![]() Bring this form along with the medication in its original bottle, with students name, prescribing practitioner and dosage, to the school the first week of school so that it can added to the medication schedule and placed into the medication cabinet.
****Students may not carry medication to or from school, it must be brought in, and checked out, by a parent or guardian.
Lice
AAP-AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS CLINICAL REPORT *This is a reference link only. ABSTRACT: Head lice infestation is associated with a high level of anxiety among parents of school-aged children. This statement attempts to clarify issues of diagnosis and treatment of head lice and makes recommendations for dealing with head lice in the school setting.
Sports Concussions
![]() http://www.seattlechildrens.org/videos/keeping-young-athletes-in-the-game/ Children's Hospital Sports Concussion Program Sport Concussion in High School (CDC) Tanning Beds Seattle Children's pediatrician Dr. Wendy Sue Swanson comments on the AAP’s new recommendations that governments ban minors' access to tanning salons. Learn more: http://www.seattlechildrens.org/videos/healthlink-teen-tanning-beds/ FLU FLU-- definition; an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease Excerpt: Natural remedies for the flu, such as vitamins, herbs and homeopathy, can treat and prevent the flu and norovirus. Flu viruses have acquired a "high level of resistance" to the flu vaccine, other remedies and preventive treatments for this year's flu season are advised. Previously, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's own studies showed that they believe the flu vaccine to be only 16 to 63 percent effective against the flu. This is the same percentages as those who do not have the flu shot. Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/038701_flu_prevention_shot_alternatives.html#ixzz2IMS4aTc4 How to Prevent Norovirus Infection
Noroviruses spread through contaminated water and foods, and from person to person, and cause gastroenteritis, food infection, food poisoning, and acute nonbacterialgastroenteritis. READ MORE: http://www.multicare.org/home/news/article/how-to-prevent-norovirus-infection
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