Pain Relief - Paracetamol / Ibuprofen

To guard against the over use of pain relief, and minimise the risk of masking the underlying reasons behind high temperatures, the following pain relief policy will be strictly enforced:

Educators will only administer paracetamol, ibuprofen and other medicines of similar nature, if it is accompanied by a doctor’s letter prescribing the name of the child it is to be administered to, the reason for administering, the dosage, and the length of time (date and days) it is to be administered for.

If a child presents with a fever at the Centre, we will notify the parents immediately and ask them to organise collection of the child within 2 hours, and encourage them to visit a doctor to find the cause of the temperature.

While waiting for the child to be picked up, educators will follow the following steps in First Aid to help treat the fever:

• some of the child’s clothing will be removed to help cool the child down
• plenty of fluids will be offered to the child
• the child will be rested and encouraged to lay down
• a cool face washer will be applied to the forehead
• the child’s temperature and well-being will be monitored 

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