Health Issues

AnonyMouse_1490 · 2015-04-25T14:32:08+0000

Yesterday a 4 year old fell over when jumping on the hopscotch As she fell a staff member quickly managed to catch her as she fell against the plastic edge of our pod. She did not bang her head hard, no bruise or mark. The worrying thing was that the child lost consciousness for about 10 seconds. Her head fell back eyes rolled then she wet herself. 2 staff members sat with her. She was coherent and she could get up and walk after a few minutes. There were no jerky movements. Her parents were called immediately and her dad came to collect her in 5 minutes. Parents signed the accident book. All of incident was recorded in detail for the parents to use as evidence when talking to the staff at the hospital. I advised the parent to take her to A and E. Somehow I could tell that Dad was not going to take her anywhere. Mum arrived 10 minutes later but thinking that the child was probably at the hospital by now I also explained the situation to mum and she told me to stop worrying as she has done this before and they did not seek medical advice. I advised them that there was even more reason to check it out immediately. I asked mum to phone me as soon as the child had been seen by a doctor. Before we went home I phoned mum and she told me that they had phoned the NHS helpline and they said just to keep an eye on her. I just feel that a child who has lost consciousness should be examined by a doctor. I am going to phone the parents tomorrow but need to think what to say to them without going against any advice the helpline has given them.

By AnonyMouse_1490
April 25, 2015 in All Early Years settings & Childminders: General Issues

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