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I have heard that in some states that it's standard protocol that if you call ambulance or fire that the police would also come.
Anyway wrt to your daycare situation, I wouldn't take my child back there. I'm more concerned that the daycare owner did not immediately reach out to the parents via email to tell them what happened instead she's leaving it for folks to speculate. It could be anything but she owes you a duty of care to keep you informed. In my experiences with 5 or 6 daycares/preschools in 3 different states, given d ages of the children involved, the directors/owners tend to over communicate and this one isn't doing that which for me is quite suspicious
A call for an ambulance brings a police officer here, too because they might be able to get there first and begin procedures to save a life before the ambulance gets there.
I advise asking questions of day care owner and the police. My niece on her first day in a home daycare died of SIDS when the owner placed her on her belly to sleep and did not check on her.
I came to pick up my baby boy after work and cops had surrounded the residential house where the day care is. There was a yellow tape blocking people from coming up the driveway. I had to give my name and my son's name for the cops to bring my son out of the house. He was fine. The cops could only say that one of the children had a medical incident and went to the hospital. I am assuming day care lady took the child but I don't know. I called the day care lady later tonight and she said she was sick and would not be open tomorrow and would give me an update over the weekend. I said are you OK? Because I thought only the child was the one sick. She said she is OK and can't do daycare tomorrow. She seemed really down.
I'm thinking what happened that there were 8 cops by her house and she can't be open? Are they going to shut her down? Do we need a new daycare?
Nothing on your local TV or radio? Unlikely anyone here will know.
Day care lady called back. She said last night she was at the police station, was interrogated and cleared. A 5 month old had an accident but is ok. She is closed for the next week because she has a home inspector coming mid next week. Then she would be officially cleared. She said this is the first time in 20 years this has happened.
Nope. 5 month olds don't have accidents. It's not like they trip and fall. If a 5-month old got hurt, it was due to her negligence or lack of supervision. I can't believe you would even consider taking your child back to this daycare.
Around here, if you call 911 for a medical emergency you're likely to get a fire truck (they are almost always the first responders), a police car, the rescue squad and an ambulance.....but EIGHT policeman? I don't think so.
WOW!!
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Originally Posted by Rabflmom
A call for an ambulance bringsa police officer here, too because they might be able to get there first and begin procedures to save a life before the ambulance gets there.
I advise asking questions of day care owner and the police. My niece on her first day in a home daycare died of SIDS when the owner placed her on her belly to sleep and did not check on her.
I am so sorry about the death of your niece.
My husband has a number of serious health issues and I have needed to call 911 perhaps a dozen times in the last decade (in two different cities). I recall that, all but one time, it was just one ambulance with three or four trained paramedics that showed up. I can hardly imagine a scenario where a firetruck, police car, rescue vehicle and an ambulance (or even just police & an ambulance) were standard procedures, but every community is different.
Ok I talked to daycare provider. Looks I misunderstood her the first time or she just didn't want to say . What I thought was the child being OK was her saying the family was OK. The 4 month old child died of SIDS in her care which explains the yellow tape and her interrogation and being cleared of police. Now it makes more sense. Apparently the police are now more open in discussing so I will call them next.
Ok I talked to daycare provider. Looks I misunderstood her the first time or she just didn't want to say . What I thought was the child being OK was her saying the family was OK. The 4 month old child died of SIDS in her care which explains the yellow tape and her interrogation and being cleared of police. Now it makes more sense. Apparently the police are now more open in discussing so I will call them next.
There is still absolutely no way I would ever leave a child in her care. No way. First, she's lied to you about what happened several times. First she was sick, then she wasn't, then the child had an accident, now it was SIDS...
No way I would be going back.
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