In a bid to make sure incidents that led to the death of Shanno and Akriti are not repeated, Delhi Commission For Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) has come out with guidelines, telling schools how to deal with medical emergencies.
As chief minister Sheila Dikshit released report on ``psycho-physical requirement and medical crisis management mechanism in schools'' along with ``guidelines for medical crisis management in schools'', officials said that DCPCR guidelines are aimed at preventing death of children in schools. The report has been prepared by a 15-member committee formed by DCPCR.
The report deals with the wide spectrum of medical emergencies and suggests measures to deal with them in a school. The report details first-aid measures to be undertaken in case of asthma attack and breathing difficulty it reportedly claimed life of Akriti Bhatia, a student of Modern School, Vasant Vihar last year bleeding, choking, burns, drowning, ear and tooth injuries, fractures etc.
The report asks schools to make necessary arrangements to deal with medical emergencies. These include constitution of an emergency response team, either a fulltime doctor or a doctor on call for the school hours, inclusion of safety and accident prevention in regular curriculum, a dispensary on the ground floor of the school building, training of staff and senior students in cardio pulmonary resuscitation and a database of students and their ailments.
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With thanks : Source : Times of India
