Home Featured Content Article Archive Directors' Choice Awards About Us Activities & Curriculum Arts & Crafts Teacher Quicksource Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Blog State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! Each month we'll send you an email filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now Date: 7/15/2005 5:23:00 AM Author: williamsmummy (sarahchapman_gb@hotmail.com) Subject: I do sympathise with much of what has be... I do sympathise with much of what has been mentioned re the school trip. However, medical needs should be included in any safetly and health policy and requirements on day trips outside school. If you would be short staffed if a child needed medical attention, than the trip should not of happened. I would have still insisted that inclusion of all was of more importance, and if the senior member of staff did not work to provide the required members, either voluntary or paid school staff , the trip should have been cancelled. Someone should have come of the school trip to oversea all medication throughout thew whole day. As for teachers not being requried to help with the medical needs of children, its worth bearing in mind that we are replacing parents as they are in our CARE for the school day. I do object to the latest problem we have in schools over here in the UK when parents are in some schools being forced to leave work to administer 5mls of antibiotics to their child. This is not forward thinking, the allergy crisis is such that every one needs to have asthma treatment and allergy treatments as part of first aid. First aid should be part of a teachers training. I have no real clear idea of how your schools are run, but the uk does not have any qualifed nurses on site , up the age of 10. Senior schools do have 'matrons' or school nurses. For most teachers of young children , the meds are the responsibilty of the staff. In the area of epi pens, this is still voluntary, but if they do volunteer( for training), there are covered legally by the local school authority , as long as they were taught by a medically qualified person. I have organised many school trips, One for 260 pupils age from 4 months to 7 years, and a few pre-school age trips, and I personally find them very stressful to organise, but enjoyable once we get there! Name: Email: Subject

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