Prevent accidents in schools and nurseries
When children start going to nursery school or daycare, after their home, where they spend most time is in the school, this being the second place in which most often occur child accidents. In the Educational Center, the child becomes more independent and active, and it is logical that there are many possibilities of accident. Children must acquire certain knowledge, attitudes and preventive habits.
Although there is a general regulation, the school is free to attend to one or the other degree medical needs of school children A parent seeking an Educational Center should ask if he or she has medical attention and value it positively.
The most frequent accidents in the School Center
- Falls and blows: generally caused by the poor condition of the floors, the presence of obstacles or incorrect furniture arrangements. They are more frequent in the patio, gym, corridors or toilets.
- Cuts and wounds: produced by sharp or sharp objects, or as a result of a blow or fall.
- Choking: frequent in young children, by introducing small objects in the mouth.
- Poisoning: by drugs, toxic products, or as a consequence of the intake of food in poor condition.
- Stings or bites of animals: this type of accident usually occurs in outdoor spaces and is more frequent when they are made Field trips.
-Traffic accidents: can occur in the school environment. Its role in the prevention of this type of accidents must be to carry out activities of vial education and the narrow surveillance to the youngest children.
How to prevent accidents at school
As important as the physical environment is the behavior of children in the users of the school, both students and teachers. It is very important that the rules are respected or House Rules. The Community of Madrid has prepared a Guide for the prevention of this type of accidents, which we summarize here.
Inside the closed enclosures:
-Do not use brighteners for cleaning the floors.
-Care that there is always a good illumination in the work and step zones.
-The stairs They must have the low steps and railing.
-The terraces, roofs and balconies they will have high railings and bars.
-The windows They must have high closures and be inaccessible for the little ones.
-In the narrow corridors, the doors on the sides They will be arranged so that they do not invade the corridor when opened.
- The glass doors They must carry some signage.
- The furniture They should have blunt corners. Avoid projections, edges ...
- The services they must be equipped with a security system that prevents them from locked.
- Monitor the good condition of the toilet facilities: tiles, metal roll holders, metal hangers; and the gym: trellises, mirrors and padded columns.
- The toxic products (cleaning, painting, glues, etc.), as well as medications will be stored out of the reach of children.
- Monitor that the fire extinguishers are in good condition and in places known to adults.
- There must be a first aid kit Well endowed and someone who is responsible for its maintenance.
- It is mandatory that there is a security plan, evacuation or emergency. Perform an evacuation drill periodically.
In daycare centers:
- The materials used in the Interior finishes They will be appropriate to the age of the students, avoiding rough, hard or aggressive surfaces.
- The points of light and power suppliers they will be protected.
-All doors of use for children will be protected so that They can not get their fingers.
- The doors must be designed so that when opened can see if there is a child behind.
- The toilets They will have the maximum possible visibility from the classroom. The changing table will be confronted to the classroom in such a way that the educator sees at the same time that it changes the child, what happens in the classroom.
- The radiators they will be protected.
Outdoors:
- The buildings in the center have to be surrounded by a fence or fence.
- In the courtyards, you have to suppress the stones and install sand area dedicated to the game for the youngest students.
- There will be a rubber tile area that cushions the falls.
- The slides they must reach flush with the ground and have lateral high railings.
- The swings They must have bars so that other children can not approach when someone swings. The seats will be soft.
- Monitor the good condition of the floors of patios, wooden benches, sewers, gutters ...
- Check that the external accesses to the school are safe and have the traffic signals timely (traffic lights, zebra crossings, informative signs of the existence of schoolchildren ...).
