Joshua
Joshua is three years old and has a diagnosed disability in expressive language. He lives at home with his dad and paternal grandparents. Joshua’s father, Mark, and grandfather work full-time. Mark says he tries to play with his son when he gets home from work but reports that Joshua prefers watching TV or playing alone with the iPad. Joshua does like to go to the park to play with Mark and kick a soccer ball around.
Joshua usually uses single words or short phrases to communicate. As Joshua transitioned from early intervention, his speech-language pathologist recommended that he have opportunities to engage with other children and other adults who could support his emerging language skills. As a result, he recently started at a daily preschool program, where you can frequently find him in the block corner building forts and fences for farm animals. He also spends quite a bit of time in the art area, painting or coloring with markers. During large group activities, he is generally quiet and does not participate in songs or answering questions that Jennifer, his teacher, asks.
Recently, when the children were playing outside, Joshua sat down and started crying and holding his arm. His teacher ran over and asked what was wrong, but Joshua just kept crying and holding his arm. Quickly, the teacher was able to piece together that Joshua had been stung by a bee by looking at the enormous swollen red spot on Joshua’s arm and asking the other children.
As an early childhood educator, what does Jennifer need to know about how to respond to a severe allergic reaction? What should she have done next?
After answer the question reply to two other ppl respond agree and disagree and why ?
First person: Joshua is experiencing an “injectables- which can cause respiratory, digestive, and skin disturbance”. as stated in Health, Saftey, and Nutrition for the young child by lynn r. marotz textbook, chapter 4, page 87. Depending on how allergic Joshua is according to his is in his medicial history and records that the center which the teacher should know about, however if she does not she must quickly review the severity of his reaction the the bee sting. If it is not sever she can contact the parent letting them know of the situation, advising that Joshua see his pediatric physican. If it is sever, they should have on hand an epi pen to administer to Joshua to help his reaction, then continue to follow the procedures necessary to get him the help he needs. Which depending on the severity requires the teacher to call an ambulance and have him sent to the hospital and informing the parent where the child has been taken. If the epi pen assist Joshua, calling the parent and informing them of the situation and insist that the child be seen by his pediatrician as soon as possible.
Second person: Jennifer needs to know the signs and symptoms of the bee string. One thing she did do was observe the enomous swollen red spot on Joshua’s arm. She needs to locate Joshua’s health history, and look on the post listed inside the classroom to see what Joshua is allergic to. She will need to manage the wound. She can also find out from his medical history if she is able to administer emergency medication, and if so, is it on hand? If so make sure she has permission to give medication .Once she has calmed Joshua down, she should call his parents immediatly and explain every thing in details.
