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Accident at school
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What would the school of done if a parent was an hour away or longer?
You would hope the parent would have the presence of mind to ask the school to contact one of the 2-3 other emergency contact they will have been provided with.Accept your past without regret, handle your present with confidence and face your future without fear0 -
When I was in A&E recently, a recovering drunk was waiting for an ambulance to take him home!!
Why can't a teacher take a child to hospital in their car?
Both times my daughter was injured at school Matron took her and informed me. Had she waited for me to arrive it would have taken me at least an hour to get there.
I hate the misuse of ambulances. I once spent 35 minutes doing CPR waiting for a paramedic. It's exhausting, and you can't stop once you've started unless there's someone to take over.
Matrons normally have some sort of medical qualification that distinguishes them from teachers - they probably also have insurance for medical trips. Is your child at an independent school or a school with boarders?
My ex once broke his leg playing football. The headteacher told him he was allowed to go home early if he could walk there. He couldn't, and by 6pm when his mother finally noticed he wasn't home from school the head was getting mighty annoyed at having a kid he thought was malingering refusing to get out of the chair in his office!Organised Birthdays and Christmas: Spend So Far: £193.75; Saved from RRP £963.76
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I hate the misuse of ambulances. I once spent 35 minutes doing CPR waiting for a paramedic. It's exhausting, and you can't stop once you've started unless there's someone to take over.
Matrons normally have some sort of medical qualification that distinguishes them from teachers - they probably also have insurance for medical trips. Is your child at an independent school or a school with boarders?
My ex once broke his leg playing football. The headteacher told him he was allowed to go home early if he could walk there. He couldn't, and by 6pm when his mother finally noticed he wasn't home from school the head was getting mighty annoyed at having a kid he thought was malingering refusing to get out of the chair in his office!
When my mum was 5 she fell over in the boys playground and cut her knee quite badly. She got told off and the teacher wouldn't let her clean the wound which my nan had told my mum to do if she fell over. My mum caught impetigo (spelling?) and missed a year of school because of it. Some teachers eh?0 -
Oh your poor son, bless him. I remember a similar experience when my son went to a party in a softroom. One of his friends fell and bumped his arm. I sat with the little might on my knee until his mother came to collect him, over an hour later. These were the days when mobile phones were a luxury. His arm didn't look broken, wasn't distorted in shape or swollen or anything. I didn't know the child too well, he wasn't crying much, just a little whiny, was happy to get a cuddle and some sympathy. Imagine the shock and horror when I arrived at school the next day for his mother to inform me that his arm was broken just above the elbow:eek: I felt so guilty, but tbh there was nothing else I could have done, I could have taken him in my car to hospital, but can you imagine what a shock the mother would have got if she came to pick him up to find he had been taken to hospital?
Anyway back on topic. Any staff member of the school who takes children in their car would have to have extra insurance stating that, as they are using their personal cars for business use. This would be done at their own expense. Things like broken arms are not always obvious. I understand you distress at what happened to your child, and i'm sure it was very distressing for him too. However I think you need to look at the bigger picture all in all. Maybe they should have given you more detail on the phone if they thought it was broken, so u could have got someone else there sooner to comfort him, but there first port of call always has to be the first contact on their records.
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i don't know what the school 'should' have done, but if the break required an operation it was clearly quite bad. in that situation i cannot see that calling an ambulance would have been a misuse - i wouldn't want to move someone in that situation in case i made anything worse and would want someone medically trained to do it.... i'd understand it wouldn't be the highest priority, but i wouldn't have even thought twice about i!:happyhear0
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Matrons normally have some sort of medical qualification that distinguishes them from teachers - they probably also have insurance for medical trips. Is your child at an independent school or a school with boarders?
My job title is Matron at a school, i deal with the medical room and anyone who comes into it. I have no medical qualifications, like being a nurse etc, just a 4 day First Aid and Resucitation certificate.
To the OP - i have sent you a private message about how our school would have dealt with your son. I hope its some help to you.0 -
When I worked in a family centre if a child was injured and required medical assistance which wasn't as serious as an ambulance then we could call the parent and if they had no transport take the child and the parent to hospital. There had to be 2 members of staff escorting if the parent weren't present in case their were complications and emergancy first aid needed to be administered. an example of this could be a suspected broken arm but futher complicated by an asthma attack on the way up to the hospital. The person driving couldn't be responsible for the child, there needed to be another adult or parent. This has serious implications for the safe supervision of the other children. We were fortunate that a member of staff from a different project could come over and help, but if that were not the case we are then in a difficult predicament.
No matter the age of the child its distressing to think of them in pain for any real length of time. It was a nasty break, but it could have easily been a sprain. I know why your so upset and I do understand but the schools in a difficult position where they have to think of all the children. He was in pain and upset, to meet you at the hospital could have been even more distressing with lots of strange people, strange building if you couldn't be there to meet him.
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My job title is Matron at a school, i deal with the medical room and anyone who comes into it. I have no medical qualifications, like being a nurse etc, just a 4 day First Aid and Resucitation certificate.
To the OP - i have sent you a private message about how our school would have dealt with your son. I hope its some help to you.
But you have the insurance and the medical certificate. Right? Teachers may have basic first aid but are not insured to take pupils places in their private cars.Organised Birthdays and Christmas: Spend So Far: £193.75; Saved from RRP £963.76
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I dont drive, so no. We use the school vehicle which is insured fully to transport pupils. A insured driver would do the driving and I would be there to look after the patient.0
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I think this is quite hard as I think its a really close call as to whether an ambulance would be useful or not, I understand that the chid was hurt and in some pain and distressed, I suppose the question I would ask is would the child have found it more distressing to have travelled in an ambulance without his mum to hospital? In a way I would think that it would be.
Also although not a teacher, I am a Brownie leader and if something similar had happened at one of my meetings I would have called the parents over an ambulance, especially for walking wounded.
So in answer to the OP I think the school did make the right decision.2009 wins: Cadburys Chocolate Pack x 6, Sally Hansen Hand cream, Ipod nano! mothers day meal at Toby Carvery! :j :j :j :j0
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