Posted by Jessica Wetzel on Wed, May 09, 2012 @ 03:59 PM
Diabetes Care at School: Bridging the Gap Provides CNE Credits for Nurses + Trains School Staff How to Identify & Respond to the Signs & Symptoms of Diabetes.
Diabetes Care at School: Bridging the Gap offers LPN's and RN's 6 hours of Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) credit and the training to care for children with both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes with the goal of making it easier to participate in school-related activities.
5 Steps to Receiving 6 CNE's Using Diabetes Care at School: Bridging the Gap:
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Complete the pre-test.
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Read the 12 chapters in the book or watch the 12 multimedia presentations on the CD.
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Complete the post-test.
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Complete and submit the final exam by email, fax, or mail.
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Pass the final exam with 80% or greater.
Frequently Asked Questions:
Q: What topics are covered in this program?
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Recognizing possible symptoms of low blood glucose and high blood glucose
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Assisting students with blood glucose monitoring
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Proper actions for treating hyper and hypoglycemia
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Proper administration of glucagon injections
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Interventions generally required to help bring ketones back into normal range
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Interpreting nutritional requirements for a student with diabetes
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Exercise and how it affects blood glucose
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Discuss how a student’s ability to participate in his or her own self-care may vary with age, level of development, and emotional maturity
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Be able to list factors that can affect the student’s blood glucose level during a disaster
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Recall the most common insulin pump problems
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List the laws that apply to federally-funded schools with regard to caring for students with diabetes
Q: How many programs do I need to buy to train all the nurses in my school?
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1 book will grant 1 nurse CNE credit.
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If you have multiple nurses who would like to take the test for CNE’s, you have the option of purchasing multiple book/multimedia courses or 1 book and however many supplemental CD’s needed for the number of nurses wishing to receive CNE’s.
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If no CNE’s are necessary, the customer may purchase the manual without the CD-ROM
Q: The school nurses in my district need different levels of training - some just need a refresher, and some need more in-depth training on teaching diabetes education at school. Will this program satisfy both requirements?
Diabetes Care at School: Bridging the Gap provides self-paced instruction so you can learn at your own pace. Alternative options are available for those looking for a refresher and do not include a CNE option.
Q: Are there sample IHP's included with the program?
Yes, the program includes a Diabetes Management and Treatment Plan & Individualized Health Plan.
Q: Can this information be used by medical assistants or non-medical personnel within my school district?
Yes, the program includes a training program for unlicensed diabetes care assistants (UDCA's) and diabetes awareness training for all campus personnel. It is also encouraged to share this information with parents.
Q: Can this program help me keep track of who has been trained in my district and when they should be re-trained or given a refresher?
Many customers may be familiar with the former web-based version of Diabetes Care at School: Bridging the Gap. The web based version did make it possible to establish which district personnel had received training, and when they were due for refresher training. Due to overwhelming customer preference, the Diabetes Care at School: Bridging the Gap training program has been converted to a CD format which does not include a Learning Management System to track user activity. Districts are encouraged to utilize their standard training documentation systems to monitor staff training activity.
Q: Can I use this program as a quick reference? How difficult is it to go back and look up a piece of key information?
Summary Sheets" at the end of each chapter make it easy to review each chapter or quickly reference information.
Q: Who has approved this program to provide me with CNE credits?
It is approved by the Texas Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center Commission on Accreditation - meaning LPN's and RN's receive 6 CNE credits for completing.
Diabetes Care at School: Bridging the Gap focuses on educating the entire school team on the signs and symptoms of diabetes to ensure that no matter where the student might be - on the bus, on a field trip, on the playground, in the cafeteria, or at a school without a school nurse - the teachers and staff responsible for that student's safety are able to provide care to diabetic students.
Posted by Jessica Wetzel on Tue, Apr 10, 2012 @ 05:54 AM
School Administrators Must Plan for Order and Control When Emergency Response Planning.
This blog was written for School Health by K. David Scott, Founder, President and CEO, LifeSecure Emergency Solutions.
"3-10-3" – 3 Principles for Preparing School Emergency Supplies
When considering if you have the correct and adequate supplies, it is helpful to simplify the task by taking the "3-10-3" approach to evaluating your school emergency supplies. This involves preparing appropriate supplies for the:
Emergency Medical Supplies for 3 Key School Areas and Services
It is important to consider what supplies will be necessary for each of the 3 Key School Areas and Services:
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School Facilities: classrooms, common areas, offices
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School Health and Medical Services
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School Administration & Safety Services
Supplies for each area and service are necessary in order to ensure an orderly and coordinated response to an emergency.
School Administration & Safety Services – Supplies to Bring Order and Keep Control
In an emergency or disaster, school administration and staff members responsible for safety and security often have the tasks of bringing order to a crisis situation and maintaining calm and control. Severe emergencies may require supplies that go beyond the simple megaphone and safety vests that might be used in a drill.
Effective Emergency Incident Command and Control Will Require Supplies Such As:
Emergency Preparedness Checklist Questions for Administrators and Safety Personnel:
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Do we have the supplies needed to respond to a severe emergency that requires maintaining order and calm for hours or days?
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Do we have enough supplies for each of the staffers who will aid in these efforts?
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Are these supplies well organized and in portable personal bags/backpacks/pouches so that onsite responders can respond quickly?
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Do we have the supplies necessary to communicate and coordinate the response across the entire campus?
Ultimately, the ability to keep calm and order and direct all aspects of the emergency response will do much to help reduce the impact of an emergency event. The right supplies for administrator and safety personnel may be critical to a successful response.
Posted by Jessica Wetzel on Thu, Apr 05, 2012 @ 05:57 AM
6 Questions Every School Should Consider When Providing Emergency Medical Supplies to the School Nurse
This blog was written for School Health by K. David Scott, Founder, President and CEO, LifeSecure Emergency Solutions.
"3-10-3" – 3 Principles for Preparing School Emergency Supplies
When considering if you have the correct and adequate supplies, it is helpful to simplify the task by taking the "3-10-3" approach to evaluating your school emergency supplies. This involves preparing appropriate supplies for the:
Emergency Medical Supplies for 3 Key School Areas and Services
It is important to consider what supplies will be necessary for each of the 3 Key School Areas and Services:
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School Facilities: classrooms, common areas, offices
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School Health and Medical Services
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School Administration & Safety Services
Supplies for each area and service are necessary in order to ensure an orderly and coordinated response to an emergency.
School Health & Medical Services – Medical Supplies for Major Emergencies and Disasters
In a true disaster, community first responders may be delayed for minutes, hours, or even days. Medical attention for severe injuries may not be able to wait for outside medical assistance. This means that school nurses may have to provide and direct care for severe and even life threatening medical situations. Disasters often produce mass casualties. Such situations can quickly overwhelm the available medical aid supplies.
Each school needs to provide adequate trauma first aid supplies for use by school nurses and other first aid trained staffers. This typically means having supplies for multiple first aid stations. These supplies need to go beyond those provided in the typical basic first aid kit designed for minor escapes, cuts, sprains, and burns.
As a trained medical professional, you are well qualified to select the supplies that are right for your school. The key will be to have enough supplies and an adequate number of kits, backpacks, or rolling bags, to meet a mass casualty situation staffed by you and other first aid trained staff members.
Emergency Preparedness Checklist Questions for School Nurses:
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If we had to respond to a mass casualty situation without outside assistance for several hours or even days, would we have adequate supplies?
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What types of injuries will need immediate response?
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What supplies and equipment do we now count on outside responders to provide, but that might not be quickly present in a real disaster?
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How could we supply multiple on-site responders with medical aid supplies?
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What if these on-site responders had to be initially deployed to multiple sites on our campus? How will they carry and deploy these supplies?
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Would these supplies best be stored near each responder vs. in a central office or storage area?
These and other questions may lead you to reconsider what supplies you will need and how they will need to be stored in order to prepare for a sever disaster. This preparation may save lives and reduce the impact of a disaster on your students and staff members.
School Health can help school nurses and medical staff purchase the right emergency medical supplies and stay within budget.
Posted by Jessica Wetzel on Tue, Apr 03, 2012 @ 05:45 AM
Emergency Supplies Have to be Readily Available Yet Securely Stored
This blog was written for School Health by K. David Scott, Founder, President and CEO, LifeSecure Emergency Solutions.
"3-10-3" – 3 Principles for Preparing School Emergency Supplies
When considering if you have the correct and adequate supplies, it is helpful to simplify the task by taking the "3-10-3" approach to evaluating your school emergency supplies. This involves preparing appropriate supplies for the:
Emergency Medical Supplies for 3 Key School Areas and Services
It is important to consider what supplies will be necessary for each of the 3 Key School Areas and Services:
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School Facilities: classrooms, common areas, offices
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School Health and Medical Services
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School Administration & Safety Services
Supplies for each area and service are necessary in order to ensure an orderly and coordinated response to an emergency.
School Facilities – Basic Survival Supplies for Evacuations or Lockdowns
Emergency supplies should be stored in important areas of your school facilities. Experts strongly recommend that there be emergency supplies in each classroom adequate to support the number of students and staff that may be in the classroom in the case of a lockdown or evacuation. In a lockdown, supplies stored elsewhere will be of little use and bathroom and other facilities will not be accessible.
Each classroom should have an emergency kit that supplies all of the 10 Basic Survival Needs for the first several hours of response and perhaps longer if an extended lockdown may occur. In case of an evacuation, most plans will call for classes to stay together. A portable option in a backpack or wheeled bag may be desirable.
As students may be in other common areas at the time disaster strikes, it is important to have similar supplies stored in libraries, cafeterias, gyms, pool areas, student and teacher lounges, and other instructional areas.
The basic idea is to make sure that supplies needed for the first few hours of an emergency response are readily at hand throughout the school. While stockpiles for extended emergencies may be best stored in central storage areas, one cannot count on a quick distribution process in a lockdown or evacuation. Supplies have to be readily at hand yet securely stored. This need can best be met by specially designed emergency kits that meet the 10 Basic Survival Needs.
It is also important that school offices have basic survival supplies for staff members and students and visitors that may be in these areas when an emergency happens. These needs may best be met by a combination of group emergency kits and individual emergency kits. Any staff member who might be counted on to provide direction in a response will also need their own personal survival supplies. This need is often met by a small, portable personal emergency kit.
School Health can help you decide what emergency supplies you need for your school facilities.
Posted by Jessica Wetzel on Thu, Mar 29, 2012 @ 05:23 AM
10 Questions That Will Help Guide Your School Emergency Response Planning Decisions
This blog was written for School Health by K. David Scott, Founder, President and CEO, LifeSecure Emergency Solutions.
"3-10-3" – 3 Principles for Preparing School Emergency Supplies
When considering if you have the correct and adequate supplies, it is helpful to simplify the task by taking the "3-10-3" approach to evaluating your school emergency supplies. This involves preparing appropriate supplies for the:
Emergency Supplies for the 10 Basic Survival Needs
As you consider preparing supplies for the 3 Basics Response Scenarios, your mind may naturally start consider the basic human survival needs in each potential emergency or disaster situation. It may help to simplify and organize your checklist by understanding and preparing supplies for the 10 Basic Survival Needs.
The 10 Basic survival needs in an emergency or disaster are:
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Water
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Food
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Breathing protection
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First aid
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Shelter
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Warmth
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Communication
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Light
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Tools
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Sanitation/hygiene
While the importance of any one of these needs will vary by the scenario, the longer the emergency, the more likely that each one of these needs will start to be felt and experienced.
Providing for these 10 basic needs may save lives, prevent illness and injury, and ensure calm and relative comfort in a crisis.
10 Emergency Preparedness Checkup Questions:
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How many students and staff members do we have?
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In a severe disaster, how many of them might we likely have to care for and for how long? (Some schools make assumptions of supporting particular percentages of the school’s population for specific periods of time. This is often determined by the distance each may live from the school, how quickly parents might be able to arrive at the school, etc.)
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If the buildings are damaged or destroyed how would we keep students sheltered and warm?
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How will we provide food and safe water if students are locked down for an extended period or have to evacuate and stay in place?
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What supplies might be distributed to individual students and staff members? What supplies might be shared by small groups or classes?
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What supplies will help administrators, staff, and teachers communicate and maintain order?
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Do we have the right supplies to handle mass casualties if emergency services cannot immediately arrive?
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How will we provide for sanitation and hygiene if classrooms have to be locked down for an extended period or if buildings are unsafe and they are stuck out of doors and unable to return home quickly.
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What supplies will we need should the emergency keep students and staff at school overnight? What is the power is lost?
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What supplies might be needed to perform light search and rescue in a damaged school building if outside rescuers are delayed.
List of Basic Supplies Necessary to Meet the 10 Basic Survival Needs:
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Water: pouches of water that can be easily distributed
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Food: basic emergency bars in portions
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Breathing protection: dust masks
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First aid: basic first aid kits and trauma first aid supplies for serious injuries
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Shelter: emergency blankets, emergency ponchos, tarps
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Warmth: emergency blankets
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Communication: whistles, two-way radios, AM/FM radio, pens, writing tablets, megaphones
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Light: flashlights, 12-hour light sticks
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Tools: multi-tools, shovels, pry bars, safety goggles, gloves
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Sanitation/hygiene: emergency toilets and sanitation supplies, privacy tarps
School Health can help you identify and design the best emergency preparedness kit for your school's needs and budget.
Posted by Jessica Wetzel on Tue, Mar 27, 2012 @ 04:29 AM
Begin Your Emergency Response Planning by Asking The 5 Questions Below
This blog was written for School Health by K. David Scott, Founder, President and CEO, LifeSecure Emergency Solutions.
"3-10-3" – 3 Principles for Preparing School Emergency Supplies
When considering if you have the correct and adequate supplies, it is helpful to simplify the task by taking the "3-10-3" approach to evaluating your school emergency supplies. This involves preparing appropriate supplies for the:
Supplies for the 3 Basic Response Scenarios
Every school has the possibility of experiencing numerous types of natural and man-made emergencies or disasters. These may come with or without warning. Depending on where your school is located, you may experience:
Natural: earthquakes, fires, hurricanes, floods, blizzards, tornadoes, tsunamis, severe storms, landslides, medical emergencies
Man-made: violence, terrorist attacks, explosions, accidents, chemical spills
The 3 Basic Response Scenarios
When thinking about the supplies necessary to respond to these many potential scenarios, it helps to simplify your checklist to what may be necessary to support the 3 Basic Response Scenarios to these events:
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Evacuation
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Lockdown
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Shelter/protection
You can begin to identify the necessary supplies and fill in the gaps by reviewing your drills.
Ask these 5 Emergency Supplies Checkup Questions:
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What if these drills turned into the real thing and in a very severe situation? What supplies and equipment would you want to be sure to have on hand?
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What supplies might help to maintain order, respond to medical needs, and meet basic survival and comfort needs?
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What needs do we need to consider if a disaster happens during inclement weather?
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What if police, fire, and other services can’t quickly arrive due to the scope of the disaster of the damage caused to transportation routes, emergency vehicles, etc.
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What if the response has to go well beyond the few minutes typically taken in a drill? Could we sustain the students and staff comfortably beyond a few hours if necessary?
Play the scenarios out in your mind. Real response is always more intense than the drills. The more real the situation, the more likely that adequate response will involve having some kind of emergency supplies.
Posted by Jessica Wetzel on Fri, Mar 23, 2012 @ 04:20 AM
School Emergency Planning Requires Plans, Drills & Supplies
This blog was written for School Health by K. David Scott, Founder, President and CEO, LifeSecure Emergency Solutions.
PLANS: A Good Emergency Plan is Necessary But Not Enough
Every day students come to classes in your school where teachers have diligently prepared a lesson plan. That lesson plan is key to the learning that will take place in that class that day. However, the success of the plan depends in part on the students’ preparation and the supplies that they bring or are provided. Students must be prepared to learn and have the necessary prerequisite knowledge. In addition, these students must have the necessary relevant supplies that can support the plan of learning for the day: text books, notebooks, paper, pencils, pens, art supplies, computers, calculators, lab equipment, etc.
Every school in America has diligently prepared emergency plans. As a school nurse you may have helped develop these plans. These plans are key to a successful response to various emergency and disaster scenarios that are possible in your area. However, an emergency plan on its own with not be successful without (1) prepared students and staff and (2) the right emergency supplies each staff member and all students.
DRILLS: 3 Emergency Drills Prepare Students and Staff to Be Ready
Various emergency and disaster drills help to ensure that students and staff are ready to respond appropriately to any disaster. Many schools routinely practice the three necessary drills:
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Evacuation (for fire, bomb threats, etc.)
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Lockdown (for violence and other scenarios where safety requires staying in place)
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Shelter & protection (for earthquakes, tornadoes, and other destructive events)
SUPPLIES: Emergency Supplies Tend to Be the Weak Link In School Emergency Preparedness
In a major emergency or disaster, community emergency response resources may be stretched, and schools may need to rely not only on their own planning and previous drills, but also on their own emergency supplies. The U.S. government recommends that every institution have disaster plans and sufficient survival supplies for up to 72 hours after a major emergency.
Many schools have emergency plans and drill them, but lack adequate supplies to carry out those plans if the emergency lasts for more than a few hours or if help from the outside community is not readily available.
In its simplest terms, successful emergency response requires that each school:
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Have the plans
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Do the drills
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Get the supplies
Experience has shown that:
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All schools have an emergency plan,
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Many schools practice the relevant emergency drills, yet
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Few schools have adequate emergency supplies
As emergency supplies tend to be the weakest link in school emergency preparedness, maybe it is time for a checkup for your school emergency supplies list. Request a consultation with a School Health representative below to ensure your school's emergency preparedness supplies are up-to-date.
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Posted by Jessica Wetzel on Thu, Mar 15, 2012 @ 06:06 AM
Ohio School Tragedy Reminds Us of the Need to Be Prepared For Any Emergency or Disaster
This blog was written for School Health by K. David Scott, Founder, President and CEO, LifeSecure Emergency Solutions.
With the recent tragic shootings at the high school in Chardon, Ohio, we are reminded of the need for schools to be prepared for any emergency or disaster. News reports indicated that schools around the area were quickly put into lockdown after the incident. While lockdown is the correct response to some emergencies, there are other disaster scenarios that would require evacuation.
Traditional Emergency Planning in Schools
When many of us were younger, it was common to do fire drills at school. We all filed out of the building in an orderly manner under the watchful eyes of our teachers and waited in the field or outdoor basketball court for the “all clear” bell to ring. These drills were usually a welcome break from the classroom. At least this was true in warm weather. Traditionally, fire drills were about the extent of the emergency response preparation at most schools.
The Addition of "Lockdown Drills" & Disaster Drills to the School Emergency Response Plan
In recent years high profile school violence has added “lockdown drills” to the list of common school preparation exercises. In addition, many schools now have practice drills tailored to the particular man-made or natural threats in their areas. Many have added earthquake, tornado, or other disaster drills to their lists of important response preparations. Almost every school has an emergency and disaster plan. Most states now mandate such plans. Many schools have automatic alert systems that communicate with parents in an emergency.
Depending on the area in which a school is located, some of the natural or man-made threats that may occur include: earthquakes, floods, tornadoes, fires, tsunamis, severe storms, landslides, medical emergencies, terrorist attacks, violence, explosions, accidents, and chemical spills.
Where Schools are Lagging in Emergency Preparedness
While planning for lockdown or evacuation in emergencies and disasters has significantly improved in most schools throughout the country, one area of preparation has significantly lagged – emergency kits and supplies. Most schools have an emergency plan but lack adequate emergency kits and supplies to support the plan should there be a need to lockdown for more than an hour or so or to conduct a full evacuation from a truly devastating event.
Emergency preparedness experts indicate that each school should have emergency supplies in each classroom that would support the school’s plans for either lockdown or evacuation according to the emergency situation. Additional supplies would be kept elsewhere in the school for use by staff and students. In a major emergency or disaster, emergency response resources may be stretched, and schools may need to rely on their own planning and preparations. The U.S. Government recommends that every institution have disaster plans and sufficient supplies for up to 72 hours after a major emergency.
Important emergency supplies for schools might be carefully selected to provide the ability to meet the 10 basic survival and emergency response needs resulting from most severe emergencies or disasters: water, food, breathing protection, first aid, shelter, warmth, communication, light, tools, and sanitation/hygiene.
By taking action now, you can prepare your school to deal with natural and man-made emergencies or disasters. Your preparation may save lives, prevent illness and injury, and ensure calm in a crisis situation.
Your School Health representative can work with you to identify your needs and those emergency kits and disaster supplies that might best help you to keep your students and staff members safe in any emergency or disaster.
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Posted by Jessica Wetzel on Wed, Feb 29, 2012 @ 06:46 AM
Part of Project Aimed at Decreasing Suicide Rates Among College Students
Jennifer Mallo is School Health's product manager for the majority of our school nursing product categories. But her health expertise doesn't end there - Jennifer is also a Certified Health Education Specialist and recently earned her Master of Public Health degree with the help of School Health's employee tuition reimbursement program. As a part of her internship, Jennifer created the Health Education Resources page for Benedictine University. She took the time to answer 7 questions about this project and her dedication to decreasing suicide in young adults.
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Can you describe the project you did for Benedictine University?
My internship Capstone project title was "Mental Health: It’s ok to talk about it." According to the American College Health Association (ACHA) the suicide rate among young adults, ages 15-24, has tripled since the 1950s and suicide is currently the second most common cause of death among college students. In order to break the stigma associated with mental illness and decrease suicide, our society as a whole must recognize its signs and symptoms. Unless these issues are discussed, the rate of suicide and mental illness will continue to rise.
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Who is the intended audience for the website?
Students and staff of Benedictine University.
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Where did you get the resources for the website?
Really…everywhere – NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness), CDC (Centers for Disease and Control), Healthy People 2010, SAMHSA (Substance Abuse, DANA Foundation, and Mental Health Services Administration to name a few. As a Health Educator I do my best to review and recommend only those sites considered to be reputable resources.
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How long did it take to create?
Because of the significance of the topic, it took me 2 quarters or 6 months to complete. My projects were not limited to building resource pages. Other activities included:
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Open forum discussion on Mental Health with student leadership groups and campus RA’s
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A weekend seminar on Mental Health
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Arrangement and hosting of guest speakers for students and student organizations such as the psych & soc club; guest speakers included National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
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Developed the BenU Health Education Web Pages
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Proposed a new course for BenU - MHFA and it has now been approved - I will additionally be assisting with the marketing of the course sometime this year
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Reviewed the campus Emergency Preparedness Plan to assure it properly addressed suicide and mental health emergencies
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Assisted in the introduction of NAMI on Campus – a student run support organization geared towards college success and supporting those with mental health issues or are just having difficulty adjusting to college life
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Who from the university did you work with to complete the project?
I was a one man show under the guidance of Marco Masini, Associate VP of Student Life. I did receive assistance, however from one of my former teachers, Joe Roche, the President of the Psych & Soc Student Organization, the IT department for web training and several other key support staff who allowed me to interview them and who provided support of my activities.
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What is the purpose of the website?
The pages serve as a resource for students on and off campus on a variety of health topics. With so much information on the web today, it is all too easy to become overwhelmed searching for useful and credible information. It was my goal to bring everything to one location where students and staff could locate important health information in just a few clicks.
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What other pertinent information would you like to share about this project?
This is a tough one. My internship laid the groundwork for addressing mental illness and suicide on campus, but I won’t know how effectively until at least a year or more from now. I can tell you that there are quite a few programs now getting started at BenU discussing the topic and getting students more involved which is a great start. Other than that, I can just say that it was a great experience and I feel I truly used the tools I gained from my MPH program to educate and involve others in changing behaviors that limit personal growth, improving scholastic achievement, and creating awareness surrounding the stigma that is Mental Illness – because it is ok to talk about it.
Thank you to Jennifer Mallo for creating this site for the students of Benedictine University and bringing much-needed awareness to this important topic. Jennifer selected her favorite health education resources on the School Health website, and we look forward to the new products she brings to our catalog to come!
Posted by Jessica Wetzel on Tue, Jan 31, 2012 @ 04:35 AM
One of School Health’s vendor partners, Katie Tasker, Marketing Communications Project Manager from Briggs Healthcare, wrote this blog to help educate on the use of asthma medication delivery and management devices at school.
Asthma is the number one cause of absence from school for children.1 However, by training health aides and school assistants on the use of peak flow meters and nebulizers you can help keep asthmatic children in school and working to their full potential.
Train on proper peak flow techniques in three simple steps:
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Stand up if possible. Take a deep breath, place the Peak Flow Meter in your mouth and hold horizontally, closing the lips around the mouthpiece, then blow as hard and as fast as you can.
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Note the number on the scale indicated by the pointer.
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Return the pointer to zero, and repeat the procedure twice more to obtain three readings. Mark the highest of the three readings on your chart.
Train on use of a compressor nebulizer in four simple steps:
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Twist the nebulizer cover counterclockwise to separate. Add the medication to the cup and reassemble.
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Attach one end of the air tube connector to the air stem and the other end to the base of the nebulizer.
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Attach the angled mouthpiece to the top of the nebulizer.
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Press the power button and begin treatment.
Train on use of an ultrasonic nebulizer in four simple steps:
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Remove the cover and fill water reservoir with water.
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Place medication cup above water reservoir and fill cup with medication. Replace cover.
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Attach battery pack to unit.
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Press the power button and begin treatment.
1Managing Asthma A Guide For Schools