Code BLUE – Medical Emergency
Dial 000 and request an ambulance.
Provide the following detail as requested:
Scotch College, 76 Shenton Road SWANBOURNE WA 6010
Nearest cross streets:
- Senior School – Australind Street
- Middle School – Wright Avenue
- Junior School (inc. ELC) – cnr Stirling Road and Knott Terrace
- Keys House (SS Boarding House) – Knott Terrace (turn left off Stirling Road)
- Middle School Boarding House – 39 Shenton Road
- Facilities Department – Fern Street
- Gooch Pavilion – Fern Street
Scotch College Boatshed, The Esplanade, PEPPERMINT GROVE WA 6011
Moray Outdoor Education Centre, Linto Road (off River Road), TEESDALE WA 6213
Please note: if the injured person is in an area that does not afford easy access for responding emergency personnel, you should relay this information when calling 000. You should provide as much support as possible to guide the emergency personnel to the incident site, e.g. meet the ambulance and accompany the team to the incident site.
Major and minor medical emergencies
- Call the College’s Emergency Number 996 (or 9460 6996) and advise of the location and nature of the emergency.
- Despatch a trained First Aid Officer to the scene, if available.
- Based on their training, the First Aid Officer should render assistance to the injured person and make them comfortable.
- The First Aid Officer will remain with the injured person until arrival of the ambulance.
- Ensure responding emergency services personnel have a clear path of access to the injured person, so far as possible.
- Complete an incident/injury report on Tickit on Demand.
Death of a person
- DO NOT INTERFERE WITH OR MOVE THE BODY
- Ensure no further danger to students or staff.
- Note down everything you touched on entry or everything the first person that entered the room or scene touched.
- If in a room do not use the phone in that room. Close and lock the door and return to Reception, ensuring someone stays outside the room at all times.
- Take down names and details of any person witnessing or involved in or near the incident.
- Protect the immediate area for any investigating agencies and ensure no persons enter the scene or touch any evidence until police assistance arrives.
- Ensure students are moved to other locations and if necessary, comforted, given assistance and access to psychological/counselling support.
- Complete an incident/injury report on Tickit on Demand.
- Liaise with Chief Financial Officer and Risk and Compliance Manager to determine required external reporting. The death of a student, staff member or visitor:
- is a Reportable Incident (per Standard 7 of the Registration Standards for Non-Government Schools) and must be reported as such to the Director General of the Department of Education (via Non-Government School Registration).
- is a Notifiable Incident and must be reported to WorkSafe WA.
Attempted suicide
- Remain calm.
- Ensure no one is in immediate danger.
- Confirm specific information (name, location, behaviour) only if safe to do so.
- Call the College’s Emergency Number 996 (or 9460 6996) and advise of the location and nature of the emergency.
- If immediate assistance is required, call
- Mental Health Emergency Services on 1300 555 788 or
- Crisis Care on 9323 1111.
- Prevent unauthorised access to the area. Elements of a lockout procedures might be used in this situation.
- Based on the level of training, render first aid assistance to the injured person and make them comfortable, avoiding contact with blood or bodily fluids by wearing personal protective equipment.
- Do not interfere with any evidence.
- Take down names and details of any person witnessing or involved in or near the incident.
- Protect the immediate area for any investigating agencies and ensure no persons enter the scene or touch any evidence until Police assistance arrives.
- Ensure students are moved to other locations and, if necessary, comforted, given assistance and provided access to psychological/counselling support.
- Complete an incident/injury report on Tickit on Demand
- Liaise with Chief Financial Officer and Risk and Compliance Manager to determine required external reporting. The death of a student, staff member or visitor:
- is a Reportable Incident (per Standard 7 of the Registration Standards for Non-Government Schools) and must be reported as such to the Director General of the Department of Education (via Non-Government School Registration).
- is a Notifiable Incident and must be reported to WorkSafe WA.