Ds starting school nursery for one session a week. What training do they need??

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Ds suffers from brittle asthma, excema and Anaphylaxis to egg, nuts and fish.

I've made up a pack containing epi-pens, piriton, inhalors, steriods and emergancy contact numbers.

I'm really nervous about it all but school have said they have had a chat with school nurse is this enough?

Hi,my ds started school in september.

I was told that the staff were all epipen trained ,you need to check this.If not either the school nurse needs to sort it out or you can call your HVisitor and arrange it.I arranged it through the HV when ds was at nursery school.
Is it a primary school?

No just nursery for the 2.5 hours I was being brave but I'm starting to regret it

Sorry what I meant to ask was is the nursery part of a bigger primary school?
If it is the chances are they have children already who need epipens and the staff will be trained.

I'd ensure that you speak to your DS's teacher(s) as well as the school nurse.

Also make sure that the teacher and probably playground monitor know what the initial symptoms of a reaction look like. The quicker staff react the better - so it's not just the nurse who needs to know this stuff.

Is he going to have his lunch or a snack there? If so, that's another place to start.
Alternatively You could suggest providing food for him if that's either easier or would set your mind at rest (or both).

Okay its part of a primary school but they haven't had anyone with Epi-pens before.

I've got in contact with ds's consultant who is sending out a nurse from the hospital to discuss his needs and reactions so I feel much better

He will have snack there but I will provide a safe box.

I would see if there is a policy for severe allergies (might be under First Aid). A school I worked in we were all trained, it took 2 lunchtimes and the children had a photo in the staffroom with a list of allergies underneath so everyone, including visiting staff knew they needed epi-pens.

Hopefully consultant's nurse will help with this, the nurse we had was very thorough. Good luck

Different authorities must have different rules & regs. My dd (nut allergic 2yo) goes to a day nursery & the manager told me they had to get the staff trained by a nurse & have a written protocol of what to do in an emergency, which me & her dad must both sign.

In the end a specialist allergy nurse came out & trained 6 of the staff, with me in attendance, & got everyone to use a practice (sp) epipen.

The staff are really lovely and some were worried about hurting her with the epipen but the nurse pointed out that by that stage she'll be in too much pain to even know what they're doing. Thinking about it, asking a teenager to hurt my child on my behalf is asking quite a lot!

Professional training gives the staff the confidence to do the right thing & makes them realise how serious the situation is (a life-threatening allergy rather than a slight food intolerance).

Hope that's not too waffly - I'm trying to avoid doing work right now & mumsnet is helping .