Allergy Concerns

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Can you tell me how your school goes about kids with severe allergies. I am talking the ones that if they touch oil left behind by a PB sandwich they can have a reaction.

Our school has never really had this to deal with.

We only have 2 in total district with this type of reaction. One is a senior and the other just started.

Next year I am adding 2 kindergartners that are this level and have had limited exposures.

I already use tags to help staff recognize. Next year we are thinking the lunch assigned tables and such. Any ideas that really work for you all.

Specializes in Pediatric Critical Care.
We have this in our school where a second grader carries his epi around in a fanny pack with zip ties so that they can not get into it unless emergent. We also have the teachers carry an epi from class to class for the other severe students. The parents for the one with the fanny pack insisted on it. They had a bunch of paperwork for themselves and the doctor to fill out so that the school was not to be held responsible.

Do the epi-carrying teachers also carry good scissors around to cut the fanny pack zip ties in case of an emergency?

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Specializes in Pediatrics Retired.
Do the epi-carrying teachers also carry good scissors around to cut the fanny pack zip ties in case of an emergency?

They're not the zip tie that you use to actually secure something; it's like those little plastic seals you see on fire extinguisher pins. More so to keep it in place and closed but easily broken by hand.

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