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This has nothing to do with MC - just wanted to tell you. Last night one of my students ( 13 years old) stopped his lesson and said that he had sharp chest pains going up his neck and jaw. Then dizzy and felt like vomiting.
I made him lie down on the couch and called his mom - no answer. I was worried about his heart although he was only 13 - it just sounded like a heart attack to me! What to do? (He looked pale, also.)
Not wanting to take any chances, I called 911 and the para-medics came. By then I was able to reach his mom. In the end, everything was fine - they said he just had the flu and an anxiety attack. His mom said he is a very sensitive child, which I knew.
Anyway, that's my story for the day. Never had to called the para-medics before for a student! It did shake me up a bit and I had a glass of wine.
That's an event! Have you thought about collecting contact numbers from parents, or medical releases to protect yourself in the future? Just a note saying you can make decisions on their behalf in their absence. Maybe just from that little guys parents.
I once had a student accidently stick the kid next to him in the thigh with an exacto knife. The stabbed kid hyperventilated, and his mom came and took him to minor emergency to get stitches and a shot. Ah the good old days . .
I hope you had a couple glasses of wine, Love, Marsha
That's a good idea about medical releases. I do keep records of phone numbers, but sometimes parents can't be reached. In this case, I had called the phone number, but got no answer.
Very scary, indeed! As I started reading and you mentioned the symptoms, "panic attack" did enter my mind - I'm glad that's all it was!!
I had a third-grader trip over new shoes and crash head-first into the metal chalkboard tray in the front of the classroom. Blood was squirting from her forehead - I tried to keep her calm, but it looked like *The Exorcist*! This was before I had kids - it was absolutely terrifying! We called an ambulance as well. It's always better to be safe than sorry!
Kinda scary in this age of cell phones etc, that you couldn't reach the mom - what if it had been serious and she'd been needed for consent?
Don't most states have good Samaritan laws nowadays to cover you legally? I would think that the monkey would be on the EMT's backs and not yours as they're supposed to know what constitutes an emergency.
What do some of the rest of you think?
I do know that folks can sue anyone for anything, but if they don't have a chance of winning, they're not likely to sue, is what I'm thinking, but then I don't know absolutely.
Here are a couple of sites with information about "Good Samaritan Laws". In general, medical professionals are not covered by those statutes, but volunteer civilians are. Note the special requirements in the case of minors. Statutes of this type vary by jurisdiction, of course.
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