All childcare professional worker should develop a plan and guidelines for the protection of the children in their care. All staff should be trained properly about the methods and practices of conducting education, observation and supervision that provide maximum safety and minimum risk. ?? All teachers should have training in basic first aid and rescue breathing and at least one teacher in site must be CPR certified. Every early childhood education program should have a first aid kit that goes along with the group while on the playground or on a field trip. The first aid kit should contain bandage, wipes, handsanitizer, guaze, tape, twizer, cold pack and gloves. It is very important for teachers be organized for an emergency and plan accordingly. Teacher should have emergency contact numbers handy at all times.
The two scenarios I chose can go hand in hand. I chose these two scenarios because I had a child in this situation. This child choked on a corn dog while we were eating lunch at our school and then stopped breathing. The proper emergency situation in most emergency is to remain calm, have a emergency back- up staff, stay with victim until medical help arrives, notify parents and fill out the proper paper work after the dust settles.
In a choking emergency the teacher should
1. Remain calm
2. Assign the other teacher the task of teaching the other children to remain calm
3. Perform Heimlich maneuver Ask the child( preschool age) are you okay if no response tell the child you will help
Kneel to stoop behind the child, wrapping your arms around the child Make a fist with one hand and hold it with the other hand against the center of child’s abdomen
Perform abdominal thrust until the object is expelled
4. If the child becomes unresponsive begin CPR( Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation)
5. Call 911 after 1 minute of rescue support was there another teacher? What about the other children?
6. Notify the parent
7. Fill out the necessary paper work after the incident

What to do if a child stops breathing
1. Remain calm
2. Assign the other teacher to take charge of the class and to keep the other student calm
3. Perform CPR
 Open airway with head tilt/chin lift
 Look, listen and feel for breathing 5 to 10 seconds
 Pinch nose and cover victim’s mouth with your mouth
 Give two rescue breaths for 1 second each
 Immediately begin chest compression. Compression should be 30 times at a depth of ½ inch.
4. Ask someone specific to call 911
5. Go on the ambulance if the necessary with the child
6. Notify parent
7. Fill out the necessary paper work after the incident
www.umm.edu/pediatrics_child.htm
Robertson, C (2010) Safety, Nutrition, and health in early education (4th ed). Belmont, CA