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Create two scenarios: one in which a child is choking and another in which a child needs CPR. In each of your scenarios, include who is involved and where it is occurring (for example, a 5-year-old in a preschool setting has stopped breathing and is apparently choking on a piece of food). Then outline the proper emergency procedures for dealing with each situation (see pages 179–180 in your text).

               Scenario 1. Four year old Ada is sitting down eating. She takes a bite of a chicken nugget and begins to choke. She begins to cough but then stops breathing.  Teacher is already checking on her and begins to start abdominal thrusts. After several minutes the nugget then comes out.  Ada bursts into tears. Teacher is comforting child. During this time the TA has gotten the supervisor and is on the phone with mom.  For this procedure I will first give 5 back blows, then 5 abdominal thrusts, and repeat steps until the object has been removed. http://www.redcross.org/images/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m4240176_ConsciousChokingPoster_EN.pdf

                Scenario 2. Five year old Emily is playing outside, another student runs over to teacher and says to teacher "Emily has fallen and is not breathing." Teacher then runs over to Emily and checks the scene. There is no sign of any blood. Teacher yells for someone to call 9-1-1. Teacher then begins to do CPR on Emily by tilting the head and sees that the chest is not rising. Teacher begins to  Push hard and fast in the middle of the chest 30 times. Then blows into Emily mouth by tilting the head back and giving 2 breaths. Teacher continues this until help arrives.

http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/CPRAndECC/HandsOnlyCPR/Hands-Only-CPR_UCM_440559_SubHomePage.jsp

Next, summarize why advance planning is often the best way to respond to or prevent an emergency situation and the kinds of training (e.g., CPR or first aid training) you believe are needed in order to prevent or positively resolve such emergencies.

              Advance planning is important because then we all at the center will know what to do, who should be calling, who should be handling the children, and  who should be getting the supervisor. This will work better and for some reason if there is people not there then you can point to someone and say call 9-1-1, and so on. It is mandatory for us to have our CPR/first aid trainings at our center and we retake the classes when needed. In my class I always have the children take their time in eating and talk about why we don't stuff our mouths with food. I explain to them that little bites are best and not to play while eating. By playing the children can actually be more at risk to choke on their food.

Finally, describe any other steps adults must take to ensure they are prepared to handle these kinds of crises, including such information as first aid supplies, family emergency contact information, and so on.

 

            At our center each classroom has a packet that has the children's information on it and emergency contact information for each child. It is on a clipboard and bright neon orange. Everybody that is in the class should know where it is located. This way for any emergency we have it. Each classroom has a cell phone and the teachers are required to have each of the parent's numbers in the phone. We carry the phone where ever we go. As well we carry the first aid kit too. Each mobile kit and first aid kit in the class is checked monthly by the janitor and he replaces whatever we need. If we use something such as a ice pack we notify him right away so he can replace it.