The Hospital in Junior Infants

The Hospital was the theme for Aistear playtime in Junior Infants recently!

In the role play area, doctors and nurses worked hard to look after some very ill patients!

Hospital staff worked hard on this patient!

Doctors kept notes on their patients!

All hands on deck!

Nobody waits long for a consultation in our hospital!

Another patient on the mend!

Our hospital workers were excellent at their work!

Surgeons worked hard to operate using tweezers……it was very tricky indeed.

Surgeons need a steady hand for this work!

Easy does it!

A busy day in the operating theatre!

We also made little hospital beds from shoe boxes and opened up a doll’s hospital!

Decorating the little beds for the doll’s hospital!

There was a lot of cutting and sticking to be done!

Kerry Masarati a paramedic with the London ambulance service paid us a visit and talked to us about her work!

Kerry gave a very interesting talk on her work as a paramedic!

She showed us some equipment that she uses in her work, including a pulsex for checking the speed of the pulse and the level of oxygen in our blood.  She also demonstrated the use of a sling and bandages and let us try out a foil blanket which is used in emergencies to keep people warm!

We all got to try out the pulse reader, which clips onto your finger!

Kerry let us try out a real stethoscope!

She demonstrated how to put on a sling!

Sometimes, paramedics have to put on bandages!

Foil blankets come in tiny packets and open out to keep people warm in emergencies!

Kerry advised us that the main reason the ambulance is called for children is because of little fingers getting caught in doors (ouch!) and children banging their heads after forgetting to wear their cycling helmets!

Thanks Kerry!

Thanks Kerry for your visit and all the useful information you gave us!