First Aid - Head Injuries

Procedures at St Joseph’s

Dear Parents,

We believe in working in partnership with you in managing and addressing the care and safety of all of our students.

It is our policy that a family member is notified of any knock to the head, however mild, moderate or severe.

Our staff, who are trained in First Aid, give verbal feedback regarding their observations and the first aid that has been administered; and complete and provide a copy of the ‘St Joseph’s First Aid Form: School and Parent Record’.

If a child has sustained a head injury at school, we also provide you with a document sourced fromThe Royal Children’s Hospital website:

Head injury general advice’

https://www.rch.org.au/kidsinfo/fact_sheets/Head_injury/

This is a guide only to inform your decision making about caring for your child in the case of a head injury.

• Glossary of head injury terms
• Signs and symptoms of head injury
• Moderate to severe head injury
• Mild head injury
• Care at home
• Cognitive fatigue
• Key points to remember
• For more information

St Joseph’s is an ‘Allergy Aware’ school and we ask that no nut products are sent to school as we have a number of children who have severe nut allergies.