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4.5 Student health

4.5 Student health (PDF - 518Kb)

  • 4.5.1 Planning for and supporting students health care needs at school
  • 4.5.2 The Department's policy on student health support
  • 4.5.3 The student health support planning process - a step by step guide 
    • 4.5.3.1 Overview of forms available for health support planning
  • 4.5.4 Roles and responsibilities in health support planning
    • 4.5.4.1 DEECD role and responsibilities in health support planning
    • 4.5.4.2 The school principal's role and responsibilities in health support planning
    • 4.5.4.3 School staff role and responsibilities in health support planning
    • 4.5.2.4 First aid coordinators/school nurses role and responsibilities in health support planning
    • 4.5.4.5 Parent/carers and adult independent livers role and responsibilities in health support planning
    • 4.5.4.6 Students role and responsibilities in health support planning
    • 4.5.4.7 School council members and other volunteer workers role and responsibilities in health support planning
  • 4.5.5 First aid
    • 4.5.5.1 Provision of first aid in school
      • 4.5.5.1.1 First aid training
      • 4.5.5.1.2 Managing blood spills at school
      • 4.5.5.1.3 First aid for students who are bleeding
      • 4.5.5.1.4 Needle disposal
      • 4.5.5.1.5 Needle stick injuries
      • 4.5.5.1.6 Use of ice packs above the shoulders
      • 4.5.5.1.7 Use of thermometers in first aid
    • 4.5.5.2 First-aid for other seizures
    • 4.5.5.2 Seeking emergency assistance
      • 4.5.5.2.1 Emergency and security management unit
    • 4.5.5.3 Liability
  • 4.5.6 Prevention and control of transmission of infectious diseases
    • 4.5.6.1 Standard precautions
    • 4.5.6.2 Additional precautions
      • 4.5.6.2.1 Immunisation
      • 4.5.6.2.2 Exclusion for infectious diseases - school exclusion table
    • 4.5.6.3 Managing head lice (pediculosis)
      • 4.5.6.3.1 Head lice management toolkit
      • 4.5.6.3.2 School policy
      • 4.5.6.3.3 Head live inspections at school - written parent consent
      • 4.5.6.3.4 Visual checks
      • 4.5.6.3.5 Exclusion of students with head lice
      • 4.5.6.3.6 Detection, treatment and notification
    • 4.5.6.4 Blood-borne viruses (BBVs)
      • 4.5.6.4.1 Prevention education
      • 4.5.6.4.2 Privacy, confidentiality, notification and anti-discrimination
  • 4.5.7 Routine supervision for safety
    • 4.5.7.1 Management of health records
      • 4.5.7.1.1 Responsibility for provision of health care information
      • 4.5.7.1.2 Confidentiality
      • 4.5.7.1.3 Privacy
    • 4.5.7.2 Medication
      • 4.5.7.2.1 Medication management policy
      • 4.5.7.2.2 Administration of medication
        • 4.5.7.2.2.1 Medication authority form
        • 4.5.7.2.2.2 Medication log
      • 4.5.7.2.3 Storage of medication
      • 4.5.7.2.4 Student self-administration of medication
      • 4.5.7.2.5 Monitoring the effects of medication
      • 4.5.7.2.6 Medication error
      • 4.5.7.2.7 Further information about medication management
    • 4.5.7.3 Facilities
      • 4.5.7.3.1 First aid room/sick bay
      • 4.5.7.3.2 Visiting health services
      • 4.5.7.3.3 Facilities and wheelchair access
      • 4.5.7.3.4 Privacy and safety
    • 4.5.7.4 Equipment
      • 4.5.7.4.1 First aid kits / cabinets
        • 4.5.7.4.1.1 Contents of first aid kits / cabinets
        • 4.5.7.4.1.2 Portable first aid kits
      • 4.5.7.4.2 Provision, monitoring and maintenance of health-related equipment
    • 4.5.7.5 Curriculum
      • 4.5.7.5.1 Transition
      • 4.5.7.5.2 Long-term planning
    • 4.5.7.6 Modified dietary requirements
  • 4.5.8 Personal care support
    • 4.5.8.1 Personal hygiene
    • 4.5.8.2 Continence care
    • 4.5.8.3 Supervision of eating and drinking
    • 4.5.8.4 Transfers and positioning including the use of therapeutic equipment
  • 4.5.9 Complex medical care support
    • 4.5.9.1 Support for schools
      • 4.5.9.1.1 Program for students with disabilities
      • 4.5.9.1.2 Student support service officers including visiting teachers service
      • 4.5.9.1.3 Schoolcare program
  • 4.5.10 Condition specific support
    • 4.5.10.1 Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)
      • 4.5.10.1.1 The student at school
      • 4.5.10.1.2 Strategies for schools
      • 4.5.10.1.3 Further information
    • 4.5.10.2 Anaphylaxis (severe allergic reaction)
      • 4.5.10.2.1 The student at school
      • 4.5.10.2.1 Strategies for schools
      • 4.5.10.2.3 Further information
    • 4.5.10.3 Asthma
      • 4.5.10.3.1 The student at school
      • 4.5.10.3.2 Strategies for schools
      • 4.5.10.3.3 Further information
    • 4.5.10.4 Cancer
      • 4.5.10.4.1 The student at school
      • 4.5.10.4.2 Strategies for schools
      • 4.5.10.4.3 Further information
    • 4.5.10.5 Cystic fibrosis
      • 4.5.10.5.1 The student at school
      • 4.5.10.5.2 Strategies for schools
      • 4.5.10.5.3 Further information
    • 4.5.10.6 Diabetes (Type 1)
      • 4.5.10.6.1 The student at school
      • 4.5.10.6.2 Strategies for schools
      • 4.5.10.6.3 Further information
    • 4.5.10.7 Epilepsy and seizures
      • 4.5.10.7.1 The student at school
      • 4.5.10.7.2 Strategies for schools
      • 4.5.10.7.3 Further information
    • 4.5.10.8 Haemophilia
      • 4.5.10.8.1 The student at school
      • 4.5.10.8.2 Strategies for schools
      • 4.5.10.8.3 Further information
    • 4.5.10.9 Pregnant and parenting students
      • 4.5.10.9.1 The student at school
      • 4.5.10.9.2 Strategies for schools
      • 4.5.10.9.3 Further information
    • 4.5.10.10 Thalassemia
      • 4.5.10.10.1 The student at school
      • 4.5.10.10.2 Strategies for schools
      • 4.5.10.10.3 Further information
    • 4.5.10.11 Gender identity and students with a transgender or intersex status
      • 4.5.10.11.1 The development of a management plan
      • 4.5.10.11.2 Toilet facilities
      • 4.5.10.11.3 The student's privacy
      • 4.5.10.11.4 Use of student's preferred name
      • 4.5.10.11.5 Further support and information
  • 4.5.11 School health services
    • 4.5.11.1 School dental services
      • 4.5.11.1.1 Youth dental service
      • 4.5.11.1.2 Emergency dental service
    • 4.5.11.2 Primary school nurses program
    • 4.5.11.3 Secondary school nurses program
  • 4.5.12 Skin protection
    • 4.5.12.1 Rationale
    • 4.5.12.2 School policy considerations
    • 4.5.12.3 Schools program - Sun Smart
    • 4.5.12.4 UV levels
    • 4.5.12.5 UV radiation as an OHS issue
    • 4.5.12.6 Vitamin D
    • 4.5.12.7 Sun protection in the snow