S.C. 5th Grader Dies After a Fight at School

[BunnyBunnyBSNRN]

https://abcnews.go.com/US/south-carolina-mom-complained-bullying-deadly-5th-grade/story?id=62242830

Ya'll, I can't even begin to imagine the pain the parents are dealing with. My heart hurts for the teacher, admin, and, of course, the school nurse. Four of five years of my school nursing career have been spent at the elementary school level and I've never seen a fight where a child was injured beyond a scratch or a bruise. I guess no one is immune.

[ruby_jane, BSN, RN]

On 4/19/2019 at 10:57 AM, TeenyTiny said:

I've watched this thread as a lurker and haven't been able to chime in. I thought you all may be interested in the update that has been released this morning:

http://www.live5news.com/2019/04/19/investigators-schedule-friday-morning-news-conference-death-th-grader/

It was an arterial venous malformation that caused her death. During the press conference it was revealed she had been seen for headache complaints over the past two years prior to this - most recently two weeks before the incident.

Thank you for this. I am certain that the parent will never, ever believe this. But it also doesn't surprise that the kid went to the doc multiple times with a headache and there was never a root cause found. Makes me want to reassess my policy about my repeat visitors.

[BunnyBunnyBSNRN, ASN, BSN]

Thank you for posting this, @ruby_jane!

So incredibly sad, all the way around.