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Purpose

To ensure the school community understands our school’s approach to first aid for students.

 

Scope

First aid for anaphylaxis and asthma are provided for in our school’s:

• Anaphylaxis Policy
• Asthma Policy

This policy does not include information on first aid requirements for COVID-19. Our school follows the Department’s operational guidance for first aid management relating to COVID-19.

 

Policy

This policy should be read with Traralgon (Stockdale Road) Primary School s First Aid, Administration of Medication, Anaphylaxis.

From time-to-time Traralgon (Stockdale Road) Primary School staff might need to administer first aid to students at school or school activities.

Parents/carers should be aware that the goal of first aid is not to diagnose or treat a condition.

 

Staffing

The Principal will ensure that Traralgon (Stockdale Road) Primary School has sufficient staff with the appropriate levels of first aid training to meet the first aid needs of the school community.

Our school’s trained first aid officers are listed in our Emergency Management Plan (EMP). Our EMP includes the expiry dates of the training. This list is reviewed on an annual basis as part of the annual review of our Emergency Management Plan.

 

First aid kits

Traralgon (Stockdale Road) Primary School will maintain:

• 3 Major First Aid kits which will be stored in the First Aid Room
• 5 Portable First Aid Kits which may be used for excursions or camps will be stored in the First Aid Room
• 3 Yard Duty First Aid kits will be stored in the staff room

First Aid Officer will be responsible for maintaining all first aid kits, ensuring they are managed in accordance with the Department’s policy and guidance on first aid kits – refer to First aid kits.

 

Care for ill students

Students who are unwell should not attend school.

If a student becomes unwell during the school day, they may be directed to the First aid room and monitored by staff. Depending on the nature of their symptoms, staff may contact parents/carers or an emergency contact person to ask them to collect the student.

First aid room

Our school follows the Department’s policy and guidance in relation to our first aid room to ensure it is safe, hygienic and appropriately equipped: First aid rooms and sick bays.

 

First aid management

If there is a situation or incident which occurs at school or a school activity which requires first aid to be administered to a student:

• Staff who have been trained in first aid will administer first aid in accordance with their training. In an emergency situation, other staff may assist in the administration of first aid within their level of competence.
• In a medical emergency, staff may take emergency action and do not need to obtain parent/carer consent to do so. Staff may contact Triple Zero “000” for emergency medical services at any time.
• Staff may also contact NURSE-ON-CALL (on 1300 60 60 24) in an emergency. NURSE-ON-CALL provides immediate, expert health advice from a registered nurse and is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• If first aid is administered for a minor injury or condition, Traralgon (Stockdale Road) Primary School will notify parents/carers by notification on Compass.
• If first aid is administered for a serious injury or condition, or in an emergency situation, school staff will attempt to contact parents/carers or emergency contacts as soon as reasonably practical.
• If staff providing first aid determine that an emergency response is not required but that medical advice is needed, school staff will ask parents/carers, or an emergency contact person, to collect the student and recommend that advice is sought from a medical practitioner.
• Whenever first aid treatment is administered to a student resulting from a student incident, injury or illness, Traralgon (Stockdale Road) Primary School will:
  • record the provision of first aid treatment on Compass.
  • If the first aid treatment is provided following a recorded incident, the details are recorded through the eduSafe Plus Incident For all other presentations, the eduSafe Plus Sick Bay form is used.
  • if care was provided in response to a medical emergency or reportable incident, follow the Department’s Reporting and Managing School Incidents Policy, including reporting the incident to the Department’s Incident Support and Operations Centre on 1800 126 126 where required to under that policy.

In accordance with Department of Education policy, analgesics, including paracetamol and aspirin, will not be stored at school or provided as a standard first aid treatments. This is because they can mask signs of serious illness or injury. For further information refer to the Department’s Policy and Advisory Library: Medication

 

Communication

This policy will be communicated to our school community in the following ways:

• Provided to staff at induction and included in staff handbook/manual
• Discussed at staff meetings/briefings as required
• Made available publicly on our school website
• Made available in hard copy from school administration upon request

 

Further Information and Resources

This policy should be read in conjunction with the following policies on the Department’s Policy and Advisory Library (PAL):

• Anaphylaxis
• Asthma
• Blood Spills and Open Wounds Management
• OHS Management System (OHSMS) Employee Health, Safety and Wellbeing
• Health Care Needs
• Infectious Diseases
• Medication
• Syringe Disposals and Injuries

The following school policies are also relevant to this First Aid Policy:

• Administration of Medication Policy
• Anaphylaxis Policy
• Asthma Policy
• Duty of Care Policy
• Health Care Needs Policy

 

Policy Review and Approval

Policy last reviewed	13th August, 2025
Approved by	Principal
Next scheduled review date	Before August 2028