Form Jfs 01332 - Child Care Handbook For Caretakers Licensed Type B Home Providers And Certified In-Home Aides Page 3

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Times that meals and snacks are served:
Infant food and formula will be provided by:
EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND ACCIDENTS
Emergency transportation for children will be obtained by:
The provider shall send the child's "Child Enrollment and Health Information" form with the child who is being transported
to a source of emergency assistance. A first aid box shall be on the premises and readily available to the provider but
shall be kept out of reach of children.
Actions to be taken by the provider, employee, emergency/substitute caregiver or in-home aide in the event of a general
emergency:
An incident report will be completed and provided to the caretaker whenever the following occurs with a child: becomes ill
or receives an injury that requires first aid, is transported for emergency assistance, receives a bump or blow to the head
or when the child experiences an unusual or unexpected incident which jeopardizes the safety of a child or provider. An
incident report must be given to the caretaker on the day of the incident/injury.
Actions to be taken by the provider, employee, emergency/substitute caregiver or in-home aide in the event of a serious
incident, injury or illness, including the completion of an incident report:
MANAGEMENT OF ILLNESS
The provider's procedure for administering medication, food supplement or modified diet, whether the provider will
administer medication, food supplements, modified diets or not. Written permission from the caretaker on the JFS 01644
"Permission to Administer Medication" is on file with the provider. The CDJFS or the provider may require written
instructions from a licensed physician, physician's assistant, advance practice nurse or dentist. Any limitations:
Caring for an ill child:
The symptoms for a sick child are:
- Temperature of at least 100 degrees (axillary/armpit method) when in combination with any other symptoms
- Diarrhea (3 or more abnormally loose stools within a 24 hour period)
- Severe coughing causing the child to become red or blue in the face, or to make a whooping sound
- Difficult or rapid breathing
- Yellowish skin or eyes
- Purulent (pus) eye discharge, or eye pain, or eyelid redness or fever
- Untreated infected skin patches, unusual spots or rashes
- Unusually dark urine and/or grey or white stool
- Stiff neck with elevated temperature
- Evidence of untreated lice, scabies or other parasitic infestations
- Sore throat or difficulty in swallowing
- Vomiting more than one time or when accompanied by any other symptom
Upon the child's arrival each day, the provider shall observe each child for signs of communicable illness.
Parents will be notified when their child has been exposed to a communicable illness by:
JFS 01332 (1/2014)
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