Help for health and first aid

First aid, medical needs, medication, allergies and care plans.

Record a first aid incident: Use Record First Aid to add an incident to your school’s first aid record. It covers injuries, illness and near misses, for pupils, staff, volunteers and visitors. The form asks what happened,…
Investigate an accident and sign it off: An accident investigation is a structured review of a first aid incident: what the evidence shows, why it happened, what was learned and what will change. Student Radar suggests an investigation…
Run first aid equipment checks: Record each inspection of a first aid kit, defibrillator or other first aid equipment in Student Radar. A check records where the equipment is, who checked it, what was checked, any problems found…
Set up the first aid on-call rota: When a member of staff sends a first aid request from Student Radar, it goes to the first aider on duty on your school’s rota. Set up the rota on the First Aid On-Call page by adding a slot for…
Add a medical need for a pupil: The Medical Needs page lists every pupil with a recorded medical condition, allergy or care note. How a new medical need gets there depends on your setting. In most schools, medical conditions…
Add a medication and its schedule: Record each medicine your school holds for a pupil on the Medications page, with the times its doses are due. The schedule builds Today’s medication round, so staff can see which doses are due,…
Record a dose given: Each time you give a pupil a medicine held in school, record it on the Medications page straight away. You can also record that a dose was refused, missed or unavailable. The record goes into the…
Ask parents to authorise a medication: Before your school gives a pupil a medicine, it needs the parent or carer’s authorisation. Student Radar can email the parent a secure link so they can authorise or decline online, without signing…
Import medications from a spreadsheet: If your school already keeps its medicines in a spreadsheet, such as an export from Medical Tracker, you can bring them into Student Radar in one go. Student Radar checks the file first and shows…
Record a controlled drug movement: Controlled drugs, such as some ADHD medicines, need a stricter record than other medicines. The Controlled Drugs Register in Student Radar keeps a running balance for each drug and records every…
Keep the allergy register and spare AAI checks: The Allergy & Anaphylaxis Register lists every pupil with a recorded allergy, how severe it is and whether they need an adrenaline auto-injector (AAI). It also keeps the school’s spare AAIs: where…
Record allergy training, drills and incidents: The Allergy & Anaphylaxis Register keeps three kinds of allergy safety evidence alongside the register itself: who has been trained, when the school last practised an emergency, and what happened…
Create an Individual Healthcare Plan: An Individual Healthcare Plan (IHCP) sets out how the school supports a pupil with a medical condition: their triggers and symptoms, their medicines and care, who does what, and what to do in an…
Create an intimate care plan and daily log: Some pupils need help from an adult with personal care, such as toileting, changing or washing. An intimate care plan records how the school gives that help in a way that protects the pupil’s…