Is your school prepared to handle emergency care?

Seldom does a school day go by in most school buildings in the United States without at least one student reporting to either the principal’s office or the nurse’s office for treatment of a sudden illness or injury. The National Safety Council statistics indicate that 57% of the accidents involving children of school age which require the attention of a doctor or cause absence from school of one-half day or more occur on the school grounds, in the building or going to and from school. With the knowledge that there is a good chance of an injury, accident or illness occurring at school, one must ask how well prepared are school personnel to handle these emergency (sometimes life-threatening) situations? The answer is frightening! Evidence indicates that few schools are adequately prepared for emergency care situations.