First Aid

If your child is unwell in the morning, please keep them at home. Students who report to Sick Bay due to illness or injury will be treated. If needed, we will contact their parents, as students are not permitted to make their own arrangements to go home. We can only contact persons who are noted as Parents/Guardians or Emergency contacts of the child’s Compass profile, so it is essential to keep the College updated with current Parent/Guardian and Emergency contact details for Sick Bay situations.

Please inform the College of any ongoing or past health issues or injuries to ensure proper treatment. All students with Anaphylaxis, Asthma, Diabetes, or Epilepsy must provide the school with a current Action Management Plan annually or as updated. If an Action Management Plan has been completed, the relevant medications must be supplied by the parents and kept at the school or with the student. All Action Management Plans are kept in the First Aid Office, and copies are found in the Staff room and other relevant spaces.

Any child requiring medication to be administered at school will need a current Medication Authority Form signed by the child’s parent or guardian. Medication should be in the original packaging, with a pharmacy label stating the child’s name, medication, administration details, and doctor’s details and must be in date. These will be kept in the First Aid office. Please note that any pain relief medication, such as Panadol or ibuprofen, will not be administered at the College, per Department of Education guidelines. Use of pain relief medications will require a doctor’s letter and a completed medication authority form.  

All staff in charge of First Aid and Sick Bay are trained in First Aid, CPR, Anaphylaxis, Asthma, and other relevant medical conditions. When Sick Bay is unattended, children are directed to the Advocate’s office for first aid support. Parents are required to sign out their children when collecting them from the Sick Bay or give permission for alternative arrangements to be made.