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The safety of your child is paramount and I will take every measure I can to protect your child from hurting him/herself. However, sometimes accidents do happen and I have written the following procedure on how I will deal with such a situation:
**I will comfort your child and reassure him/her
**I will assess the extent of his/her injuries and if necessary call for medical support/ambulance
**I will carry out any first aid procedures that are necessary, that I have been trained to do; all first aid training will be kept up to date.
**Once the child has calmed I will contact you as soon as possible to inform you of the accident and if necessary to ask you to return to care for your child or meet me at the hospital
**Small minor accidents e.g. small graze to the knee that in my trained opinion, do not need you to be informed of immediately, will be recorded and you will be informed on the collection of your child, as I appreciate you are working and it is expected that children, especially when they are learning to walk etc, are likely to have the odd small accident.
If an accident does occur to your child whilst, in my care, it will be recorded in my accident book with a date and time and a brief explanation of how the accident/injury occurred and any treatment given. And notification will be sent to you via a report on Tapestry where you will get a notification and a message and/or email from me advising and you will have to sign the report to say you have been informed.
Illnesses will be guided by Public Health England's exclusion list