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I have a dilemma that I need help with. At my school admin, counseling, security, and me carry walkie talkies. Teachers have phones in their rooms. So anyway, I get a call from a teacher that a student has been in the bathroom for 20 minutes and he was wondering if I'd go check on her. No mention of an emergency. So I get up there and the kid is down and incoherent. Not a known diabetic, no significant health history. Immediately I called for backup from security. No response. I called admin. No response. Finally I say "Is ANYONE hearing this transmission?" and my trusty (and absolutely wonderful!) Health Aide comes over the radio and says, "It's loud and clear". I quickly tell her to usher all the kids in the office over to admin and get herself up to the bathroom to help me.
Meanwhile, the student on the floor is hyperventilating, and complaining of chest pain. Another kid tells me that her boyfriend just broke up with her. Ok, so now it's looking like a glorified panic attack, but of course I don't know that for sure. Again I call out for admin and security. Nothing.
Long story short, I get the girl back to my office and run vital signs. Everything is looking ok physically. But she starts to pass out. (hyperventilating) and she won't use the paper bag I've given her to use for her breathing. I call Mom, and mom freaks and says "Call 911!" Still no help from admin or security. So I dial 911.
An ambulance driving up to the front of the school got admin going, of course. THEN everyone came out of the woodwork.
So I'm wondering, how do I address this and who should I address it with? I'm already on the admin's poop list, and they've thrown me under the bus more times than I care to recall. Of course, I documented the bejeezus out of the incident and followed up with mom. They held the kid at the ER for several hours under observation and concluded it was, in fact, most likely a panic attack.
I am really bugged by this incident. And I'm worried about my license. I think I did everything I was supposed to do, but I still worry.
Any ideas, or commiseration :) would be greatly appreciated!
SchoolNurseTXstyle
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What gets me is when they call me (for something that is usually stupid) on the radio, if I don't pick up in 1/2 second they are freaking out. When I call for help, nada!!!