Child injury at school

why don’t you take him to A&E first and check before getting so worked up

Have you had him checked OP?

Is it broken?

You literally said not many schools have a first aider. This is clearly not correct as all schools will have first aiders.

@jodie08 They did monitor him and kept him in at break so he could rest it.

So many kids have injuries that they cry about that its hard to know if its serious.

At the end of the day when he had to walk home would therefore be realistically the moment where it became apparent it was a genuine injury.

The fact you walked him home means it was no more apparent to you that it was serious than the teacher who had 30 kids to deal with. When your son told you his foot hurt at the gate, why did you not speak to the teacher then? Why did you walk him home? You could have left him at reception and gone to get the car.

So as much as the school didn't realise, neither did you.

Iv missed two hairline fractures in my own kids - they do lots of sports. Not until next morning when pain isnt getting better you start to think ok we might need an xray

All schools have a trained first aider, I am one. PE wouldn’t need to be stopped, the teacher would call for first aider via the office- we carry radios. If your son had been sent to me I would’ve iced and elevated, and by the sounds of it I’d have called you to advise as he was upset and in pain. I don’t have x ray vision but the pain and a potential click would make me suspicious .
I work in a Primary - Secondary through school, both sites have their own first aiders and rooms.
We’re not solely first aiders, I am an auxiliary so also so admin, photo copying, resources preparation etc etc.

it sounds disappointing at best. I think the first step is to ask the teacher what happened and then find out what tbe school’s official policy on this kind of thing is. I’d be particularly concerned if the teacher genuinely did hear a crack and still took little action. They would have had had to have been very close to your DC to hear a toe bone cracking though.

I’d find out if it’s fractured first. Then I’d ask to speak to the head. Procedure definitely doesn’t sound like it’s been followed here!

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You are absolutely right, they should have told you and you need to take this up with them.

When my son moved to junior school he broke his arm in morning play on the first day. He was a young one for his year, so just turned 7. When he cried they assumed it was because he was upset on his first day, and yes, he had hurt his arm at playtime (he ran into a wall, no misdoings there) so understandably he would cry. If they had rung me, I could have told them he NEVER cried and was a real tough boy.

He came out and I could see his arm was dangling ....

If it's only a toe it'd only be strapped up anyway.
My son broke his arm in two places when he was in P1. He was given a wet paper towel to put on it until home time by the first aider. When I collected him at the bell, I was told he was fine and just making a fuss.

These things happen unfortunately, they're teachers, not nurses or doctors.

Did the teacher hear it crack though?

Well I assume they thought he stubbed his toe. That doesn't need an ice pack or a phonecall.

Is it broken? Have you took him to a&e?

I'm a teacher. The amount of limping kids you deal with on a daily basis would astound you. Sometimes it's hard to spot the real injuries amidst the attention seeking. I'd have checked said foot for swelling and if none was there, I'd probably have left it at that.
If the child was normally very stoic about small injuries, and was clearly in a lot of pain, I'd give it more attention.
Teachers aren't doctors and kids have a tendency to ham things up. If you weren't rushing him to a&e the minute you picked him up, it sounds like you also were unsure of the severity of the injury.

By bothers school nurse missed a collapsed lung and packed him back to class with two paracetamol. His friend said he looked really ill and had the wit to call out Mum. He fainted shortly after she arrived and was in resus as soon as the got to the hospital.

irony was she was also a school nurse.

I would raise it with the school that’s pretty poor you weren’t even informed

Legally every workplace has to have first aiders including a school.

OP Child should have been sent to the 'office' to see a first aider or if he couldn't walk another child sent to get someone. If he couldn't walk parent should have been called

Hope your DS is ok OP.

If it was bad enough for the teacher to decide he had to miss play , it was bad enough for you to be informed, and definitely for first aid to be given.

I’m surprised nothing was mentioned at the gate but given you have waited overnight to be considering getting it checked I wouldn’t be making too much fuss!

Yes all the teachers do have first aid training but not all support staff - it sounded like in the OPs post the fact there is a first aid room meant there was a designated first aider/member of staff based there.
As a TA I have no first aid training (only all the early years staff are) but am still expected to deal with incidents.

In every school that i worked in over a period of 15 years there was always first aiders. All support staff had first aid training.

Do they actually have a first aid room? Is it a large school/independent school?
Not many schools have a first aider and if the teacher was on their own and the child seemed ok this would also explain why they didn't feel the need to do anything urgent. If they had felt it was serious they would have needed to have stopped the PE lesson, got everyone back in and then administered first aid while keeping an eye on everyone else.

Not great! I hope your DS recovers soon OP.

At the very least a teacher should have mentioned it to you. But any injury should be checked by a first aider and recorded. I would definitely follow this up with the school - won’t do any harm to look at their processes and reporting systems. I’d be worried about what they could miss next time.

I moaned a bit this week because my son came home with two skinned knees sticking to his trousers. He nearly hit the roof when I had to clean and dress them. He said no one helped him and the dinner ladies just laughed. I didn’t go overboard with the teacher (DS has form for being a bit dramatic), but just said he’s a bit sore. I was pissed off they hadn’t put plasters on him, but let it go. Turns out that they did - he took them off! He swore there was no note - there was - in his bag. Lied right to my face the little sod.

It’s easy enough not to realise the seriousness of toes in particular because a stubbed toe is painful, we’ve all done it but doesn’t require medical attention. A child not making a fuss doesn’t scream medical attention needed and only head trauma is mandated for notes, other injuries are at the schools discretion, it would be a huge burden if every tiny bump had to be reported. If it is still painful Saturday morning get it checked but even a tiny fracture may require no medical care.