First Aid Update
Vicki Collie: First Aid Officer
Staff or students with COVID-19 symptoms
The Department has comprehensive procedures in place with the Department of Health to manage suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19 in schools.
If a member of school staff or a child has symptoms matching those of COVID-19 they will be asked to go home and get tested, and to self isolate while awaiting the outcome of that test. For students with COVID-19 symptoms, a parent or carer will be contacted and asked to collect the student as soon as possible.
Symptoms include:
- fever
- chills or sweats
- cough
- sore throat
- shortness of breath
- runny nose
- loss or change in sense of smell or taste
Sometimes a headache, muscle soreness, stuffy nose, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea may also be considered a symptom.
One of the most important things we can do to slow the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in our community is to stay at home when we are unwell, even when we have the mildest of symptoms.
Please see below attachments for more important information.