Emergency Response Plan

[Kittery]

SNs, talk to me about your emergency response plan (a school "code blue," if you will.) Believe it or not, we don't have anything formalized here, and I'm meeting with admins soon to discuss it. At my previous school, I had a designated team of responders I could reach via walkie-talkie, we ran CPR drills twice a year and they were also trained to admin Epi and Glucagon (most to the teachers were.)

I liked how that plan worked but just wanted to see what other SNs do to get some ideas. Thank you!

[EPIC_nurse]

We have an AED/CPR "Code Blue" team here comprised of me (the nurse) and about 8 staff members, all of whom are AED/CPR trained. Their certification is taken care of by the city-wide AED nurses. We run 4 drills per year (supposed to be 1 per quarter). The district provides the schools with a basic emergency plan that details what needs to happen were there to be a "Code Blue."

[OldDude]

As I opined in another post, unless you're the district safety officer or risk manager, it's not you're scope of practice to compose such procedures, i.e., meaning that if you do then you have become responsible and answerable for them. Of course you'll be an integral part, likely the lead, in many of the emergency procedures, and your input will be valuable in that regard, but the "author" of the procedures should be someone specifically trained in the field. Having said that, it sounds like your previous experience/procedures would be quite adequate.

[Kittery]

As I opined in another post, unless you're the district safety officer or risk manager, it's not you're scope of practice to compose such procedures, i.e., meaning that if you do then you have become responsible and answerable for them. Of course you'll be an integral part, likely the lead, in many of the emergency procedures, and your input will be valuable in that regard, but the "author" of the procedures should be someone specifically trained in the field. Having said that, it sounds like your previous experience/procedures would be quite adequate.

Makes total sense! Sounds like my first task is to figure out who this needs to go through, thank you!

[Flare, ASN, BSN]

We didn't have a formal "code blue" (janet's law - is that only in NJ?) response plan so i borrowed one from another district and adapted it for our needs before turning it over for review by the suits. I did agree to run a drill as part of a professional development day and to ensure that the rest of my team understood what they needed to do should there be a cardiac event in my absence (which is a possibility given after school sports)

[DEgalRN]

We didn't have a formal "code blue" (janet's law - is that only in NJ?) response plan so i borrowed one from another district and adapted it for our needs before turning it over for review by the suits. I did agree to run a drill as part of a professional development day and to ensure that the rest of my team understood what they needed to do should there be a cardiac event in my absence (which is a possibility given after school sports)

We have nothing official, and because of the size on my school and some other factors, I wasn't overly concerned. However, your point about after school sports is key. All our coaches are first aid and AED certified, but drills might still be a good idea.