School Bus
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Remote Control School Bus – Yellow $19.99 |
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Nib Vtech Count & Learn School Bus $19.95 |
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SCHOOL BUS~Puzzle Vehicle~ 16 PCS Battery Operated $9.89 |
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Alps Japan 26cm BIG USA AMERCIAN SCHOOL PASSENGER Bus Tin Toy Batt. Op. NMIB`78! $149.99 |
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SCHOOL BUS ~~PUZZLE VEHICLE~~ 16 PCS BATTERY OPERATED $15.99 |
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BUMBLE TOWN Motorized Bouncing, Shaking, Crazy SCHOOL BUS Ball (MINT) $9.99 |
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“MARK & MOVE” SCHOOL BUS BATTERY Operated Toy, MINT IN PACKAGE! $14.99 |
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Vintage yellow plastic school bus set. 8″x3.25″ (new in package) $65.00 |
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NEW Battery Operated PUZZLE VEHICLE Set 16 Pieces 9988SBI SCHOOL BUS Play Set $12.99 |
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SCHOOL BUS ~~PUZZLE VEHICLE~~ 16 PCS BATTERY OPERATED $15.99 |
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VINTAGE RUSSIAN LITHO PASSENGER SCHOOL BUS TIN & Plastic Wind UP CLOCKWORK $14.99 |
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VINTAGE RUSSIAN LITHO PASSENGER SCHOOL BUS TIN & PLASTIC WIND UP CLOCKWORK $14.99 |
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1992 TONKA SCHOOL BUS $9.60 |
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Radio Control Musical School Bus – PreSchool Toddlers Ages 3+ New $9.99 |
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Line Drivers SCHOOL BUS Magic Vehicle Toy Drives The Lines You Draw NEW $4.99 |
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Vintage Miniature 1″ Tin Litho Toy Friction School Bus – Great Bus Driver Gift!! $19.99 |
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SCHOOL BUS BATTERY OPERATED VEHICLE PUZZLE PLAY SET NEW NUMBER 9981B $12.99 |
School Bus First Aid Kits
First aid kits are a standard feature on school buses continent-wide. While that basic white box with the Red Cross on the front is a familiar and welcome symbol, seeing a first aid kit in place is not enough to guarantee that a school bus is well-equipped.
A recent accident in Florida brought home the fact that the simple presence of a first aid kit is no indication of its contents and their usefulness. In this particular case, people rushing to help a young bicyclist hit by a school bus found that the bus’s first aid kit contained rotten gauze that disintegrated in their hands.
This situation raises questions about school bus safety checks and the effectiveness of inspections that merely verify the bus has a sealed kit on board. With no expiry date and no way to tell how long any particular kit has been in place, officials can’t judge the soundness of a first aid kit. In light of this, some school boards are already taking steps.
Tracking kits is one way to ensure that they don’t outstay their shelf life. Officials can monitor when a kit is installed on a bus and also make record of the disposal of expired kits. Another way to ensure the safety and effectiveness of first aid kits is to conduct random checks of their contents – making sure all the necessary features are inside and opening some of the individual packages to make sure they’re in good shape.
In Florida it was the gauze that went bad, a serious concern, since school bus kits generally contain several gauze pads and bandages. There are other items contained in the kit that could also degrade with the passage of time, including adhesive strips or tape, eye pads, CPR face shields and ointments.
As school and transport safety officials have begun to realize, having well-stocked first aid kits on school buses is not enough. The best stocked kit in the world isn’t any good if the contents have outlived their usefulness – only organized first aid kit tracking and more thorough inspections can ensure a safe and effective kit.
About the Author
Steve Larson is a volunteer firefighter who is passionate about saving lives. This led him to take a freelance writing position for firstaid101.com which offers information about first aid, antiseptics and CPR Kits.
Do you have to stop when a school bus stop at a railroad crossing?
I live in Ontario, Canada. Yesterday, a small school bus it flashed the lights to stop at the railway (as all the buses have to). I saw people in the opposite direction to stop the bus, but I did not. Do supposed to stop for a school bus that stops on a train, although they are not let children in and out? If so, I thought I only had to stop for a bus school if the stop sign was out, or the children were released within or outside the bus?
I drive a school bus in Saskatchewan. In this province we are only obliged to stop at railroad crossings without stopping arms. I think in the Ontario school bus still must stop at all railroad crossings. As in Ontario, which do not activate the lights boarding railroad crossings. That is illegal because we are not leaving or taking passengers, we are just stopping. We forced instead to use our regular four-way lights before and during the stop to warn other drivers just of our intentions. And if it is a 4-lane street that we are required by law to be in the right lane when we do this. And you can have it your hearts content. You're breaking any laws. Opposing traffic is not to dwell on this case. If this bus driver was using its lights boarding need to reconsider. It is a crime for a driver ticketable school bus to activate the lights of shipment at any time, except when students are getting on or off the bus. We do not have the right to hold up traffic unnecessarily. In fact, not out of the communities here where the use of lights and flashes of shipment within the city limits is prohibited regardless of what we are doing. We pulled into the city and our warning system must be shut off in the switch. Be warned though – two streets crossing railway tracks there are areas that happens. You can not cross into the opposite lane to pass any vehicle stopped at a railroad crossing. And this applies to Ontario.
