Schools' Protocol when Students Sustain Mobility-impairing Injuries

54 Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Minister for Education (a) what is the protocol for schools when a student sustains a mobility-impairing injury; (b) when must schools call for an ambulance rather than use an alternative transport; and (c) whether advising parents to arrange a taxi for a student with a suspected fracture, instead of calling an ambulance, is consistent with the Ministry's safety and medical protocols.

Mr Desmond Lee: When a student sustains an injury, school staff will administer first aid and promptly contact the student's parents.

For emergency cases, where there are visible signs of serious injury, such as breathlessness, wounds with profuse bleeding or head injury, school staff will call for the Singapore Civil Defence Force emergency ambulance immediately and notify parents promptly.

For non-emergency cases, where there are no visible signs of serious injury, schools may arrange for the student to be brought to a doctor at a nearby clinic or be conveyed to a hospital. Such decisions will be made in consultation with the student's parents.