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Please find some of our current risk management procedures for ESP below. Please note that this list is not exhaustive and depending on the trip, there are some minor modifications to some of these as deemed necessary. For further details, please contact the MS Office.
Please find some of our current risk management procedures for ESP below. Please note that this list is not exhaustive and depending on the trip, there are some minor modifications to some of these as deemed necessary. For further details, please contact the MS Office.
Health & Safety
Health & Safety
International SOS works closely with the planning process and manages our Medical and Evacuation Response Plan (MERPs)
All teachers have received first aid training
Trip Leaders are trained on an ongoing basis regarding risk management
We have purchased safety equipment including modern lifejackets, helmets, head lamps, flashlights, smoke alarms or have secured them through our vendors
Every trip has a nurse. There are three nurses for grade 6 and grade 7
Grade 6 and 7 each have an administrator on the trip
Each trip has a designated faculty member as the administrator in charge and main contact point for the MS Office, RM and Health teams
Each trip is planned utilizing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
We have purchased safety equipment including modern lifejackets, helmets, head lamps, flashlights, smoke alarms
We have employed our own Risk Management Team
We work with external advisors on a frequent basis
We only fly IATA and UN approved airlines
Teachers travel with “ESP Guidelines," books which provide emergency information, protocols and similar information
There is an 11:1 ratio of students to adult. This is the minimum and most trips are less.
We place male and female teachers on trips
Prior to the trip
Prior to the trip
All activities are planned using a risk analysis protocol
Trip leaders (and others) prepare in advance and run pre-visits for all new trips and new activities
We have clear and published communication protocols both internally and with parents
Students receive personal safety briefings prior to departure
On the trip
On the trip
Students receive safety briefings prior to every activity
When supervising areas, including at night, teachers work in pairs
At airports, students must walk with a “buddy” and stay within the defined boundaries
Teachers routinely carry first aids kits
At night “Lights Out” teachers who are responsible for a student room check to ensure all students are safe. The door is then locked from the inside and the key left in the door. Students are asked to stay in their room until a teacher knocks in the morning and identifies her/himself.
If a student needs to leave the room/cottage/bungalow at night, s/he will wake another student (buddied up) and then wake 1 of the teachers (or nurse) allocated to their room. The 3 can then deal with the situation together
Teachers travel with “ESP Guidelines," books which provide emergency information, protocols and similar information
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