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School will stock meds for opiate overdoses, asthma attacks
Saugerties Times The Saugerties School Board approved stocking Narcan, which can protect against overdoses of opioids, and albuterol, an asthma remedy, at its regular meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 14. Narcan is an “opioid antagonist;” that is, a medication that can reverse … |
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Laredo Morning Times |
School district gets grant to help treat students with asthma
Laredo Morning Times United ISD was the beneficiary of a grant from the Laredo Diploma Plus Foundation. The nonprofit organization gave United ISD a grant to purchase nebulizers that will be given to each campus to treat students with asthma. Pictured, from left, at a … |
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WPXI Pittsburgh |
Boy saves school bus driver from severe asthma attack
WPXI Pittsburgh Jayden Jaramillo photo. Jayden Jaramillo notified dispatchers where the bus was so the could get EMS. Sponsored Links. WISCONSIN —. A school student on his way home came to the rescue of his bus driver after she suffered a severe asthma attack. |
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Minneapolis Star Tribune |
Racine area 4th grader helps school bus driver during asthma attack
Minneapolis Star Tribune MOUNT PLEASANT, Wis. — A Racine-area school bus driver says a fourth-grade student saved her life when she had an asthma attack while driving the bus. Daquisha Adams says she had the asthma episode on Thursday morning at the start of her route. |
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Harm at Home: Mold, roaches in South LA apartments trigger asthma, school absences
89.3 KPCC In the second of two parts, KPCC examines why many children suffer from asthma and other respiratory illnesses triggered by mold, roaches and other hazards in their homes, sending the kids to emergency rooms and causing them to lose valuable school … |
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HealthCanal.com |
How to prepare kids with asthma or allergies for the school year
HealthCanal.com It's also important that teachers and caregivers in school know how to recognize the symptoms of allergic reactions and asthma flares, and how to use asthma spacers and EpiPens. Here are a few things for parents to keep in mind as children head back to … |
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Local 10 |
Asthma peaks at start of school year for children, doctors say
Local 10 WILL BE SOME RAIN AT TIMES. VICTOR. Victor: SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE GOT A FUN WEEKEND PLANNED. BACK TO SCHOOL MEANS HOMEWORK AND FOR SOME ASTHMA FLARE-UPS. LOCAL10'S MEDICAL SPECIALIST KRISTI KRUEGER HAS … |
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6abc.com |
Back to School: Preventing asthma attacks
6abc.com "A bunch of kids go back to school, they're incubating viruses, they start touching each other, they get sick, they get a cold, the cold triggers asthma in the ones who are predisposed," says Dr. Gkiovanni Piedmonte, a Cleveland Clinic pediatric … |
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2 Your Health: Back To School Asthma Peak
WCBD News 2 Asthma is the leading cause of chronic illness in children, affecting as many as 10-12% of kids in the United States. “In every part of the world, the peak of asthma in children corresponds to the one to two weeks after they go back to school,” says … |
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Irish Mirror |
Back to school health: Top tips for keeping your child's asthma in check
Irish Mirror Asthma affects one in five children and hospital admissions due to the chronic condition increase by an incredible 780% in September. Gary Doyle (32) and his son Noah (6) from Gorey, Co Wexford both have asthma and know only too well the difficulty it … |
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