Complete a grid to iden? fy the common signs and symptoms of childhood illnesses/allergies, accidents and injuries and how these should be responded to within your early years se%ng. Illness/Allergy Signs and Symptoms Procedural Response Allergy (examples) 1. 2. 3. 007. 2. 2 Chicken Pox ? High temperature (FEVER), ACHES AND HEADACHE OFTEN START A DAY OR SO BEFORE A RASH APPEARS. ?SPOTS (RASH). SPOTS APPEAR IN CROPS. THEY DEVELOP INTO SMALL BLISTERS AND ARE ITCHY. THEY CAN BE ANYWHERE ON THE BODY. SEVERAL CROPS MAY DEVELOP OVER SEVERAL DAYS. ?LOSS OF APPETITE OR FEEDING PROBLEMS. ?
Stay o- work/ school un? l the last blister has burst and scabbed over. Meningi? s ? Fever ?VOMITING ?HEADACHE AND FEELING UNWELL ?RED TICKS SHOW SYMPTOMS MORE SPECIFIC TO MENINGITIS AND SEPTICAEMIA AND LESS COMMON IN MILDER ILLNESSES. ?LIMB PAIN ?PALE SKIN ?COLD HANDS AND FEET OFTEN APPEAR EARLIER THAN THE RASH ?NECK STIFFNESS ?DISLIKE OF BRIGHT LIGHTS AND CONFUSION. ?SOON AS YOU DETECT THE INFECTION CALL 999 IMMEDIATELY Mumps ? Swelling and pain of ONE OR BOTH PAROTID GLANDS ARE THE USUAL MAIN SYMPTOMS. ?STAY OFF WORK OR SCHOOL UNTIL FIVE DAYS AFTER YOU FIRST ?THE MOUTH MAY FEEL DRY. ?
CHEWING AND SWALLOWING MAY BE SORE. ?FEVER (HIGH TEMPERATURE), HEADACHE, FEELING TIRED AND BEING OFF F OD MAY DEVELOP FOR A FEW DAYS. … ?MILD ABDOMINAL (TUMMY) PAIN MAY OCCUR. DEVELOPED SYMPTOMS ?WASH YOUR HANDS REGULARLY, USING SOAP AND WATER ?ALWAYS USE A TISSUE TO COVER YOUR MOUTH AND NOSE WHEN YOU COUGH AND SNEEZE, AND THROW THE TISSUE IN A BIN IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS Measles ?A HIGH TEMPERATURE, SORE EYES (CONJUNCTIVITIS), AND A RUNNY NOSE USUALLY OCCUR FIRST. ?SMALL WHITE SPOTS USUALLY DEVELOP INSIDE THE MOUTH A DAY OR SO LATER. THESE CAN PERSIST FOR SEVERAL DAYS. ?
A HARSH DRY COUGH IS USUAL. ?GOING OFF FOOD, TIREDNESS, AND ACHES AND PAINS ARE USUAL. ?DIARRHOEA AND/OR VOMITING IS COMMON. ?A RED BLOTCHY RASH NORMALLY DEVELOPS ABOUT 3-4 DAYS AFTER THE FIRST SYMPTOMS. IT USUALLY STARTS ON THE HEAD AND NECK, AND SPREADS DOWN THE BODY. IT TAKES 2-3 DAYS ?DETECT THE ILLNESS ?MEASLES IS VERY CONTAGIOUS THE PATIENT SHOULD BE SENT HOME. ?CONTACT GP TO COVER MOST OF THE BODY. THE RASH OFTEN TURNS A BROWNISH COLOUR AND GRADUALLY FADES OVER A FEW DAYS. ?CHILDREN ARE USUALLY QUITE UNWELL AND MISERABLE FOR 3-5 DAYS. AFTER THIS, THE FEVER TENDS TO EASE, AND THEN THE RASH FADES. THE OTHER SYMPTOMS GRADUALLY EASE AND GO.
Rubella ?SWOLLEN GLANDS, USUALLY BEHIND THE EARS AND AT THE BACK OF THE NECK. SOMETIMES GLANDS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE BODY SWELL. THE GLANDS GRADUALLY GO BACK TO NORMAL OVER A WEEK OR SO. ?A SPOTTY, PINK-RED RASH DEVELOPS ANY TIME UP TO SEVEN DAYS AFTER THE GLANDS SWELL. THE RASH USUALLY STARTS BEHIND THE EARS, THEN SPREADS TO THE FACE AND NECK AND THEN SPREADS TO THE REST OF THE BODY. THE RASH LASTS 3-5 DAYS BEFORE FADING. ?A MILD RAISED TEMPERATURE (FEVER), COLD, COUGH AND SORE THROAT ARE COMMON. ?SORE RED EYES (CONJUNCTIVITIS) MAY DEVELOP FOR A FEW DAYS. ?
DETECT THE ILLNESS ?MEASLES IS VERY CONTAGIOUS THE PATIENT SHOULD BE SENT HOME. ?CONTACT GP ?JOINT PAINS, LIKE A MILD ARTHRITIS, MAY DEVELOP FOR A WEEK OR SO. THIS IS LESS COMMON IN CHILDREN BUT IS QUITE COMMON IN ADULTS WITH RUBELLA. ?OTHER SYMPTOMS MAY INCLUDE TIREDNESS AND HEADACHE. Choking ?
Struggling to breathe (GASPING) ?COUGHING ?GAGGING ?BLUISH LIPS OR SKIN ?STAND SLIGHTLY BEHIND THE PERSON TO ONE SIDE. IF YOU’RE RIGHT- HANDED, STAND TO THE LEFT. IF YOU’RE LEFT-HANDED, STAND TO THE RIGHT. ?SUPPORT THEIR CHEST WITH ONE HAND. LEAN THE PERSON FORWARD SO THAT THE OBJECT BLOCKING THEIR AIRWAY WILL COME OUT OF THEIR MOUTH, RATHER THAN GOING FURTHER DOWN. ?
GIVE UP TO FIVE SHARP BLOWS BETWEEN THE PERSON’S SHOULDER BLADES WITH THE HEEL OF YOUR HAND. (THE HEEL IS BETWEEN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND AND YOUR WRIST. ) ?STOP AFTER EACH BLOW TO CHECK IF THE BLOCKAGE HAS CLEARED. ?IF NOT, GIVE UP TO FIVE ABDOMINAL THRUSTS (SEE BELOW). ?STOP AFTER EACH THRUST TO CHECK IF THE BLOCKAGE HAS CLEARED. Severe Bleeding ? Discharge of blood FROM A WOUND ?BRUISING ?BLOOD IN STOOL/URINE ?BLOOD COMING FROM OTHER AREAS, LIKE MOUTH/EAR ?PUT PRESSURE ON THE WOUND WITH WHATEVER IS AVAILABLE TO STOP OR SLOW DOWN THE FLOW OF BLOOD. ?
CALL 999 AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, OR GET SOMEONE ELSE TO DO IT. ?KEEP PRESSURE ON THE WOUND UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. Bites and S? ngs ?SWELLING, WHICH MAY BE CONCENTRATED IN THE AFFECTED AREA OR MAY SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE BODY ?REDNESS OR RASH ?PAIN IN THE AFFECTED AREA OR MUSCULAR PAIN ?ITCHING ?HEAT ON AND AROUND THE SITE OF THE BITE OR STING ?NUMBNESS OR TINGLING IN THE AFFECTED AREA ?CLEANING THE BITTEN AREA: THE AREA OF THE INSECT BITE SHOULD BE CLEANED THOROUGHLY WITH WATER AND AN ANTISEPTIC OR EVEN SOAP TO WASH OUT THE VENOM AND PREVENT AN INFECTION FROM DEVELOPING. ?DEALING WITH THE SWELLING:
RINGS AND BRACELETS SHOULD BE REMOVED AS SWELLING MAY OCCUR IN THE BITTEN AREA AND JEWELRY COULD RESTRICT BLOOD FLOW. ICE AND COLD COMPRESSES WILL REDUCE THE PAIN AS WELL AS THE SWELLING. ?APPLICATION OF LOTION: INSECT BITES COULD CAUSE SEVERE ITCHING WHICH CAN BE EASED BY APPLYING A SOOTHING LOTION Poisoning ?DULL HEADACHE ?WEAKNESS ?DIZZINESS ?NAUSEA ?VOMITING ?SHORTNESS OF BREATH ?CONFUSION ?BLURRED VISION ?LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS ?REDUCE THE EXPOSURE. ?TAKE AWAY THE HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE. ?IF TOXIC FUMES ARE INVOLVED, MOVE THE CHILD AWAY FROM THE ROOM OR AREA. ?IF THE POISON IS ON THE SKIN OR IN THE EYES, RINSE THE AREA WITH RUNNING WATER FOR 15 TO 20 MINUTES. ?
DO NOT INDUCE VOMITING UNLESS INSTRUCTED BY 911 OR POISON CONTROL. ?BE AWARE THAT SOME POISONS CAN CAUSE FURTHER DAMAGE IF VOMITED. ?CALL 911 OR POISON CONTROL RIGHT AWAY. ?CALL 911 OR EMERGENCY SERVICES RIGHT AWAY IF THE PERSON HAS SIGNS OF LIFE-THREATENING PROBLEMS. THESE SIGNS INCLUDE SEIZURES, TROUBLE BREATHING, OR BEING UNCONSCIOUS. ?OTHERWISE, CALL POISON CONTROL AT 800-222-1222. EITHER SERVICE WILL ADVISE YOU ON HOW TO TREAT YOUR CHILD, WHETHER OR NOT THE POISONING IS AN EMERGENCY. ?POISONS CAN ACT FAST, SO CALL RIGHT AWAY. EVEN IF YOU’RE NOT SURE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, DON’T WAIT TO SEE WHAT EFFECTS THE SUBSTANCE WILL HAVE. IT’S BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY.
?HAVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO GIVE TO 911 OR POISON CONTROL: ?YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER. ?THE NAME OF THE PRODUCT OR SUBSTANCE INVOLVED IN THE POISONING. IF POSSIBLE, HAVE THE CONTAINER OF THE POISON WITH YOU WHEN YOU CALL. ?HOW MUCH OF THE POISON WAS EATEN OR DRUNK. ?THE AGE, WEIGHT, AND GENERAL HEALTH OF THE CHILD. ?WHEN THE CHILD WAS EXPOSED TO THE POISON. ?WHETHER THE CHILD HAS ANY SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS. ?WHAT TREATMENT ACTIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN TAKEN.