)
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All staff at Billesley Primary School have a duty of care to the children in our school. |
This policy is based on the statutory framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage, advice from the Department of Education on first aid in schools and health and safety in schools, and the following legislation:
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