First Aid Policy
Approved by Governors
Updated: September 2015
Review date: September 2016
FIRST AID ARRANGEMENTS
First Aid Provision
First-aid provision should be available at all times while people are on school
premises and also off the premises whilst on school visits.
First Aiders
The school’s current first-aider(s) and appointed persons are shown on the first-aid
notices located in the front entrance, staffroom, first aid area and all classrooms.
The main duties of a first-aider are to give immediate help to casualties with common
injuries or illnesses and those arising from specific hazards at school, and to call an
ambulance or other professional help.
An appointed person, in the absence of a first aider, is someone who takes charge
when someone is injured or becomes ill and ensures that an ambulance or other
professional medical help is summoned. They will deal with routine first aid
requirements but should not give first aid treatment for which they have not been
trained.
First aiders should be trained in accordance with HSE requirements. The School
Business Manager holds a record of first aiders and their certification dates.
First Aiders should be called upon when an accident requires treatment. They are
not expected to deal with very minor injuries such as falling over where comfort and
reassurance would suffice. They should not be called upon when a child is sick,
unless when a mid-day assistant is seeking advice from a class teacher. The final
decision should rest with the teacher who has been working with the child. The
Headteacher or deputy in her absence must then be informed. It is not for
administrative staff in the office to determine whether a child is unwell enough to go
home or how the incident is managed. Nor, should a child be left with the office staff
until parent/ carer arrives.
Minor Injury Arrangements
1. Member of staff to assess the severity of the injury. The member of staff can
seek the support or guidance from another first aider in school. If support or
guidance is required, the child must be escorted to the first aid point in school
(outside Year 2 classroom) and a message sent for a first aider.
2. First aider to assess the injury and treat accordingly.
3. For any head bumps or more serious cuts and grazes, a first aid form must be
completed after the injury is dealt with. This must be handed directly to a
parent by their class teacher or whomever is responsible for the class that
day. If this is not possible, phone contact must be made to explain the injury
and first aid.
4. If the child’s parents/carer needs to be phoned to collect the child or, to make
them aware they have had a minor injury, please ensure the admin staff know
the severity of the injury and that they must keep trying until they reach
someone.
5. Admin always try the first priority contact on the list of contacts. If unable to
make contact, then try the remaining contacts and continue to do so.
6. Inform the Head teacher, or Deputy in her absence, of the injury in order to
make a decision on the next steps to be taken.
7. If the injury is deemed to require medical assistance and the parents cannot
be reached, then a first aider accompanied by another member of staff will
escort the child to Northwich Victoria Infirmary. Admin staff will continue to try
to contact parents to let them know.
8. In an emergency, dial 999.
Facilities and Supplies
The school’s first aid room is located outside the Year 2 classroom area. The room
contains a full stock of first aid supplies. There is a locked cabinet where medication
is stored and a refrigerator for storing medication is located in the staffroom, adjacent
to the first aid area. Ice packs can be found in a labelled plastic container in the
freezer located in the school kitchen. Only cooled boiled water or distilled water may
be used for washing and eye irrigation. In addition, a small stock of first aid supplies
is kept in a locked cupboard in each classroom, where mains tap water is also
available.
Educational visits
The group leader should have a good working knowledge of first aid and ensure that
adequate first aid supplies are taken.
On visits that involve adventurous activities, visits abroad or residential visits where
the accommodation does not provide 24-hour first aid cover, the party should,
include a competent person to carry out first aid.
Hygiene/ Infection control
Staff should take precautions to avoid infection and should follow basic hygiene
procedures and take appropriate care when dealing with blood or other body fluids.
See ‘Health Issues for Employees Guidance Note’ within the Departmental Health
and Safety Manual.
Other building users
Out of school clubs and catering staff are responsible for their own first aid
arrangements and for providing their own equipment.
Contractors and other visitors will be covered by the school’s first aid arrangements
in accordance with the Departmental Health and Safety Manual.
Reporting accidents and record keeping
For very minor accidents such as a fall not requiring treatment other than some
sympathy it is recorded informally in the accident book (located outside Year 2
classroom) by the member of staff dealing with the injury. This should include
the date and time of the accident and any care provided (wet paper towel,
mediwipe).
Minor accidents such as falling over in the playground will require the wound
cleaning and a plaster putting on, and will require an accident slip completing in the
showing the following information:
 Date of accident
 Time of accident
 Name of injured person
 Class
 Location of incident
 Details of treatment and additional comments
Additionally, a report slip is sent home with the child for the attention of the
parent/carer. The report slip number matches the incident slip number and therefore
allows for management to track follow up.
More serious accidents or injuries should be reported in accordance with the
Guidance Note ‘Accidents – Reporting and Investigation’ in the Departmental Health
and Safety Manual.
Medicines in School (see also Administration of Medicines Policy)
We follow Cheshire West & Chester LA guidance. We work closely with other
agencies such as the School Nurse and Macmillan nurses when appropriate to
ensure that staff are competent to administer first aid medication in specific, extreme,
cases.
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Parents requesting medication to be administered in school must have been
prescribed by the child’s GP, nurse or doctor.
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Parents and carers must complete both sides of the CWAC form requesting
that the medication be administered in school.
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No medication will be administered without the authorisation of the
headteacher, or deputy headteacher in her absence.
Parents and carers, not the school, are responsible for ensuring that all
medication is up to date.
All medication is stored in a locked cupboard in the child’s classroom with anti
biotoics and medication requiring refrigeration, stored in the fridge in the
staffroom.
The school stores most medication in a locked cupboard. Emergency
medication such as inhalers and epi-pens are not locked away. These are
stored in the child’s classroom by the sink area.
The school will only administer medication such as anti-biotics, required more
than three times a day or that which must be taken within the school day.
Parents or carers may be asked to come into school to administer medication
themselves.
The member of staff administering the medicine is responsible for completing
the log of administration of medication held centrally in the Main Office. They
must also ensure a note is sent home the same day when medicines have been
administered. (Appendix D)
Throat sweets are not permitted in school as they are no more effective than a
drink of water.
We do not administer over the counter mediation such as Calpol (unless
labelled as prescribed by the Doctor) although parents and carers may come
into school to administer this if they wish.
Parents or carers must complete a formal request in advance, the headteacher
or deputy in her absence is the person who authorises medication.
Doses given are recorded on the reverse of the request form.
All medication left in school after the last day of the summer term will be
disposed of.
The school accepts no responsibility for medication not taken because the child
has failed to come for it.
In the case of serious medical conditions the school may require a welfare
assistant to support a child’s medical needs, including the administration of
medication.
Asthma
Parents and carers are requested to advise the school if their child is asthmatic. All
inhalers are kept in an unlocked labelled area in a plastic wallet above the sink in
every classroom. Midday staff are clear where inhalers are kept should they be
required during lunchtime. Children have access to their inhaler throughout the day.
The teacher must note the time the child uses their inhaler and how many doses are
given and should be recorded on the appropriate document (Appendix C) and a note
sent home to parents (Appendix D). If the child does not experience relief within ten
minutes, A First Aider, the headteacher, or deputy in her absence will take the
decision to call their parents and an ambulance.
Personnel
HSE First Aid at Work, with certificate expiry dates:
Stephanie Taylor – Wattam
Kim Cairns - 11.16
Paediatric First Aid, with certificate expiry dates:
Sara Fairbanks
Reception Teaching Assistant
ITC First Aid, 16 hour Forest School First Aid course with certificate expiry dates:
Shaun Agnew
Site Manager / Forest School Leader 6.30 – 9.30 & 2.30 – 6pm
daily
Mon – Thurs pm Forest School
Other people with relevant qualifications: (All completed Emergency First Aid in
schools qualification September 2014 –expires 01.09.17)
Natanya O’Hara
Toni Clarke
Laura Kennedy
Jaki Beesley
Lindsey Baines
Vicki Marsden
Caroline Garvey
Sarah Buckley
Caroline Robinson
Claire Horton
Lesley Oultram
Karen Heesom
Wendy Lingard
Liz Clarke
Natalie Tomlinson
Alistair Richards (Emergency First Aid)
Ashley Morris
Joanne Wilkinson
Jacqui Metcalfe
Review
The head teacher will carry out an annual review of the school’s first aid needs and
provision.
First aid stocks will be checked and replenished every half term by the first aid coordinator.
Draft compiled by:
Updated:
Review:
N O’Hara
September 2015
September 2016
Administration of medicine note
Date:……………………………………………………..
Dear Parent/ Guardian
I am just writing to confirm that your child ………………………………………………………… had medication in
school today.
He/She was given ……………………………………………………… at…..........................................................
This is in accordance with your written health care plan and verbal instructions and adheres to our
‘Administration of Medicine in School’ section in the ‘First Aid Policy.’
There has been no reaction towards this medication during school hours.
Yours sincerely,
Member of Staff
First Aid and Medication
First Aid Co-ordinator:
Sarah Buckley co-ordinates first aid and ensures classroom, school and travel kits are
up to date and fully stocked. Please let Sarah know if you need anything.
Qualified First-Aiders:
All staff
Asthma:
Pupils should have an inhaler in the classroom. It is parents’ and carers’ responsibility
to ensure they are in date and replenished when medication is used
Medication:
No medication to be given unless head, or deputy in her absence, authorise it.
Requests must be made in advance on CCC form.
Recording:
Minor first aid (bumps, falls and grazes) requiring comfort and plasters should be
recorded in the First Aid book located outside the Year 1 classroom.
Minor bumps and accidents should be reported in first aid reporting book and slip sent
home to parents.
For any visitor or pupil requiring hospital, and for any pupil or member of staff being
absent for three days or more as a result of an accident an Accident/Incident Report
Form should be completed.