Comments on: “School Nurse Denies Inhaler, Watches Student Lose Consciousness”

By: Bill Poser

Bill Poser — Thu, 31 May 2012 04:17:33 +0000

Nancy Gilly@I’m curious: has the school given you anything resembling a reasonable explanation for why your daughter cannot carry her own inhaler, which I imagine she does when not in school?

By: Nancy Gilly

Nancy Gilly — Wed, 30 May 2012 22:33:18 +0000

My daughter’s middle school conveniently “forgot” to put her name on a list of kids going on a field trip, and therefore they didn’t have her inhaler. Naturally she had an asthma attack, and I had to take time from work, drive half way across Connecticut to meet her and the school rep at the ER (at least they had been able to start treatment), and *I* was financially liable for all medical bills! This is spite of the fact that the field trip form I had signed specifically stated that she had asthma and that they were supposed to have her inhaler with them to avoid exactly this scenario.

The next field trip (the 8th grade fun trip) they only allowed her to go if a parent or guardian went along to carry the inhaler. Given our history with the school, we agreed, and my mother had a very nice time at Lake Compounce.

I am so happy she is now in the state’s vo-tech high school system and has a sane school nurse and sane policy with regard to asthma meds.

By: When Schools Are Like Jails — Or Worse

When Schools Are Like Jails — Or Worse — Tue, 29 May 2012 22:52:04 +0000

[…] get their stubborn, fully-grown offspring to school.In Florida, a 17-year-old student with asthma nearly died after a school nurse denied him the use of his own inhaler, because his mother hadn’t […]

By: DensityDuck

DensityDuck — Tue, 29 May 2012 17:48:32 +0000

And yet if you homeschool, you’re a crazy Christianist creationist who’s going to raise a socially-maladjusted moron.

By: Fox 2!

Fox 2! — Tue, 29 May 2012 01:46:08 +0000

Since the inhaler is a prescription medication, doesn’t it’s theft and possession by the dean constitute a Federal felony?

By: No Name Guy

No Name Guy — Mon, 28 May 2012 23:16:18 +0000

The inhaler is not the property of the Dean nor the school nurse. Therefore their possession of it without permission of its rightful owner (the student and or his mother) constitutes theft. Their denial of its use by its rightful owner is a clear violation of the private property rights of the student an or his mother.

By: Yeaah

Yeaah — Mon, 28 May 2012 18:15:48 +0000

Fight bad consequences of lawsuit happy society by more lawsuits? That sounds interesting.

By: Mannie

Mannie — Mon, 28 May 2012 17:58:38 +0000

Repeat after me. School is not your friend. It is the most dangerous place a child can be.

By: Beth

Beth — Mon, 28 May 2012 04:04:05 +0000

What part of nursing judgment and critical thinking does she not understand?

By: boblipton

boblipton — Mon, 28 May 2012 02:12:17 +0000

That is the beauty of Zero Tolerance. It does not require reason. In fact, it bans it.

Bob