Unit 025 Understand how to safeguard the wellbeing of children and young people. Outcome 1 Understand the main legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people. Current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies & procedures: “The Children Act 1989 An Act to reform the law relating to children; to provide for local authority services for children in need and others; to amend the law with respect to children’s homes‚ community homes‚ voluntary homes and voluntary
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com/337407 Introduction If all of us were as strong as Superman‚ we probably wouldn’t have to worry about preventing injuries. We could leap from rooftops‚ run through fire‚ bend steel rods‚ and halt speeding automobiles with a screech without anyone ever saying‚ “Don’t try this at home.” Unfortunately‚ we are humans‚ and for us‚ trying such feats will result in fatal injuries. Injuries can upset our routine and prevent us from achieving our goals. A fractured leg before a soccer match will keep you
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Elizabeth Segura HPRS 1304 Elizabeth Segura Childhood Illnesses and Injuries Essay Five common childhood illnesses are chickenpox‚ colds‚ croup‚ diarrhea‚ and ear infections. Starting off with chickenpox‚ it’s a contagious illness that is caused by varicella-zoster virus and may be transmitted by sneezes‚ coughs‚ or shared food or drinks by an infected person. There is a higher risk of getting chickenpox when a person has not had the chickenpox vaccine. The first symptoms start appearing
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ligaments are extremely important for the stability of the knee joint‚ especially in contact sports and those that involve fast cutting and changing directions quickly‚ twisting and pivoting. By definition‚ a knee sprain is an injury to a knee ligament. A sprain is a joint injury that causes a stretch or a tear in a ligament‚ and ligaments function to connect bone to bone. The ACL connects the thigh bone to the shin bone. ACL sprains are graded I‚ II‚ or III depending on their severity: grade I sprain:
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to prevent this from occurring‚ or prevent injury. Section One. ACTIVITY AREAS 1.) CLIMBING AND ABSEILING The following potential hazards have been identified as being particular to this activity area: * a.) Equipment failure - failure of critical belay devices‚ anchor points or rope could lead to injury through falling from the climbing wall. (5) * b.) Unsupervised use of the facility when a session is not in operation could lead to injury through falling from the climbing wall. (5)
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Assessment task-MMII 002 managing paediatric illness and injury Described how to manage an infant with foreign bodies in their eyes‚ ears and nose If you get a foreign body stuck in your ears or nose you should go to the nearest NHS walk in centre or minor injuries unit‚ because when you attempt to remove it yourself it sometimes may occur to get even more stuck. If you get any foreign bodies in your eyes such as dust‚ paint or sand it can be removed easily by doing this: Put on some disposable
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Assessment of environmental processes includes agents and factors that may cause injury‚ illness‚ or death. Choose one of the following age groups: toddler‚ preschool‚ and school-age child. List some of the most frequent causes of injuries‚ illness‚ or death at the age level. Discuss and describe safety concerns specific to the age‚ listing the most common causes of injury‚ illness (acute or chronic)‚ trauma‚ and death for the age level. Describe how health promotion and health prevention interventions
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Unit 4: Keeping children safe P4.1- I have been involved in identifying hazards in my setting‚ such as in the water play area‚ the children accidently spilling water on the floor from splashing the water out of the water bowl and from trying to experiment with pouring and filling bottles. Therefore‚ because this happened I proceeded to use in initiative and clean up the spillage on the floor. The procedure I had took in this situation was that I asked the children to step away from the puddle
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can take to ensure their sport stays fun and minimize the occurrence of injury. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reported that a total of more than 100‚000 skiing and snowboarding injuries were treated in emergency rooms around the country in 2010. The most obvious and important recommendation for winter sport safety is that all children should wear properly fitting helmets. From my own
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Expose wire can cause patient’s trip over and fall which can cause injury and damaging parts of their body. Water leaks: This hazard can cause damage to patient’s goods‚ furniture and can even cause dampness to their rooms and to the environment. This can even cause patient to be sick of cold‚ cough‚ cramp etc. Slippery bath tub: Patient can slip over‚ fall and damage parts of their body. This can even cause serious injury or death. If a patient happens to fall over and know his/her head
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