PE child endangerment

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My son had a fall at lunch time which left him with a bloody leg since layers of his skin scraped off. But right after that, lunch time had finished so he went to his a PE lesson because he thought he should go for medical attention there since they had authorised staff to do it so he asked for a plaster for his leg but all they did was clean it up with a while and said "There is no point of a plaster since it will fall of during PE" But in that lesson he had rugby on the field (which was very muddy) and this could get his leg infected, not only that he could barely run. So after that he did PE even though he had an injured leg which could get infected and a find this horrific 2 days later his leg became infected. So what do you think I should do? Should I call up the school about his PE teacher. Or should I just leave it and not confront the school?

If his leg is infected then I would let the school know. How old is he?

Also I’m not sure what you mean by confront. That seems very aggressive but it is worth asking about the procedure to find out how he was missed.

Advise the school the first aid procedure needs review.

What did you do when he came home and told you about his leg? If this happened at lunchtime you would have seem him only a few hours later?

To be honest I've known grazing that was thoroughly cleaned out at the time get infected.

Perhaps the PE teacher could have done more but i doubt it would have made a lot of difference to the outcomes.

He scraped his knee and then played rugby, I'm sure he's fine. Plenty of scrapes happen in rugby matches. How old is he?

Highlight it so they can address first aid training. I would say 'the wound not being covered during Rugby may have contributed to an infection developing. Please can you ensure staff are following recommended procedures'.

Did you not clean the cut when he came home?

I was brought up in the "you dont need a plaster,let the air at it" era and dettol treats all. I would just leave it. My son cracked his knee cap in school once running into a door showing off, he was made to run cross country in PE immediately after. I said nothing to school, im sure the PE teacher didnt do it out of malice. Sometimes you are best just putting things down human error which we are all capable of making

So he scraped his knee? Have you seen rugby. Scrapes and knocks are the norm. Surely I hot shower and a good clean in the evening would have prevented infection as well as daily cleaning

When he scraped his knee, he should have gone to the school office if he wanted a dressing on it.

However, LionelRitchieStoleMyNotebook has a fair point. Scrapes happen all the time when playing rugby.

If it became infected 2 days later, that was probably as much your fault as anyone else's.

Well 'fault' is a strong word but you know what I mean. You (or your DS depending on his age) should've kept it clean.

Was it a "scrape"? Or a deeper round?

If it really was just a scrape YABU. A plaster wouldn't protect it much from anything lurking in the mud.

But if he could only really "barely run" which sounds like an exaggeration then a plaster wouldn't have been much use anyway.

I didn't think schools could put plasters on kids 🤷‍♀️

He goes to school on a Sunday?

CHILD ENDANGERMENT

Bit of an overreaction for a scraped knee don't you think?

If you sue you probably need to go after concrete manufacturer for the playground for not making it soft enough to fall onto, the clothes retailer for not adding full body protection into their clothes and god for not making the mud clean enough as well.

Bit of pink germolene and his leg will be right as rain.

all sounds very dramatic - he scraped his knee, played rugby and two days later got an infection - buy some antiseptic cream for home!

Child endangerment??
He could just as easily have scraped his leg in rugby, do they not wear long football type socks anyway?

What did you do with his leg when you got home? How old is he? I would have expected him to clean his leg after PE.

What exactly do you mean by his leg is infected?

Surely you cleaned his leg out properly when he returned home? Even if the dc tell me a cut has been cleaned at school, I’d still check it when they got in and give it a wipe, especially if they had been playing rugby. Maybe the school should have put a plaster on, but you should have cleaned it when he got in.

Good grief. Child scrapes knee. Gets manky scab. Stop the press!

Child endangerment indeed. Lol

Kid scrapes knee horror!

OP you're over reacting in the extreme here.

If it's infected 2 days later then you should have cleaned it plenty of times in the mean time.

All the ‘so he scraped his knee’ replies are a bit patronising, aren’t they? The OP didn’t say it was his knee, and described it as ‘bloody’ and that ‘layers of skin’ were scraped off. So it sounds like he should have been helped to clean up and put a dressing on it. Yes, cuts and scrapes do happen during rugby but with a blood injury the player is supposed to come off until it’s properly treated, so it would seem common sense to do this if a child arrives to play with a bleeding leg.

I played rugby as a child in the days when bloody injuries happened and you just cracked on. The idea of having bleeding injuries treated during the game was to prevent blood borne infections spreading to other players. This was the days when we believed you could get HIV from touching someone and everyone was scared of blood.
It sounds like a small infection, dettol works well.

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The OP may have done this. Sometimes it doesnt matter how much you clean a wound, it still gets infected. And it should be kept covered when playing something like rugby.

Has he actually shown any sign of infection in the graze?