Responding to Injuries

Training & Curriculum Specialist Safe Environments Lesson 6 Explore Responding to Injuries Reflection	WWW.VIRTUALLABSCHOOL.ORG ACTIVITY ID: 16906 Name Certifier Date
We all must be prepared to respond when a child or staff member is hurt. Read the scenarios, determine if it is a life-threatening injury, and describe how you would respond. Compare your answers with a coworker. As Simone climbs the ladder on the slide, she twists her ankle and falls backwards onto the ground. Her left foot is turned at an awkward angle. Is this a life-threatening injury? What would you do? No, this does not appear to be a life-threatening injury. Simone needs medical care for her foot. It is possible she has broken a bone. If Simone also hit her head and there is any risk of a head injury, this could be a life-threatening injury. Contact Simone’s parents or guardian. Seek medical attention as quickly as possible. Continue to monitor Simone’s health. If she has difficulty breathing or if she hit her head, call 911* immediately. Dante and Claire are chasing one another on the paved path through their play area. Dante trips and skins his knee. Is this a life-threatening injury? What would you do? No, this is not a life-threatening injury. Use your basic first-aid training and your first-aid kit. Wash your hands and put on gloves. Clean the wound. Apply pressure to stop the bleeding. Apply a sterile adhesive bandage. Madison and Tristan are playing basketball. Madison stops quickly. Tristan can’t stop in time and runs into Madison. Both children fall. Madison hits his mouth on the basketball court and loses a tooth. Is this a life-threatening injury? What would you do? No, this does not appear to be a life-threatening injury. Just like with Simone in the first scenario, though, any evidence of a head injury could be life-threatening. Follow your program’s first-aid procedures for dental emergencies. Preserve the tooth and apply pressure to stop the bleeding. Call Madison’s parents or guardians. Seek prompt medical attention. Luke drops his favorite piece of artwork on the way to his dad’s car. It flutters into the parking lot and he dashes out to catch it. The oncoming vehicle cannot stop in time to miss him. Is this a life-threatening injury? What would you do? We do not know the details, but this should be treated as a life-threatening injury. Make sure it is safe for you and other responders to go to Luke. If it is, go to Luke to assess the situation and perform immediate first-aid. Direct one person, by name, to call 911. Direct another individual to block and redirect traffic. Do not move Luke unless it is absolutely unsafe for him to stay in place. Luis, 10 months, crawls towards you and opens his hand to show you something. You look closely and see it is a pill that must have fallen out of an adult’s purse. You notice he is chewing something and holding his mouth closed tightly. When you get his mouth open, you can tell Luis has swallowed some of the pills but you cannot determine how many. Is this a life-threatening injury? What would you do? Yes, this should be treated as a life-threatening emergency. We do not know what kind of pills these are or how many Luis has ingested. Call 911 (or local EMS in international locations) or Poison Control (1-800-222-1222). Immediately take the pills from Luis and be prepared to describe them to the dispatcher. Follow the directions the dispatcher gives you. Look for the pill bottle to identify the pills. Millie is giggling with her friends during snack. Suddenly her face turns red, her eyes get wide, and she cannot make any sounds. Is this a life-threatening injury? What would you do? Yes, this is a life-threatening emergency. Use your first-aid training. Perform quick, upward abdominal thrusts (Heimlich maneuver) until the object is dislodged. If Millie loses consciousness and is still not breathing, perform CPR as you were trained. Call 911. Sammy is rolling a ball on the floor and crawling after it. The ball stops under the snack table and Sammy crawls to get it. Instead of crawling away, he tries to stand up to walk and hits his head on the edge of the table. Is this a life-threatening injury? What would you do? No, this does not appear to be a life threatening injury. Since Sammy hit his head, there is a risk of a head injury or concussion, but that is not usually a life threatening injury. Evaluate the situation and Sammy’s appearance and behaviors following the incident. Provide appropriate first aid. Contact Sammy’s parents or guardian. Continue to observe him throughout the day and seek medical attention if needed. *Note: Outside of the Continental United States (OCONUS), use local procedures for contacting emergency medical services.

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We all must be prepared to respond when a child or staff member is hurt. Read the scenarios, determine if it is a life-threatening injury, and describe how you would respond. Compare your answers with a coworker.

As Simone climbs the ladder on the slide, she twists her ankle and falls backwards onto the ground. Her left foot is turned at an awkward angle. Is this a life-threatening injury? What would you do?

No, this does not appear to be a life-threatening injury. Simone needs medical care for her foot. It is possible she has broken a bone. If Simone also hit her head and there is any risk of a head injury, this could be a life-threatening injury.

Contact Simone’s parents or guardian. Seek medical attention as quickly as possible. Continue to monitor Simone’s health. If she has difficulty breathing or if she hit her head, call 911* immediately.
Dante and Claire are chasing one another on the paved path through their play area. Dante trips and skins his knee. Is this a life-threatening injury? What would you do?

No, this is not a life-threatening injury.

Use your basic first-aid training and your first-aid kit. Wash your hands and put on gloves. Clean the wound. Apply pressure to stop the bleeding. Apply a sterile adhesive bandage.
Madison and Tristan are playing basketball. Madison stops quickly. Tristan can’t stop in time and runs into Madison. Both children fall. Madison hits his mouth on the basketball court and loses a tooth. Is this a life-threatening injury? What would you do?

No, this does not appear to be a life-threatening injury. Just like with Simone in the first scenario, though, any evidence of a head injury could be life-threatening.

Follow your program’s first-aid procedures for dental emergencies. Preserve the tooth and apply pressure to stop the bleeding. Call Madison’s parents or guardians. Seek prompt medical attention.
Luke drops his favorite piece of artwork on the way to his dad’s car. It flutters into the parking lot and he dashes out to catch it. The oncoming vehicle cannot stop in time to miss him. Is this a life-threatening injury? What would you do?

We do not know the details, but this should be treated as a life-threatening injury.

Make sure it is safe for you and other responders to go to Luke. If it is, go to Luke to assess the situation and perform immediate first-aid. Direct one person, by name, to call 911. Direct another individual to block and redirect traffic. Do not move Luke unless it is absolutely unsafe for him to stay in place.
Luis, 10 months, crawls towards you and opens his hand to show you something. You look closely and see it is a pill that must have fallen out of an adult’s purse. You notice he is chewing something and holding his mouth closed tightly. When you get his mouth open, you can tell Luis has swallowed some of the pills but you cannot determine how many. Is this a life-threatening injury? What would you do?

Yes, this should be treated as a life-threatening emergency. We do not know what kind of pills these are or how many Luis has ingested.

Call 911 (or local EMS in international locations) or Poison Control (1-800-222-1222). Immediately take the pills from Luis and be prepared to describe them to the dispatcher. Follow the directions the dispatcher gives you. Look for the pill bottle to identify the pills.
Millie is giggling with her friends during snack. Suddenly her face turns red, her eyes get wide, and she cannot make any sounds. Is this a life-threatening injury? What would you do?

Yes, this is a life-threatening emergency.

Use your first-aid training. Perform quick, upward abdominal thrusts (Heimlich maneuver) until the object is dislodged. If Millie loses consciousness and is still not breathing, perform CPR as you were trained. Call 911.
Sammy is rolling a ball on the floor and crawling after it. The ball stops under the snack table and Sammy crawls to get it. Instead of crawling away, he tries to stand up to walk and hits his head on the edge of the table. Is this a life-threatening injury? What would you do?

No, this does not appear to be a life threatening injury. Since Sammy hit his head, there is a risk of a head injury or concussion, but that is not usually a life threatening injury.

Evaluate the situation and Sammy’s appearance and behaviors following the incident. Provide appropriate first aid. Contact Sammy’s parents or guardian. Continue to observe him throughout the day and seek medical attention if needed.

*Note: Outside of the Continental United States (OCONUS), use local procedures for contacting emergency medical services.

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