Sickbay

Term 2

SMS messaging for Head injuries:

If your child presents to Sick Bay with a mild head injury, you will receive an SMS notification through Compass. It will give a brief description of what happened and the treatment that was given. For severe injuries, a phone call will be made.

Sick Bay Visit:

An entry on Compass is made for any student with an injury or illness that attends Sick Bay. This entry includes details of the injury/illness, treatment given and the times that they attended Sick Bay. The students are given a yellow Sick Bay Visit pass to take home to a parent/guardian (except for minor head injuries which an SMS is sent or major incidences where a phone call is made). Please login to Compass to access all relevant information about your child’s sickbay visit.

Head lice:

It will come as no surprise to many parents that head lice infestations in children appear to be on the rise. There is no way to prevent head lice so it's important to check your child's hair regularly even when you don’t think they have head lice.

Using conditioner is a cheap and effective way to help find head lice in your child's hair. Conditioner doesn't kill head lice, but it stuns them for about 20 minutes, so they cannot move around or hang on to the hair. This method gives you time to comb through the hair with a lice comb and determine if your child has head lice and begin a treatment method as soon as possible if they are detected.

Re-infection is the least likely reason for head lice returning in a week's time. If eggs do not die, or were not removed during the original treatment they may hatch and the lifecycle occurs all over again. To break this lifecycle you must re-treat (regardless of treatment method) seven days after the first treatment and continue with weekly checking.

Only use products that are licensed or registered for head lice. There are four different active chemicals that target head lice, each works differently and aim to kill lice and/or eggs.

Over time, head lice may develop resistance to some chemicals. It is important to check if a treatment you used has worked, and if not, treat again with another product that has a different chemical.

To minimise head lice at school and save our students from feeling sad and itchy, we ask that you are pro-active and check for lice regularly. Treat as necessary and let us know. If all families are doing this, we can reduce the spread of head lice in our school.

Anaphylaxis and Allergies:

As a school we have children with anaphylaxis and allergies to foods. It is very important that as a community we are all aware of this and where possible minimise the chance of our students having an allergic reaction. Being food aware goes a long way to preventing reactions. The main foods that our students have a reaction to are peanuts and tree nuts. Whilst we are not a nut free school, educating ourselves and our children about not sharing, washing our hands and being aware helps keep our students with anaphylaxis or allergies safe.

Naming Uniform:

Each week the lost property tub is emptied, all uniform that has a legible name is returned to the community that your child is in.

There is still uniform coming through to sick bay that is unnamed. Please label your children’s uniform, especially jumpers and jackets, so that they can be returned to you. Drink bottles and lunchboxes also need to be labelled as these are regularly in lost property.

Second-hand Uniform:

We currently have a lot of smaller sized jackets for sale, with the colder weather almost here, now is the time to check if your child needs a bigger size or a spare. If you do need a jacket please pop in for a look.

Change of clothes: It is a good idea for all Foundation students and others who are prone to “accidents” to have a change of clothes in their bag. If a student doesn’t have spare clothes, we have limited spare clothes they can change into, but these spares need to be returned to sickbay so that we don’t run out. Please wash the spare clothes they are wearing and return them as soon as practicable to sickbay.

Roz                                                                                         

First Aid Officer