Panic Attacks

[GdBSN]

I'm a HS nurse and am dealing with a lot of panic attacks this year. They are full blown attacks with hyperventilation, shaking, unable to stand...etc. I am chasing my tail all over this school this year for students having attacks in the classroom. When I contact parents about seeing a doctor for possible treatment, they agree and state they will take their LD to be evaluated. Until the next week or month when I'm called to the classroom for the same student, and the student states they have not seen a doctor. I guess my question is, how do you guys treat reoccurring panic attacks when parents don't take their student for a physician eval?

[Flare, ASN, BSN]

I have one student who has panic attacks and presents like this regularly. It almost seems cyclical - she'll have them back to back for a week or two then nothing for quite a while. The student will not accept the idea that her s/s are likely due to a panic attack / anxiety. Her parents have taken her to a multitude of doctors and specialists and they've run countless tests to r/o any medical reason. So far nothing.

When she presents like this, I usually have her sit for a while and try to work through it, but oftentimes I send her home. The parents seem to want to find more avenues for treatment when I do.