Support children and young people’s health and safety
While the children were lining up in class waiting to go to assembly, Pupil Z’s nose started to bleed heavily. I quickly alerted the class teacher and she asked me to stay with him while she took the other children to assembly and find the qualified first aider.
I put some disposable gloves on, gave Z some tissue to hold under his nose and guided him to the first aid room to wait for Mrs. B, the first aider. Z was becoming distressed so I reassured and comforted him making conversation to distract him from the nose bleed. He said he had a nose bleed in the night. Mrs. B arrived promptly and applied pressure to Z’s nose. I explained that his nose suddenly started bleeding and