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Caregivers must have easy access to a light source to use in case of a power failure. You may use flashlights or choose to use battery-powered wall lights. A flashlight does you no good if its batteries are dead. Check the batteries regularly and keep extra new batteries in a convenient place. One way to guarantee you always have a fully charged flashlight is to use one of the rechargeable varieties. Keep it plugged in when not in use.
You should have enough flashlights in each classroom so that each staff person has one. Battery powered wall lights are required by Fire and Building codes for certain facilities. They may fail to operate in an outage, so all centers should have flashlights available (emergency lights generally only last for a few hours). The state Fire Marshal’s office prohibits the use of candles in child care centers.
Caregivers must have easy access to a light source to use in case of a power failure. You may use flashlights or choose to use battery-powered wall lights. A flashlight does you no good if its batteries are dead. Check the batteries regularly and keep extra new batteries in a convenient place. One way to guarantee you always have a fully charged flashlight is to use one of the rechargeable varieties. Keep it plugged in when not in use.
You should have enough flashlights in each classroom so that each staff person has one. Battery powered wall lights are required by Fire and Building codes for certain facilities. They may fail to operate in an outage, so all centers should have flashlights available (emergency lights generally only last for a few hours). The state Fire Marshal’s office prohibits the use of candles in child care centers.
Working Telephone
The child care facility must have the capacity to accept and respond to incoming calls during the center working hours. Answering machines are essential for answering the phone when you are busy with children, screening calls, or catching calls after hours. However, they should not keep parents from getting an important message to you about their child. You may want to put a second phone line with its own number in the classroom. Parents must be able to get in touch with you immediately if needed. Be sure that your phones work in a power outage. Many cordless phones and telephone answering devices will not work during power outages.
The child care facility must have the capacity to accept and respond to incoming calls during the center working hours. Answering machines are essential for answering the phone when you are busy with children, screening calls, or catching calls after hours. However, they should not keep parents from getting an important message to you about their child. You may want to put a second phone line with its own number in the classroom. Parents must be able to get in touch with you immediately if needed. Be sure that your phones work in a power outage. Many cordless phones and telephone answering devices will not work during power outages.
Caregivers should discuss with the children how their lives are more important than any possessions. Explain to the children why they should get out of the building immediately, and NOT put their shoes on, go to get their coat or race to their cubby to get something.
Caregivers can cover other aspects of fire safety with children in appropriate age groups, such as:
Caregivers can cover other aspects of fire safety with children in appropriate age groups, such as:
- How to stop, drop, and roll if their clothing is on fire
- How to crawl on their hands and knees if a room is full of smoke
- How to feel a doorknob for heat before opening the door
- How it is important to have an emergency evacuation procedure at home, not just at the center
Preparing for Medical Emergencies
As part of preventing illness and developing a health care policy, there should be a plan in place at your child care program. Among the forms parents must sign when they enroll their child is a Medical Emergency Authorization form (also referred to as a Medical Consent form). With this form, parents authorize and give personal consent for medical personnel to begin emergency medical treatment before parents arrive.
Medical personnel cannot legally provide services for a minor without the consent of his/her guardian.
For your protection and the safety of the child:
As part of preventing illness and developing a health care policy, there should be a plan in place at your child care program. Among the forms parents must sign when they enroll their child is a Medical Emergency Authorization form (also referred to as a Medical Consent form). With this form, parents authorize and give personal consent for medical personnel to begin emergency medical treatment before parents arrive.
Medical personnel cannot legally provide services for a minor without the consent of his/her guardian.
For your protection and the safety of the child:
- You should not accept a child for care before the parent signs the medical emergency authorization form
- The medical emergency authorization form should be with the child at all times that they are in your care, including field trips
First Aid
In every child care program, injuries and illness occur. Sometimes, it may just be a scratch or bumped knee. At other times, it may be a sudden high temperature.
First aid training provides the knowledge and skill needed to handle emergency medical care. With the proper training, you will know how and when to treat illnesses and injuries. You will also know when professional medical help is required.
WAC 170-295-1100: One staff member with a current basic standard first aid and age appropriate CPR certificate must be present with each group of children in your child care program at all times. For example, if you have six different classrooms with different groups of children, you must have a staff person in each room trained in first aid and CPR.
First aid and CPR training must be updated as required on the card or certificate. The first aid and CPR cards or certificates must have a date of expiration (copies of the cards must be maintained at the center).
*Online First Aid classes do not meet the hands-on requirement for the First Aid and CPR training!*
"WAC 170-295-7050 Both CPR and First Aid classes must have a hands-on component that meets the national Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards. On-line First Aid and CPR classes do not meet licensing requirements."
Visit www.redcross.org to find First Aid/CPR training near you.
In every child care program, injuries and illness occur. Sometimes, it may just be a scratch or bumped knee. At other times, it may be a sudden high temperature.
First aid training provides the knowledge and skill needed to handle emergency medical care. With the proper training, you will know how and when to treat illnesses and injuries. You will also know when professional medical help is required.
WAC 170-295-1100: One staff member with a current basic standard first aid and age appropriate CPR certificate must be present with each group of children in your child care program at all times. For example, if you have six different classrooms with different groups of children, you must have a staff person in each room trained in first aid and CPR.
First aid and CPR training must be updated as required on the card or certificate. The first aid and CPR cards or certificates must have a date of expiration (copies of the cards must be maintained at the center).
*Online First Aid classes do not meet the hands-on requirement for the First Aid and CPR training!*
"WAC 170-295-7050 Both CPR and First Aid classes must have a hands-on component that meets the national Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards. On-line First Aid and CPR classes do not meet licensing requirements."
Visit www.redcross.org to find First Aid/CPR training near you.
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