Scenario 1:
A three year old boy in a preschool environment brings one of his toy cars to class. He then puts the car in his mouth and ends up choking on the toy car, his airway is blocked and he starts coughing and gagging. My teacher aide runs with me to his rescue and while I am getting him in the position to help assist with the removal of the toy car, the teacher’s aide goes to call for emergency help and assists with the other children in the class.
The proper emergency procedure for dealing with choking is to check on the person or child (http://72.3.171.147/#SITE). By checking the child and the scene of the injury, being that there is an aide to help out with the other children and make the emergency call, I can work fast to help the child in need. In caring for the choking child, I can help the child by
allowing him to continue to cough, but if he cannot cough, speak to me, and or breathe, I need to give the child 5 back blows with the heel of my hand, and perform 5 quick abdominal thrusts and repeat until the child coughs, and the object is expelled(http://72.3.171.147/#SITE).
If the child does not seem to recover from the choking or becomes unconscious, we need to work fast to perform CPR, and try to bring the child back to a conscious state until help arrives.
Scenario 2:
A little 4 year old girl needs CPR because while she was playing outside she collapsed in the playground area. My teacher’s aide runs to call for help while I rush to help the fallen girl.
The proper emergency procedure for a child who needs CPR is to check the pulse, and start to perform CPR. To perform CPR, I need to open the air way by placing the little girls head upward while she is on her back and start giving her 2 rescue breaths by placing my mouth on hers and blowing into her mouth. Next, I need to compress her chest 30 times, by placing my hands on the breast bone and pushing inward, then following 2 rescue breaths again (http://72.3.171.147/#SITE). This procedure is tried 30 times until the child regains consciousness. Emergency personnel should be there by the time I am performing CPR, if not I will be doing what I can to help the child to survive until help arrives.
In each of the scenarios, an emergency plan was necessary. The plan consisted of having the training in CPR, first aid, and making emergency calls. It is important to have advance planning and training before becoming a teacher of small children. By having the training in CPR, choking, and having the knowledge to make emergency calls is important to save a life. Also, advance planning helps to prevent these types of situations from happening, but especially offers the benefits of being able to help someone. CPR is a benefit for everyone because it is a procedure that helps someone to breathe when unconscious. If a teacher did not have the requirements to first aid training, the situation could be devastating and much unorganized. It is a special reward to save a life.
Some additional steps that adults must take to ensure they are prepared to handle these kinds of crises are making sure they too are certified in CPR and first aid training, obtaining lists of important phone numbers to fire, police, ambulance, children’s physicians, and emergency phone contacts such as parents for each child, and keeping this list near the phone at all times. Also, everyone should have a disaster kit that includes a radio, water, blankets, food, and a cell phone to communicate if land lines are not working. Lastly, by creating a safe environment with constant supervision for the children to explore, learn, and play, the teacher can rest assured that accidents can be lowered, especially with the inclusion of the first aid kits, and first aid training.

Resources
American Red Cross: Prepare for Emergencies with American Red Cross First Aid, CPR and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Courses http://www.redcross.org/portal/site/en/menuitem.53fabf6cc033f17a2b1ecfbf43181aa0/?vgnextoid=42eebd7df52bb110VgnVCM10000089f0870aRCRD&currPage=ae14bd7df52bb110VgnVCM10000089f0870aRCRD