SUGGESTED FIRST AID
INFOsheet
SAFE RELEASE OF CHILDREN FROM A
SUPPLIES
SUGGESTED
FIRST AID SUPPLIES FOR CHILD CARE FACILITIES
CHILD
CARE FOR
FACILITY
CHILD CARE FACILITIES
COMMUNITY
CARE
FACILITIES
LICENSING
PROGRAM
COMMUNITY
CARE
FACILITIES
LICENSING
PROGRAM
Section 23(2) of the Child Care Licensing Regulation states that the Licensee must have first aid kits that
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to all
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including
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list of contents for those
first aid kits:
BACKGROUND:
First Aid Kit:
The intent of the following sections of the Child Care Licensing Regulation (CCLR) is to ensure the safety
of Achildren
by establishing
that only
a parent,
or a person who has been authorized in writing by a
first aidinkitcare
should
contain sufficient
items
to
parent,
is
permitted
to
pick
up
a
person
in
care
at
a
child
care
facility.
Emergency
Phone Numbers:
respond to emergency situations that might
occur to the children and staff at your facility.
(Keep in First Aid Kit on a laminated/waterproof
Sectionof49(1)
The quantity
eachstates:
item should reflect the size
card)
licensee
ensure
that a parent
has reasonable access to his or her child while the child is
of the A
facility
andmust
access
to medical
aid. Some
in the
care facility.
facilities
maycommunity
wish to include
additional items.
Emergency
911
Ambulance _____________Check local listings
Section 56(a) states:
Thermometer or fever strips
A licensee must keep current records of each of the following:
Fire ___________________Check local listings
(a) written
policies
Band aids
(Various
sizes)and procedures for the safe release of children.
Police _________________ Check local listings
Scissors
Section 57(2)(j) and (3)(b) states:
(2) A licensee must keep, for each child, a record showing the following information:
Tweezers
(j) a record of any person who is not permitted Poison
accessControl:
to the child;
1-800-567-8911 (province-wide)
Safety pins
(3) A Gauze
licensee
must
have in Sizes)
writing from a parent, and maintain at the community care facility,
Sterile
pads
(Various
consent
Supplies for Field Trips:
Disposable
(b) togloves
release a child to someone other than the parent.
Non-adherent dressing (Telfa)
Section 50 states:
First Aid Kit
If a person
Gauze
roll is identified under section 57 [records for each child] as a person who is not permitted
records
forfrom
eachaccessing
child
access to a child a licensee must take reasonable stepsEmergency
to prevent that
person
Non-allergenic
tape
the child.
Money for public phone or cell phone
Triangular bandage
Notepad/pen/pencil
to record
These requirements aim to provide additional safeguards to children
in care and to facility
staffincidents
by
First
Aidthe
book
ensuring
that
licensee and staff are prepared to handle situations that may arise when someone other
Space blanket (or equivalent)
than the parent or authorized person arrives to pick up a person in care. Authorized persons can change
Syrup of Ipecac is recommended for Child
from time to time in accordance with changes in living arrangements,
custody
Bottled
water orders, etc.
Care facilities in remote areas. It should be
used after a physician or the poison control
Chemical ice pack
GUIDELINES:
centre has been contacted. Syrup of Ipecac
Emergency medication for any child with
must be inaccessible to children. The
In
developing
written
policies
as
per
Section
56(a)
of
the
CCLR,
the
licensee
may wish to consult
specific
medical
need
location of the Syrup of Ipecac in the facility
the
suggested
resources,
are included under the Reference section of this “Infosheet.” The
should
be noted
in the firstwhich
aid kit.
licensee may also wish to consult with his/her solicitor.
August
If a2014
licensee
is concerned about releasing a person in care to a person under a certain age, the
licensee could develop a written policy that restricts the minimum age of the persons authorized by
the parents to remove a person in care from the facility.
South
Victoria
201 – 771
Vernon Avenue
South
Victoria,
BC V8X 5A7
Victoria
Ph:
250.519.3401
201
– 771
Vernon Avenue
Fax: 250.519.3402
Victoria,
BC V8X 5A7
Ph: 250.519.3401
Fax: 250.519.3402
Central
Nanaimo
29 – 1925
Bowen Road
Central
Nanaimo,
BC V9S 1H1
Nanaimo
250.739.5800
29 Ph:
– 1925
Bowen Road
Fax: 250.740.2675
Nanaimo,
BC V9S 1H1
Ph: 250.739.5800
Fax: 250.740.2675
North
OVER
Courtenay
Campbell River
th
355 – 11 Street
North 200 – 1100 Island Highway
Courtenay,
Campbell
CourtenayBC V9N 1S4
CampbellRiver,
RiverBC V9W 8C6
th
250.331.8620
250.850.2110
355Ph:
– 11
Street
200 Ph:
– 1100
Island Highway
Fax: 250.331.8596
Fax: 250.850.2455
Courtenay,
BC V9N 1S4
Campbell
River, BC V9W 8C6
Ph: 250.331.8620
Ph: 250.850.2110
Fax: 250.331.8596
Fax: 250.850.2455
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