Critical Incident Manual - Ministry of Education

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Guidelines for Developing a Critical Incident Management Plan for a Safe School Environment• Release the student to parents or guardians only after parents have been thoroughlybriefed on the incident and parents give a commitment to seek professional help forthe student.• Convene a staff meeting to relate the facts of the incident.Follow-up Action• Before the student’s return to school, ensure that student has had counselling and willbe getting ongoing counselling.• Meet with parents and students. Identify ways that the school community can helpstudents.• Have an assembly and provide relevant facts to the student body. This helps dispelrumours.• Document the incident. Complete the appropriate Forms for MOE.Ministry of Education 2007 / 82
Guidelines for Developing a Critical Incident Management Plan for a Safe School EnvironmentIncident: Suicide AttemptPotential OutcomesInjury or Death.Pre-plan Action• Provide first-aid and CPR training for the CIMT and for other members of staff.• Ensure that the school community knows the names of the persons qualified in firstaidand CPR.• Ensure that staff knows that all threats of suicide should be taken seriously.• Create a culture in which positive self-esteem is promoted.• Provide training for staff on recognizing at-risk students, suicide awareness andprevention.• Provide assistance to at-risk students by placing them in special programmes andensuring that they get counselling.• Ensure that the school has an updated list of community services in this regard.Immediate Action• Assess the situation.• Notify the principal immediately.• Call the police.• Activate the CIMT.• Make the area immediately out of bounds and control traffic in the area.• Try to identify the substance that might have been ingested and inform medicalpersonnel as well as the police.• Take away from the student any item that could be potentially used to harm him/her.• Get medical help. Try to engage the person in conversation so that he/she does notbecome unconscious.• Turn over all contraband substances found to the police.• Make available to medical and police personnel identification information on student.• Call parents or guardians.• Accompany student to the hospital if parents or guardians have not arrived.Ministry of Education 2008 / 83
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