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[quote=Anonymous]I work in the clinic.

Several scenarios at play here. Pick one.

- there's no adult supervision in the morning.

-student either arrives at school and immediately comes to the clinic to report not feeling well (or to vomit, use the bathroom, get temperature taken) or

- goes to classroom or first period and either asks to go to clinic or teacher sends immediately because "student doesn't look good"

- you gave student "pink medicine" (cherry Benadryl? Pepto?) or "purple medicine" (Dimetapp?) or "something" (ah, maybe Tylenol or Advil?) "in the morning" and wow, now it's 10 and the meds have worn off...but this has allowed you to put in a 1/2 day of work and get your kid to daycare and by the time I call you to come get your child, you won't have to lose a day of leave.

- you will complain once reached that "I'm at work and about an hour away" and no, there's no one else to call who could pick up (also, the emergency contact is a grandma in another time zone)

- you will ask if your child can "just be given some medicine" and sent back to class. (We don't have stock meds and if you want us to give your DC a medicine, this requires a completed form and meds delivered in advance)

- you must know that we have a protocol. 911 first, then you as a parent. If your DCs fever spikes and sustains at 104 (and yes, this has happened) EVEN WHILE AWAITING parent pick up, your child will be transported in an ambulance, likely without you.

-DC tells us everything, most especially while we wait for you to pick up...[/quote]

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