Community Health Volunteer's Training Manual - Population Council

Module 4 The work of Community Health Volunteers
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Exercise 4.5.1 Demonstration
Objective
1. To demonstrate how to properly sponge
a child
Time: 10 minutes
Questions
1. When and why do we sponge a child?
2. What is the proper procedure for
sponging a child?
Box 4.5.3: How to sponge a child
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Instructions to the Facilitator
1. Demonstrate how to sponge
a child to participants using a
doll.
2. Let individuals do it in turns.
3. Let the rest observe
4. Use procedure in Box 4.5.3 as
guide.
Use water from the borehole or tap
Remove child’s clothing
Soak a towel in the water and dab the child. Work from the feet towards the head
Leave the water on the skin to dry
Dress the child in light clothes
Put a wet towel under the armpit and over the forehead
Give Paracetamol syrup after sponging.
Topic 2 Treatment of Diarrhoea
Children are the most vulnerable groups of people in our communities. Many diseases can
kill them if not properly treated. Diarrhoea is one of these diseases. A person has diarrhoea
if he or she passes watery stools three or more times a day. Diarrhoea drains the body of its
fluids and this dehydrates the person. Fortunately, there is a very simple way of managing
diarrhoea. This is done by giving oral rehydration salt (ORS). See Box 4.5.4.
Exercise 4.5.2 Demonstration
Objective
1. To demonstrate how to prepare a sachet
of ORS.
Time: 10 minutes
Questions
1. How do you prepare a sachet of ORS for
a child with diarrhoea?
2. How do you serve a child with diarrhoea?
Instructions to the Facilitator
1. Demonstrate how to prepare
ORS to participants.
2. Let individuals do it in turns.
3. Let the rest observe
4. Use SHOWED to process.
5. Use procedure in Box 4.5.4 as
guide.