This FAQ is from the Holiday Programs Management Plan section 21. Parts B, C

B)  Sickness/ incidents

Parents and caregivers are asked in pre camp forms and at registration if there have been or are any medical conditions, sickness, or injury that may affect their child staying at camp.

Parents and caregivers are advised to keep their child home if he or she has had a stomach bug in the last 48 hours.

Parents are also asked to advise registration staff if there has been a stomach bug in the family which has not affected their registered child.

All medical information extracted from registration forms is passed on to the assigned 1^st aid officer who will manage any medication, first aid, and other wellness needs of participants.

Finlay Park has a stocked first aid room which is checked prior to events. All activity groups have their own first aid kit or make use of the first aid room if that activity is in its vicinity.

C)  In event of an incident or illness

• Appropriate First Aid will be administered by staff or volunteers. Disposable gloves will be wore when administering first aid with open wounds.
• The first aid officer will be notified and follow up care organised.
• Based on the severity of the injury the camp coordinator will be advised and will make a decision if outside medical help is appropriate. If outside medical help is appropriate;
  • Participants caregivers/ parents need to be contacted
  • A decision must be made as to the type of transport needed; urgent (ambulance) or non-urgent.
  •  If Finlay Park transports the injured person please see ‘Transport’ heading in this document.
  • It is always preferred to have parents/ caregivers collect their child(ren) and seek medical advice.
  • A & E or Emergency services must be contacted prior to arrival
• All incidents and near miss incidents will be recorded by staff in an incident register. This register is use to look at incidents trends and how to manage hazard areas better.
• All medical fees incurred are to be invoiced and reimbursed by the parents/ caregivers of the child.
• The Finlay Park director or event coordinator will follow up with parents and caregivers as to the incident outcome and welfare of the participant.
• Caregivers and parents will be asked to collect their child immediately if he/she contracts a (suspected) stomach bug.

Below is a list of the most common incidents or illness where we will notify parents as soon as possible. These will most likely be events that require immediate medical attention or are going to require medical attention in the future (based on severity scale by Alpine Club NZ. Incidents relating to a raking of 4 or higher)

• Concussion
• minor burns
• Hypo or hyperthermia
• Fractures
• Flu
• Food/ hygiene related diarrhoea/ vomiting
• Lacerations
• poisoning

In the unlikely incident of medication being given to the wrong child the following procedure will be followed:

• Advice will be sought from Poison centre 24h if the medication taken is harmful and in need of immediate attention.
• Poison centre advice will be followed.
• Parent / caregivers will be notified and apology made.

ncidents to your host ASAP