Valuable Lesson from a 5 year old

[Yorkshire Andy]

I added to one like this (cant find the one i got listed on ebay anymore)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/First-Emergen ... 4d1090cc5d



the burns kit came from screwfix

http://www.screwfix.com/p/wall-mountabl ... -kit/97977


Blanket came from Pound stretcher (£5 ish)

the sp02 meter came from china

http://www.dx.com/p/1-1-oled-screen-spo ... aaa-187708

seems accurate as it was 1 % unit out when i asked the practice nurse to compare it to the NHS's unit in the nurses room

other odds and sods from Tescos, the chemist and local work supplies shop

[Yorkshire Andy]

Problem is in the claim culture putting a plaster on a Minor without parental consent is a bit of a Gray area..... taking the first aid training out of the picture.

But in the OP's case the better dressing was not a plaster, a melolin patch and some tape are unlikely to cause an allergic reaction. Surely limiting teachers to only using plasters is a bad idea.

makes you wonder if the person who helped the OP's child was a trained first aider, Or a teacher who tried their best who happened to have some plasters in their handbag/desk...... or edc kit would be interesting to see if it was entered into the accident book

[Decaff]

Thanks for the links, saved in my must get folder.

[dazthechippy]

thanks for the comments and links everyone..

I'll have a quiet word with the school about FAK supplies and training this week, be interesting to see if they have or are allowed to use melolin. TBH as we both work locally i'd of preferred a call saying "we cant deal with it, come pick her up" - and that'd be fine, saves the trauma of having to put their attepmpt at first aid right..

cheers all,

[featherstick]

A quiet word might be a good idea.

A child in our school broke her arm in the playground. After 2 hours of her crying in class and the teacher telling her to be quiet, the school phoned her parents to come and collect her "as she is upsetting the other children". Parents took one look at swollen immobile wrist and took her straight to hospital for an x-ray. Had that been my child I'd be having very serious discussions about duty of care with the school, but the child's parents don't want to make a fuss.

The "claims culture" thing is a bit of a red herring - to my knowledge, no First Aider has been successfully sued in the UK for carrying out First Aid within the limits of their training. A school should certainly have the necessary kit and trained personnel to clean out and dress a lacerated knee - it must be the most common accident they have.