Incident investigation·September 22, 2022

On September 22, 2022, Licensing Program Analyst (LPAs) Barbara Beneroso and Andrew Alemoh conducted a case management inspection to follow up on an Unusual Incident reported to the department by telephone on 08/26/2022; this incident was reported timely. LPAs were greeted by Site Supervisor Julie Escalante who guided LPAs on a tour of the facility. Upon arrival, there were 10 children and 6 staff present today. Description of incident: On 08/26/2022 The incident report indicated that Child #1 who is enrolled in the pre-school. Child # 1 was in the classroom sitting in the library area. Staff #1 observed Child 1 was not responding she checked Child 1 for a fever, however, Child 1 did not have a fever. Staff 1 left child 1 in the care of Staff 2 and Staff 3 and called Child 1's mom due to his unusual behavior. While with the other teachers were watching Child 1, his eyes rolled back and Child 1 slumped over on the child size couch in the library area. Child 1 was unresponsive and 911 was called immediately. Paramedics arrived within 5 minutes, Child 1's mom arrived one or two minutes after. Child 1 was transported to the hospital but he was not unconscious at the moment he was transported. No other injuries were found. Incident happened on at Friday Child 1 was back on the following Tuesday. Staff handled the situation accordingly by providing first aid and immediately contacting child #1\342\200\231s parents. During inspection, LPAs interviewed staff, site supervisor and children and obtained images of where the incident occurred and obtained a copy of the facility roster The information obtained during the unusual incident follow up revealed no violations were found. Facility is encouraged to continue to report incidents that occur in the facility. An exit interview was conducted, a copy of this report was provided along with the notice of site visit.