Policies & Procedures: Illness & Accident Policy
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iLLNESS & ACCIDENT POLICY
September 1, 2007
Home is the best place for a sick child. In the event a student becomes ill or is seriously hurt at school, every effort is made to contact the parent or guardians or other designated person. An emergency contact form is included in this handbook. PLEASE KEEP THE EMERGENCY INFORMATION UPDATED BY INFORMING THE OFFICE OF ANY CHANGES. We will also call E.M.S. if the injury or illness is of a very serious nature which requires immediate medical attention.
The office calls home for any head injuries, other serious injuries, bee stings, and illness with a fever, nausea or vomiting as a matter of routine. When in doubt, the school will call and ask the parent to make a decision as to whether a child should remain in school, go home, and or receive medical attention.
Routine treatment of minor abrasions may be handled by the teachers or office, as both can supply band aids. Our full-time staff is Red Cross certified. Able students will be encouraged to clean and band aid the wound themselves due to the threat of blood-born pathogens.
- Consider keeping your child at home with the following symptoms:
- Severe chest congestion (deep, heavy cough) with or without a runny nose
- Nausea
- Redness of either eye
- Rash
Do NOT send your child to school with the following symptoms:
- Fever of 100 degrees or more (oral or auxiliary temperature)
- Vomiting
- Severe diarrhea (3 or more loose or watery stools within the school day)
- Redness of either eye with discharge
- Sore throat with elevated temperature
- Open draining sore that cannot be covered
- Rash with fever
- Jaundice - yellow skin
If your child develops any of the above symptoms at school, you will be contacted to pick him/her up. Children may return to school after recovering, or after a note regarding diagnosis and treatment (if indicated) by their health care provider is received by the school. This helps minimize the spread of communicable diseases in the school setting.
Some students have medical condition which can become life threatening when exposed to: measles, chicken pox / shingles, fifth's disease, rubella and hepatitis.
If your child is diagnosed with a disease listed above or any serious illness, please contact the school. Certain illnesses require further follow-up in the school setting. Early reporting by you can assist in this process.
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