A child is found collapsed on the floor in an early childhood ...

[bobbie]

A child is found collapsed on the floor in an early childhood education environment. List some of the indicators you would use to discover what type of emergency exists. What steps would you take once you have made a conclusion about the emergency and determined the cause?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Allen fell off the climbing structure and you are concerned about a head injury. Describe the symptoms will you be looking for.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[mirabriestensky]

Answer to Question 1

First, one must learn what constitutes an emergency and be prepared in advance to handle any emergency because practice and knowledge may lessen the impact of the emergency. Above all, a calm demeanor for the teacher may head off poor reactions to the emergency, so the prepared teacher would know that being calm is necessary to keep things under control. Proper emergency response can save lives, help lessen the impact of an emergency, and provide comfort to the injured child.

Answer to Question 2

Indicators would include vomiting, shock, confused behavior, unevenly dilated pupils, change in breathing rate, change in pulse rate, cold and clammy skin, and loss of consciousness.

[bobbie]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[nyrave]

Gracias!