Clinic Information
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Important Health Care and
Medication Information for Your Child
The Board of Education of the Lamar County School District
recognizes the importance of good physical, emotional and mental
health and supports the well being of all students and
families.
Emergency Health Care Plan
Medication Policy
Permission for Medication
Procedures
Students who are ill are to check in with the school nurse before
calling parents to go home. Parents should sign their student out
in the attendance office before leaving unless other arrangements
have been made with staff.
Please report communicable diseases and head lice to the school
nurse. Students, who are expected to miss several days due to
health reasons, please contact the nurse as special arrangements
can be made.
At each school the Licensed School Nurse and building nurses
provide the following services to support Lamar County
students:
First Aid
In case of an accident, first aid will be administered in the
health office and the parent/guardian will be called. If a student
needs further treatment, the parent, ambulance, or rescue squad
will transport the student to the doctor or hospital. In the event
that a parent/guardian cannot be reached, the school will contact
the physician listed on the emergency card to make whatever
arrangements necessary to provide health service to the student or
call the rescue squad.
It is very important that parents/guardians fill out the
emergency card. A new card is sent home at the beginning of each
school year. Any change during the year should be forwarded to the
school's health office. The emergency numbers (someone who can be
responsible for a student in the absence of the parent/guardian)
should be local numbers.
Illness
To help assure good health care for students and alert health
authorities to the presence of specific disease, parents are asked
to call the school EACH morning the student is absent for any
reason and to notify the school later if a specific disease
develops.
Since most diseases are spread before they are recognized, it is
impossible to prevent exposure. Control measures are designed to
protect individual students from complications. Parents are urged
to keep their children home if they develop any symptoms suggestive
of a communicable disease. The temperature should be normal at
least 24 hours BEFORE a student returns to school. The temperature
guideline is --- 100 degrees the student goes home automatically.
The child should not return to school unless the temperature goes
below 100 degrees for 24 hours. Please do not send students who
have an undiagnosed rash to school. If a student becomes ill while
at school, the parent/guardian will be called. It is their
responsibility to take the student home.
Outside Recess
Fresh air and exercise are very important. If a child has
a cold or other illness or injury and the parent wants them to stay
in during recess one day, the parent needs to send a signed note
requesting that and stating the reason. If a parent feels the
condition will require two or more days inside during recess, they
must obtain and send a note from a doctor stating the reason and
length. Students are outside when the temperature is at or above 0
degrees. If the temperature is lower than -10 degrees wind chill
they will be inside.