I'm mainly just venting, but I'm also wondering what others would do in this situation. I had a teacher send in a student complaining of arm pain. The student was pointing to a small area in the crease of his elbow saying that it was hurting him. He was acting like he was in a lot of pain for it for a minute or so, but then was acting normal and not complaining about it. I assessed him and sent him back to class. There was nothing significant to note. Not even redness. About an hour or so later, the teacher comes back in with the student and says that his arm is getting worse and is swelling so he called his mom and his mom is on the way to pick him up. There was nothing...and I mean, nothing on his arm. It was not swollen. No pain. No red. His mom arrived within a few minutes before I was able to call her because I was dealing with another situation. I hear the mom call the front office that she was here because "the teacher said my son may be having an allergic reaction." I was furious. I went straight outside to the mom and apologized and told her not to panic. She said she had seen an ambulance and was scared her son was in it. The student walked out to the mom and I explained the situation. She took her son home anyway because she thought maybe he was having a bad day and didn't want to be there, but was just as confused as I was about why she was notified that she needs to pick him up. How would you go about talking to this teacher? Do I just let it go? My two main issues is that 1. He went over my authority as the health professional in the school. and 2. He "diagnosed" a student, leading a parent into complete panic mode.