Hot Water from Tap: If water is too hot it may result in children burning themselves. “Burns and scalds are a major cause of serious injury in children from newborn to 14 years old”. (Better Health Channel, 2014) 7. Water close to socket: This can result in sockets sparking and causing fires or may result in children with wet hands being electrocuted 8. High toilets/sinks: As the children are small, they will have to climb to reach the toilets and sinks which will result in injuring a child if they fall off.
1 Policies and procedures of the setting or service in response to accidents, incident and illness Assess the situation to see how bad it is. Reassure and comfort child. Treat injury if necessary in the medical room and or with the first aid kit and first aider. Record accident in ‘Accident record Book’ including the time, date, location of injury on the body, child’s name, how it happened and nature of injury / accident. Treatment that was given.
Her death led to a public inquiry and produced major changes in child protection policies. The Children Act 1989 was brought in with the intention of simplifying the laws that protect children and young people. It tells people what their duties are and how they should act and work together when suspicions of child abuse are raised in any given situation. Working Together to Safeguard Children 1999 provides guidelines for professionals in England and Wales to help them work with children who are at risk of harm. The Children Act 2004 provides the legal framework for Every Child Matters which was the government’s response to the death of Victoria Climbié.
UNIT 208 Ai: Different examples of accidents and sudden illnesses that might occur are a fall, heart attack, choking and bleeding. Aii: The procedures to follow if an accident or sudden illness should occur are first of all you must try to help the service user to recover or find help. After this the company should have accident report forms that must be completed in which you would need to also inform the manager or supervisor. The form will include date, time, place of accident, people involved, witnesses involved, equipment involved, details of what happened, anything that was said about the accident, the condition of the person involved in the accident, details of when help was asked and when arrived. Aiii: The principles to be followed for safe moving and handling are that there needs to be risk assessments and procedures done to minimise the risk of injury to the employee.
Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care Short Answer Questions NVQ Unit 5 – 1.3, 4.1, 4.2, 5.2, 5.3 Tech Cert Unit 4 – 1.3, 4.1, 4.2, 5.2, 5.3 1. Explain what a care worker must do if they become aware of unsafe practices. Firstly they must ensure that the service user is safe and out of any immediate danger, and preserve any evidence of the abuse if there is any. They then need to report this to a supervisor/manager who should then contact social services and/or the police. Also reports will need to be written up.
Be sure to elaborate on what would be considered normal and abnormal (thus requiring further medical attention). Include any special tests that might be performed to evaluate the injury (i.e. x-ray, MRI, specific joint tests, etc.). 4. Treatment: This should explain the treatment of your injury, including immediate care and chronic care.
(1) Sickness & Diarrhoea (2) Burns and Scalds. (3) Fractures ands Suspected Fractures. (D5) EXPLAIN THE PROCEDURE TO BE FOLLOWEDIN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT OR SUDDEN ILLNESS. (1) Get help as soon as possible example emergency services apply first aid training only if you got it. Make sure the client is as comfortable as can be staff should also protect themself complete accidents or sickness illness form log information in client file and inform seniority/manager of the incident.
Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is a contagious disease that was often mistaken for the common cold due to similarities in symptoms. Because of this, many people were exposed to the infected child without knowing. It was not until the whoop sound was heard repeatedly in a child’s cough that it was evident that they had pertussis. The coughing episodes cause “the face to to become red or purple, the eyes bulge, and the veins in the scalp dilate” (Van Dellen 14). Whooping cough is spread from person-to-person by droplets traveling through the air that carry bacteria from a cough or sneeze of an infected child.
The blockage of blood flow can cause severe pain and permanent damage to the brain, heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, spleen, and bones. What are the main symptoms? Symptoms usually show up after an infant is 4 months old and usually include anemia, pain, swollen hands and feet, frequent infections, delayed growth, and vision problems. Even though this is usually diagnosed during infancy, a person should seek immediate treatment if they develop unexplained episodes of severe pain, swelling in the hands and feet, abdominal swelling, fever, pale skin or nail beds,
The purpose of this experiment is to predict the reaction a child would have to certain foods. B. Skin irritations test 1. Dogs and rabbits are shaved and exposed to harsh chemicals. a) Many of the animals used in these test die from the intense pain and suffering.