Medical
FIRST AID/ ACCIDENT PROCEDURE
ACCIDENT PROCEDURE:
Dependent on the injury parents/guardians will be contacted to come and collect the pupil.
If it is not possible to contact the parent/guardians or if they are unable to come and collect the pupil:
- Parents/Guardians should inform the school of any known problems associated with a pupil's health.
- A pupil who becomes ill while in school should report this to a member of staff. He/she must not leave the school without permission from the Principal or Deputy-Principal.
- A pupil who shows signs of illness should be kept at home.
- Every effort will be made to contact the parents/guardians. The pupils will remain in the care of the school until the parent/guardian or their designated representative can assume responsibility.
- In the case of an emergency (in the opinion of a teacher or other such person of the school authority) any pupil complaining of serious illness or who has suffered injury will be taken to hospital for treatment either by car or by ambulance. In this regard the school authorities accept no liability and are at all times-deemed to be acting in the best interest of the pupil.
ACCIDENT PROCEDURE:
Dependent on the injury parents/guardians will be contacted to come and collect the pupil.
If it is not possible to contact the parent/guardians or if they are unable to come and collect the pupil:
- The pupil will remain in the care of the school unless, contact having been made, the parents/guardians arrange otherwise.
- The pupil will be brought to a doctor/to the hospital.
- Accidents occur despite supervision. Minor accidents are treated at school. Slight cuts and grazes are normally treated by cleaning with water. Parents are asked to check the cut that evening. Ice packs are applied in the case of a bruise.