Having student health information available in crises
Posted by Judy Breck on October 17, 2007
An article in Edutopia titled Vital Statistics: Documenting Your Health explores the importance for all of us of having our health records when there is an emergency. The article includes this story illustrating that for students, having access to health records can keep unexpected mishaps from becoming more serious :
Wolter also knows firsthand the usefulness of record keeping in school settings. She created personal health records for 110 teens who went on a trip to Europe. Those came in handy when one youngster was accused of having illicit drugs in his room, and a consultation with the flash drive showed he was prescribed medication for attention deficit disorder. In another case, two kids collided while dancing in a club and one needed stitches. His medical information was at hand and usable by the doctors in Prague.
Defywire Mobile Guardian makes student health information accessible by a few clicks on the mobile phone of a teacher who is coping with a student health crisis.
