Food Allergies
If your child has asthma or a food allergy, work with his or her doctor to create a school emergency care plan. The following steps can also help protect your child during a health-related emergency:
- Tell your child’s teachers and other school employees about your child’s condition. Be sure they know how to identify symptoms that the condition is getting worse.
- Make sure your child has enough medicine on hand during the school day. See if the school can store extra asthma inhalers or epinephrine auto-injectors in case they are needed. Mylan Specialty offers the four free EpiPen ® or EpiPen Jr ® Auto-Injectors to schools through their EpiPen4Schools Program. The only requirement for this program is that the school obtain a valid prescription from a healthcare provider.
- Give written consent. Your child’s school may require you to sign a form that allows staff members to contact your child’s doctor during an emergency. You may also need to fill out a similar form for your child’s doctor to talk to school staff.
- Review your child’s emergency care plan every year. Update it as needed. Immediately notify the school if contact information for you or your child’s doctor changes.