Just a moment to vent. I not only got a radio call but two teachers sprinting over and banging on my door about a "huge puddle of blood" emergency today.
I walked, did not run, to the room and found a high school student with a nosebleed - a steady drip, nothing dramatic, and maybe about 20 drops of blood on the floor in front of him. Student already leaning forward pinching his nose and asking for some Kleenex, no injury/trauma, says he gets nosebleeds from time to time. I had him gently blow out a big clot (thanks for that tip!), and with a few more minutes of pressure he was back to eating his lunch.
On the other hand, the kid who may have been suicidal and cut himself yesterday... For that I just got a one-sentence email, at the end of the school day so I didn't see it until school was out (Luckily he was OK, I saw him today and talked to mom. Psych follow-up is in place, and a reminder of our policy re: self harm -which explicitly prohibits staff from making reports by email - was sent out)
I like my teacher colleagues, but I seriously do not understand the way they think.
