1. CD9: Health, Safety and Nutrition for Young Children
Ch 9 and 10:
Safety and Accident Management

2. Why Do We Manage Safety?
Unintentional injuries are leading cause of death in children
Accidents are preventable!!
Different needs at each age and stage
Equipment
Controlling the environment
Developing self discipline
Chart, pg

3. How Do We Manage Safety? Identify and Manage risks Quality Supervision
Relevant Safety Education

4. Managing Risks Plan the environment
Prepare, pre-judge and test activities
Follow safety rules (chart pg 224)
Use safe (non-broken) toys and materials

5. Quality Supervision Dionne’s “Three Point Playground” strategy
Flexible, team-based supervision plan
Make supervision decisions based on
materials used and available
activity type
activity location
children’s age
children’s choices of equipment

6. Playground Supervision
What decisions would you make?
What would you train your staff to do if this was your play ground?

7. Relevant Safety Education
Structured safety activities
Fire and Earthquake
Playground and fieldtrips
Food safety
Parent workshops
Community Resources
Safety “Teachable Moments”
Re-educate if the environment changes

8. How Do We Assess Safety? Toys and learning materials
Outdoor play equipment (pg 228)
Art materials (pg 235)
Size and quality of available toys
(pg 229)
Weekly inspections of all equipment
Remove all broken or questionable items
Safety Checklist (pg 232 – 233)

9. What are the Legal Issues of Safety?
Fieldtrips
Animals in the classroom environment
Sign-in & sign-out / emergency consent
Accident and injury documentation
Accident and injury reporting to parent
Liability and negligence (pg 237)

10. Safety Resources National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
National Program for Playground Safety
MedLine
US Consumer Product Safety Commission
McGruff Homepage

11. Managing Accidents and Injuries
Preventing accidents
Supervision
Quality environment environment
Fire chief inspections
Know each child
Health enrollment forms give you information about potential safety issues
Daily observations and interactions

12. Once an accident has occurred
Care for the child
Document
Report to parents

13. Document, document, document!
What changes would you make to this form?

14. Who do you call when the parents are not available?

15. Talking with Parents What do you say? What do you show them?
What care do you suggest they provide?
Do you have them sign the documentation?

16. Handling injuries or accidents in the classroom
ABCs of first aid!
Asthma
Diabetes
Seizures
Choking
Head injury
Poisoning
Burns
Bleeding
ABCs of first aid…
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Call 911 for everything life threatening or if you are unsure of what to do

17. Barriers to Accident Care
Lack of knowledge
Lack of training
Fear of consequences

18. The Role of the Teacher
What is your commitment to preventing accidents and injuries?
What skills and knowledge do you need?
What can you do to improve the quality of your center or home to reduce accidents and injuries?
What will you do to promote safety to the kids? Give two examples.
What will you do to promote safety to the parents? Give two examples.