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The enrollment packet will specify a medical consent form where emergency
medical and dental health care should be obtained. Please update this information
as needed.
If an emergency occurs, the preschool staff will authorize and seek emergency
care and make arrangements to get the child to the clinic/hospital if the parent/guardian
cannot be reached. The release form does not allow the staff to authorize treatment.
The staff will continue to try to contact the parent/guardian. All dental emergencies
require that parents and the child's dentist be contacted.
Grinnell College Preschool staff are required to wear disposable gloves and to wash
their hands after treating injuries. All items exposed to blood will be sealed and
discarded immediately.
The Department of Human Services guidelines mandate the performance of fire
and tornado drill one time per month. The Grinnell College Preschool also trains
staff with all emergency procedures. Please contact the director if you have
questions about other emergency procedures. Listed below are the procedures
practiced in case of emergencies at the preschool:
Fire
Fire escape routes are clearly marked and posted on each exit door. Teachers
and children will evacuate the building using the closest exit and meet on the
porch of the house immediately to the North of the preschool building. (See diagrams
on an exit door of preschool). If there is a child who is not mobile on his/her own,
the assistant teacher will be responsible for transporting the child. Children and staff
are accounted for by the assistant
teacher using class lists contained in the emergency kit,
and if necessary because of conditions, proceed to the
basement of that house. The Director stays in the building to make sure everyone is
evacuated. The Director then leaves and makes the 911 call and contacts Facilities
Management. The families will then be contacted using the emergency phone numbers.
The staff and children wait until families are able to pick up their children.
Tornado
Tornado escape routes are clearly marked and posted on each exit door.
If very severe weather is impending and/or a tornado warning has been issued,
children and staff will evacuate the building and proceed to the basement of the house
immediately to the North of the preschool. (See diagram on an exit door of preschool.)
If there is a child who is not mobile on his/her own, the director or assistant teacher
will be responsible for transporting the child.
Children and staff are accounted for by the assistant teacher using class lists,
contained in the emergency kit. The
director contacts Facilities Management. The families will then be contacted using the
emergency phone numbers. The staff and children wait for the weather conditions
to return to normal before returning to preschool and be picked up.
Blizzard or Power Failure
In case of blizzard or power failure, all children and staff will remain in the preschool
building. Children and staff are accounted for by the assistant teacher using the class
lists. The director contacts Facilities Management. The director contacts the families
using the emergency phone numbers and waits until the children are picked up.
For additional information contact:
Karen Veerhusen-Langerud at
veerhuse@grinnell.edu
or (641) 269-3320; 1207 Park Street, Grinnell, IA 50112.
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