First Aid Kit in Classrooms-What is considered unsafe?

[arnoldlayne]

Hi. My school will be mounting first aid kits up on the wall of every classroom and I feel concerned about many items that came in the kit, such as:

BZK towelette-benzalkonium chloride wipes

first aid cream-benzalknium and lidocaine

neomycin antibiotic ointment

ammonia inhalant

scissor

tweezer

sterile buffered isotonic eye wash

instant ice pack-water and urea

triangular bandage

Which items would you take out of the kit and consider unsafe to keep in the classroom? I fear some of the items might accidentally get into the hands of children and I also fear teachers are not equipped to use some of the items. Also, there are certain items like antibiotic ointment which I've never applied on a child without a doctor's order.

[Julius Seizure]

Ammonia inhalants? Wow they don't even allow us to have those at the nurses station.

[Farawyn]

Ammonia inhalants? Wow they don't even allow us to have those at the nurses station.

Shhhh!

[amoLucia]

There's also the issue of expirations of those oints. And scissors & tweezers can be considered weapons (altho stretching it a bit!).

[Farawyn]

There's also the issue of expirations of those oints. And scissors & tweezers can be considered weapons (altho stretching it a bit!).

You know you guys are ruining our "gig" right now, yes?

Hush, amo!

[amoLucia]

You know you guys are ruining our "gig" right now, yes?

Hush, amo!

Yes, M'am! I am supporting y'all.

You know, if there were any other area of nsg that I would have thought seriously of pursuing for myself, it would have been SN. All but for one itsy, bitsy, teeny, weeny point - I don't care for kiddos.

I admire your autonomy, ingenuity, resourcefulness, PATIENCE, people skiils, etc.

And all your HUMOR!!!

You guys are DA BOMB!

[OldDude]

I knew there was something else I wanted to say about this and it finally popped into my head. If the person assigned the responsibility for student health, i.e., the School Nurse (I'm talking RN or someone working under a RN supervision) is not associated/informed of a student accident issue, or health issue for that matter, the responsibility falls directly onto the lap of the campus principal. So any intervention by staff regarding student injuries, health issues, etc., that doesn't go through or involve the the school nurse falls onto the responsibility of the campus principal.

I'll bet your campus principals are not aware of this and I bet they'd rather not "go there" regarding classroom first aid kits.

[AdobeRN]

We don't have first aid kits in the classrooms but I do give each teacher a "Boo-Boo Box" - cheap plastic pencil case filled with bandaids, gloves, tooth boxes, nurse passes. NOthing crazy - it does help with the invisible injuries :)

[Farawyn]

Yea, amo. I don't like kids either.

[kidzcare]

Yes, M'am! I am supporting y'all.

You know, if there were any other area of nsg that I would have thought seriously of pursuing for myself, it would have been SN. All but for one itsy, bitsy, teeny, weeny point - I don't care for kiddos.

I admire your autonomy, ingenuity, resourcefulness, PATIENCE, people skiils, etc.

And all your HUMOR!!!

You guys are DA BOMB!

I have never had a burning desire to work with the youngins... the two primary reasons I'm here are the schedule and the pension :)

[bsyrn, ASN, RN]

I would not leave any of those items in a classroom. Gloves and band aids are all that is needed. If a student requires more than that, they should see the nurse.