A life-threatening condition" means a health condition that will put the child in danger of death during the school day if a medication or treatment order and a nursing plan are not in place. The most common life-threatning conditions at school are:
severe allergies (anaphylaxis),
diabetes,
severe seizures that do not stop without medication.
Please contact your school nurse immediately if your student has a life-threatening health condition. Your nurse will help you with paperwork, supplies, and creating a school health plan.
Before your child is legally allowed to start school each year, please bring the following required items to school:
Doctor's orders for emergency care and medications - signed by the doctor and the parent,
Rescue medication -
Epinephrine for severe allergies
Glucagon for diabetes
Diastat or midazolam for severe seizures
All paperwork must be submitted at least 2 weeks before the first day of school in order to ensure your child may attend without delay.
Families should make an appointment to drop off supplies and meet with the nurse sometime during the week before school starts.
Per WA State Law, students may not start school each year until all requirements have been met
Every July, our nurses send out an automated reminder to families who have not submitted all of the required materials to start school next year.
Please take this opportunity to contact your doctor, make appointments, request paperwork, and refill prescriptions.
Our nurses return in late August after summer vacation. Please deliver your child's materials at least one week before school starts.