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Seizure and school advice please

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Dontsayyouloveme · 09/11/2024 10:17

My young teen had a seizure for the first time 3 weeks ago. I told school and they’ve said he needs to be collected from school and not use the school bus as he did before this happened. He may never have another seizure but at the same time he could have one at any time. Whilst I’m trying everything I can to keep him safe, I’m not sure how long my work will let me dip out for 50 mins mid-afternoon to collect him. any suggestions as to how he can use the bus safely would be much appreciated. Surely the school can alert the bus driver to this? Surely a bus driver is trained in first aid. The journey is literally 20 mins

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Rainbowjuice · 09/11/2024 15:57

I hope you are OK OP. My DD has epilepsy and her seizures are sleep related. It is really really scary. You are doing the right thing by pushing for an EEG and MRI.

I know what it is like to feel as though no one IRL understands. Here if you need a chat, feel free to PM x

Smartiepants79 · 09/11/2024 19:09

SnowdaySewday · 09/11/2024 15:47

There is a DfE document called Supporting Pupils with Medical Conditions at School that the school must follow (in England but likely other countries in the UK have something similar). From that, the school must have a person responsible for supporting children with medical conditions, and it is them that you need to meet with (the school office will tell you who it is), bringing with you DS's medical reports. They will then set everything in motion for an Individual Health Care Plan, liaison with Health professionals, staff training, risk assessments etc.

Using the school bus needs risk assessing rather than a blanket ban. However, the driver having First Aid training is not necessarily as helpful as it sounds as DS will still be relying on other children on the bus recognising and telling the driver that he is having a seizure and the driver being able to stop the bus somewhere safe before administering first aid, whilst simultaneously calling for help and managing the behaviour of the other children.

But this kind of emergency could happen at any time with any child or any bus route.
The bus driver doesn’t need to be first aid trained, just trained to know what to do if someone is taken ill on his bus.
Being epileptic is not a good enough reason to not be allowed on a bus.

Anexschoolbusdriver · 10/11/2024 14:20

Bus drivers don't normally have first aid training.

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