Transcript Babysitting Basics 101

Katie Lewis
Dixie State College
2013
• Youth ages 13-18
• "Young people with little or no experience of childcare are
often asked to babysit for family and friends. Concerns about
the potential risks involved in this situation have been raised
in a number of articles in the community health care
literature.1-3 Several babysitting courses have been set up in
different parts of the country and aim to equip young people
with the knowledge and skills necessary to look after children
in a safe and nurturing way. "
• Providing safe environment for early
and middle children, those identified by
by preparing babysitters/caregivers
adequately.
By the end of the class, participants will eel
more oriented caring for children and familiar
with the needs of those they are caring for.
• CPR dummies
• First aid kits
• Power Point
• Classroom setting
• Review of babysitting safety power point (power point
included)
• Heimlich/CPR review and demonstrations
• Q&A session
• Evaluation and uses of first aid kit
• Limited by the amount of people participate which is
primarily sue to the population present.
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Parents names
Children's name
Address of house with directions
Phone number of babysitting destination
Location of where parents will be at
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Time they will be gone
Phone numbers of parents
phone numbers of kids other family close by
have emergency numbers listed
Poison control: 1.800.222.1222
911
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Never identify yourself as the sitter
do not tie up phone lines while babysitting
do not go outside
doors and windows need to be locked
do not answer door for anyone you do not know
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Diapers
Don't let them sit, can excoriate bottoms
wipe front to back
wear gloves
clean hands after
Baths only if directed by parents
Have everything ready before bath
-towel
-clothes/diapers
-skin care
• Test water before child is in
• "Most childhood scald-burn injuries are unintentional and
potentially preventable. However, little progress has been
made in the prevention of childhood scalds apart from the
reduction in scalds related to tap water."
• Make sure water is not too hot
• -Knowing when bedtime is
• -Babies sleep on back
• "The principles of safe sleeping practices for infants are well
established, and back sleep is supported by a substantial body of
evidence. Patient education efforts, such as the "Back to Sleep"
campaign, organized by the National Institutes of Health in 1994,
and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) that
recommended the supine sleeping position in 1992, resulted in an
increase in the percentage of parents utilizing the supine position
for newborns at home each year and a decrease in SIDS rates."
-no toys, pillows, etc. to avoid suffocation
-check on them often
-ask about baby monitor
• Be aware of food allergies
• Be familiar with any medications PARENTS want you to give
-know name
-know time
-know dose
• Be aware of food portions
• Be aware of size of the food
-Childs esophagus is the size of their pinky
-avoid hot dogs, nuts, marshmallows, popcorn,
hard candy, grapes
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Get behind person choking
Reach arm around waist
Place fist with thumb in hand in other hand
Place right above belly button
Bring fist inward and upward
forcefully
• Be aware of surroundings
• electrical socket
• sharp objects EX: scissors
• foreign objects that could be swallowed
• "Reports have suggested that 40% of the foreign body ingestion in children goes
unnoticed and 50% of children with a confirmed ingestion remain asymptomatic
(Paul et al, 2010). Common symptoms of foreign body ingestion may include:
* Gagging;
* Choking;
* Drooling of saliva;
* Retching;
* Vomiting;
* Behavioral disturbances;
* Refractory wheeze (Paul et al, 2010; Foley, 2006).
- No blind finger swiping to retrieve object. If it can visualized and
retracted without pushing it farther down than you can proceed.
• "Provision of immediate first aid to patients who require emergency care
can make a big difference to the outcome , as the first action taken for
management of injuries and common illness decides the future course of
disease and complication rates. In certain self-limiting illnesses or minor
injuries, appropriate first aid measures may be sufficient to avoid a
medical consultation"
• Cuts
• Burns
• Bruises
• CPR
• CUTS
-Stop/slow down the bleeding
-Clean wound/apply antibiotic
-rinse wound with water
-if there is debris that is not removed with rinsing you can use
tweezers. Clean them with alcohol first and use them to
remove
-if antibiotics are even available, be aware
of allergies
-Place appropriate bandage
-Monitor wound
-Let parents know
• Burns
-Cool the burn
-run under cool water for 10-15 minutes
-Apply bandage
-cover burn with sterile dressing
DONTS:
-blisters are natures band aid. Do not pop it. See a MD
-no ointments/emollients
-no ice
• Bumps & Bruises
-RICE
-Rest
-Ice
-Compression
-Elevation
“Effective bystander CPR provided immediately after sudden
cardiac arrest can double or triple a victim’s chance of survival,
but only 32 percent of cardiac arrest victims get CPR from a
bystander”.
• Check for responsiveness
• Start compressions
• Breaths
Discuss differences between infant/adult CPR
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