I've been reading the threads and seeing such awesome support and information being given, so I figured I sign up and share my woes
I have had a couple of students lately sticking things up their nose and in their ears (un-cooked rice grains, paper, unknown items etc.) in my preschool classes. When brought to me the students are sometimes crying or hysterical. Once I am able to calm them down and look up their noses, sometimes I do not visibly see any foreign objects with my pen light. I assess their breathing, oxygenation, and monitor them and I also have them blow their noses to try to remove the object naturally, but sometimes this does not work. My question is, is there anything else that I can do other than calling their parents if the child will not cooperate? Call me crazy but I am not keen on the idea of sticking tweezers in a squirmy hysterical child's nose or ears, but I feel a hint of side eye when I say that we have to call their parents. I just want to make sure that I am doing all that I can.
no - not digging. I may peek with an otoscope to see if yes indeed there's something there, but even that is done judiciously. If the kid is wiggly or fighting i may not attempt for fear of pushing farther or creating damage.
I had a kiddo break off the tip of a crayon in his ear. His teacher brought him in and said "He said he has something in his ear." And rolled her eyes.
So I got my pen light first, saw nothing.
Then I get my otoscope and ta-dah! The tip of a red crayon is deep in there.
I had a similar situation earlier this year. Blue colored pencil tip. I had parents take the kid to the pediatrician.
My own daughter shoved 7 beads in her ears when she was 3. Seven. I'm certain she had help from her twin brother. Took her to the dr and they flushed her ears for 45 minutes to get them all.
Don't want to defend dad too much, but backwoods medicine says to use super glue as well as a few woodworking resources. It leaves minimal scarring, and given the wait and deductible for ER visits for the same result, not too bad of an outcome.
I had a K student swallow her mom's ring yesterday. Mom picked her up and took her to get x-rayed. Come to find out the ring was in the child's jacket pocket.
I had a K student swallow her mom's ring yesterday. Mom picked her up and took her to get x-rayed. Come to find out the ring was in the child's jacket pocket.
I may have actually laughed out loud at that one. Thank you.
Don't want to defend dad too much, but backwoods medicine says to use super glue as well as a few woodworking resources. It leaves minimal scarring, and given the wait and deductible for ER visits for the same result, not too bad of an outcome.
Apparently this is how dad cares for his own cuts as well, but it was just so close to the eye.
My husband had a pediatrician that did stiches/x-rays in their office-mine did not-that was very convenient for my accident prone husband.
Don't want to defend dad too much, but backwoods medicine says to use super glue as well as a few woodworking resources. It leaves minimal scarring, and given the wait and deductible for ER visits for the same result, not too bad of an outcome.
super glue...Dermabond...generally the same thing. Ya just have to be careful until it dries. A few years ago #4 was outside waiting to go to his baseball game, he was about 8 then, dressed in his uniform. A yellow jacket buzzed him and as he turned to run away he ran into the end of the bar on my weight bench; 1 cm lac at the base of his right eyelid. I cleaned it, applied dermabond, and he made it to the game on time!
super glue...Dermabond...generally the same thing. Ya just have to be careful until it dries. A few years ago #4 was outside waiting to go to his baseball game, he was about 8 then, dressed in his uniform. A yellow jacket buzzed him and as he turned to run away he ran into the end of the bar on my weight bench; 1 cm lac at the base of his right eyelid. I cleaned it, applied dermabond, and he made it to the game on time!
Don't want to defend dad too much, but backwoods medicine says to use super glue as well as a few woodworking resources. It leaves minimal scarring, and given the wait and deductible for ER visits for the same result, not too bad of an outcome.
Or, rub some dirt in it and get a scar to impress someone with. If you're (parent, not poster) going to be ignorant, might as well go all out.
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no - not digging. I may peek with an otoscope to see if yes indeed there's something there, but even that is done judiciously. If the kid is wiggly or fighting i may not attempt for fear of pushing farther or creating damage.