Hearing the news that your son has become unresponsive at school is a phone call no parent wants to receive.
Getting that news, and finding out an ambulance wasn’t called makes it even harder to hear.
This was reality for Briana Adamson on Tuesday, February 8.
After picking him up, Briana took her son straight to the hospital.
She explained that her son has multiple heart conditions and down syndrome, which led to the parents having to fill out a medical needs form at the beginning of the school year for the school to know what signs and symptoms to look for in the student.
The concerned mother is hoping other parents become aware of the steps they need to take for staff and teachers to be ready for situations like this.
In an email from Dave Smouter, manager of Communication and Community Relations at Grand Erie District School Board, he provided the policies for managing potentially life-threatening health conditions, as well as responding to student injuries.
“In this circumstance, our school is working with the parent to develop a student-specific safety plan to support the student’s well-being and clearly delineate responses to any situation,” Smouter said in the email.
Adamson explained what creating this new plan looks like.
Adamson’s son is now home. Doctors believe it was caused by dehydration but they are still awaiting further tests to rule out other possibilities.
The school is not being named at the request of Adamson.
