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Home  Beyond Teaching: Asthma, Epilepsy and Diabetes in Schools
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Beyond Teaching: Asthma, Epilepsy and Diabetes in Schools |
Under the American Disabilities Act, educational facilities must
protect the rights of students with health conditions; specifically,
asthma, diabetes and epilepsy.
As an educator or school administrator, you are presented with unique
challenges when handling these students. You have to ensure that your
staff can respond effectively and knowledgeably so that they prevent
further harm or complications. They must know what to do in case of an
attack, when to handle it on their own and when they ought to call for
help. They must also help the students feel “not so different from
everyone else.”
Here are some tips that can help you get your training off the ground.
Taken from Coastal’s Dealing With Asthma, Diabetes and Epilepsy in
Schools, these advice can form the baseline of your actual training.
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Limit use and disclosure of Protected Health Information (PHI), inside and outside of your facility, to the least amount of information necessary to get the job done right. One (though by no means the sole) exception is if PHI disclosure is essential to treatment. Healthcare providers need access to the entire record to provide quality care.
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| When a student has an asthma attack, |
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Avoid drawing extra attention to the student |
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Never leave the student unattended to get medicine or a prescribed inhaler |
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Call for emergency if the student can’t talk and if his/her lips look grey or blue |
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Diabetes
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| When a student has a LOW BLOOD SUGAR level, have him/her consume a simple sugar like glucose tablets, fruit juice or sugar-sweetened soda pop. For HIGH BLOOD SUGAR cases, give him/her insulin or sugarless liquids like water and diet soda. Whatever the case, never leave the student unattended nor send him alone to call for help |
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A nurse and behavioral therapist talking about their patient’s care |
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A secretary scheduling a surgical procedure |
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Payment-claims billing |
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Physicians or nurses conferring at nurse’s station
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Epilepsy
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| When a student has a seizure, |
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Tell the others not to crowd around and explain that it will be over soon |
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Protect the student from hitting hard or sharp objects; put something soft under the student’s head |
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Allow the seizure to take its course, but take note how long it lasts |
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| Call for help if: |
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The seizure lasts for more than five minutes |
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The student has no previous history of seizures |
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Allow the seizure to take its course, but take note how long it lasts |
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| To see the other tips, click here to get a FREE preview of Dealing With Asthma, Diabetese and Epilepsy in Schools |
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