amsolomon

I had mine last month. Teacher collapsed in the hallway. As soon as I walked in the building, I'm told, we need you we have an emergency. I go down the hallway, water bottle and bag in my hand to see a teacher lying unresponsive faced down in the hallway (they never tell you extent of the emergency). Sent someone to get AED machine. There was another teacher present so I say to her, can you help me turn him over, her response was I don't want to hurt him because of the way his arm is positioned. We need a man to help. I'm thinking, he's unconscious, the least of his worries is us hurting his arm. I finally get him turned over, attach AED machine, then have to begin CPR. After awhile, I start getting tired, I'm asking does anyone know CPR, to switch out? No response. Luckily the counselor came around the corner (after being turned away by principal) and was able to take over. Teacher passed away, but I knew it didn't look good. Coworkers asking me, do I think he'll make it & why he's not waking up? (EMS had arrived and were working on him). I'm thinking, do you really need me to explain to you as an adult, that sometimes people die despite good care. And when I thought about it that same teacher who said we needed a man to roll the teacher over knew CPR because she was in the CPR class that I arranged last year. ?

What do you do when it's the principal that mandates the teachers send students to the nurse for any and everything. And I mean everything. One student throws paper at another student, the student says, "ow". Teacher says, "Go to the nurse". That's the kind of nonsense I'm dealing with. Loose teeth, paper cuts. old already healed scars, scratches that happened at home however nobody thought it emergent enough to give bandaid, suddenly needs immediate attention at school. It really has me rethinking this whole school nursing thing.