Healthy environment - Answers - Clean work and play areas
- proper hygiene practices
- routine practice of a written health policy
Written policy - Answers Effective way of maintaining a safe and healthy child care program
Three A's of a Healthy Child - Answers -Appetite
-Appearance
-Activity
"10 second check" - Answers Look at a child's.......
- behavior
- face
- body
What is the purpose of Daily Health Checks? - Answers It is a way of preventing, identifying, and
controlling, illness in a child care environment
Temperature/Thermometer - Answers - Disposable sheath must be used
- can be taken orally or auxiliary (under arm)
Fever - Answers Over 100 degrees Fahrenheit
Dehydration (1) - Answers - Excessive loss of water
- symptoms: dry mouth, no tears, less activity, sunken eyes, cool and blotchy hands and feet
Heat Exhaustion (2) - Answers - caused by excessive sweating
- symptoms :pale skin, dizziness,rapid heart rate
- notify parents
Heat stroke (3) - Answers - Body does not regulate temperature
- symptoms: hot dry skin and strong rapid pulse
- call 911 !!!!
What are communicable diseases? - Answers Disease that can be spread from one person to another
, What are communicable diseases caused by? - Answers - Bacteria
- Virus
- Fungi
- Parasites
Bacteria - Answers Small organisms that antibiotics helps stop growth of
- examples: strep throat, pink eye, pneumonia
Virus - Answers - Smaller organisms that vaccines go against
- antibiotics have no effect, body fights
- examples: colds, chicken pox, measles
Fungi - Answers - Grow in moist areas
- medication is available
- examples: ringworm, athletes foot
Parasites - Answers - organisms that live on people
- examples: lice, pinworms,roundworms
chicken pox symptoms (virus) - Answers Fever, blisters, first on scalp, then on face and body
Common cold symptoms - Answers Runny nose, watery eyes, chills, no fever, fatigue
Influenza - Answers High fever, chills, headache, sore throat, chest pain, muscle pain
diarrhea related disease symptoms - Answers Loose or watery stools, nausea, vomiting, fever,
stomachache, headache
Conjunctivitis (pink eye) - Answers - Red eye(s)
-crusted lids
- discharge from eyes
Giardiasis - Answers - Parasite found in stool
- Diarrhea, Abdominal cramps, bloating, weight loss, weakness
allergic reaction - Answers rash, itching, swelling, difficulty breathing
RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) - Answers highly contagious viral respiratory infection