Akposodje Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 My wife took our 5 year old to school on Monday. He suffers from Asthma ad has ann inhaler in a morning and night. Over the weekend he was more wheezie so had to have extra puffs in the day. Arriving at school my wife advised the teacher he had been struggling a little bit and if he needed it his inhaler was in his bag. Her reaction was as if he had crack cocaine or a knife if his bag. She took the bag and locked it away. the fact he had taken the same inhler to school every day was by the by. Political correctness gone mad again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megalithic Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 My youngest had his taken from him and locked in the office, he was expected to go and use it under supervision if and when needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy-Lastic Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 All medication should be kept locked away at a school - it is done for a reason and is normally kept at the school office :-o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daven Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 All medication should be kept locked away at a school - it is done for a reason and is normally kept at the school office :-o Quite right too. Teachers are not medically trained. If an irresponsible parent allows their 5 year old child to have prescribed drugs in their rucksack I'm not surprised the teacher went off alarming. They are responsible for all childrens well being whilst they are on school premises. Just imagine if said child had allowed other children to use said inhaler and one of the children had an allergic reaction to it ! (it has happened and is not as far fetched as folk would like to imagine). Who would be responsible for that childs demise ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akposodje Posted March 23, 2011 Author Share Posted March 23, 2011 Quite right too. Teachers are not medically trained. If an irresponsible parent allows their 5 year old child to have prescribed drugs in their rucksack I'm not surprised the teacher went off alarming. They are responsible for all childrens well being whilst they are on school premises. Just imagine if said child had allowed other children to use said inhaler and one of the children had an allergic reaction to it ! (it has happened and is not as far fetched as folk would like to imagine). Who would be responsible for that childs demise ? Yes, bring out the Sheffield Forum lefties. We are talking an inhaler here !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daven Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Yes, bring out the Sheffield Forum lefties. We are talking an inhaler here !! I am assuming that you are talking about a Ventolin inhaler ? In the wrong hands it can cause a rapid heart rate and death. I am baffled as to why you think it is acceptable to allow a 5 year old child to be responsible for a prescribed drug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cymraes Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Yes, bring out the Sheffield Forum lefties. We are talking an inhaler here !! So? If something awful happened like the child choked on the little cap that goes on the end of it the blame would be on the teachers. "Why did you let a 5 year old have unsupervised control of his inhaler? We never do that at home." Etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puplet Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 If there wasn't such a blame culture in this country maybe they wouldn't have to do this sort of thing?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daven Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 If there wasn't such a blame culture in this country maybe they wouldn't have to do this sort of thing?! It's nothing to do with 'blame culture' - it's common sense fgs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puplet Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 It's nothing to do with 'blame culture' - it's common sense fgs. Unfortunately its not that simple is it, if something happened to the kid and the kid was in charge of the inhaler it would come down to the school or the teacher and they would be liable. I'm not saying its correct but its true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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