SCHOOL NURSES: Best Practices for Managing School Medical Emergencies Presented by Evilia Jankowski, MSA, BSN, RN, NCSN Outstanding School Nurse and National Presenter

Specifically Designed for School Nurses, District Nurses and School Health Coordinators, and Those Working in the School Health Office, Serving Grades K-12

Practical Ideas and Strategies

Don't miss this opportunity to expand your expertise in appropriately planning for and managing school medical emergencies. In this interactive seminar, outstanding school nurse and national presenter Evilia Jankowski will equip you with dozens of practical ideas for responding more successfully to school medical emergencies. Gain strategies for streamlining school medical emergency plans and incorporating medical emergency situations into existing school safety/crisis plans. Build confidence in your nursing assessment skills with the latest tips and tools to better identify and appropriately respond to school medical emergencies. Create a self-care plan to help you remain at your best in continuing to recognize, react and respond as the health professional in your school. Evilia will share best practices and valuable resources to ensure you stay on top of your game and successfully address medical emergencies for optimal outcomes.

Join Evilia for a day full of evidence-based, practical, and proven ways you can help safeguard the school community in which you work. Be the calm, capable leader your school community needs.

Ten Key Benefits of Attending

1. Essential Skills to Deliver the Best Emergency Response and Save Lives
   Learn comprehensive best practices to update your medical emergency response protocols and effectively manage any emergency that arises in your school … Leave empowered to provide the highest level of care
2. Integrate Medical Emergencies Into Comprehensive School Safety Planning
   Take a strategic seat at the table to ensure your school nurse expertise shapes a cohesive school safety plan to strengthen emergency preparedness … Comprehensively address potential school medical emergencies
3. Leverage Key Partnerships to Optimize Emergency Response
   Build strong relationships with first responders and community partners … Leverage their specialized expertise and resources to improve your school's emergency planning and ability to manage medical crises effectively
4. Establish Standardized Protocols and Procedures for Seamless Response
   Discover essential activities and documentation needed to ensure a smooth, coordinated response to any medical emergency in your school … Incorporate these protocols and procedures into your existing medical emergency plans
5. Manage the Most Common School Medical Emergencies More Effectively
   Gain practical, hands-on training to expertly identify and respond more effectively to the medical crises you're most likely to encounter … Equip yourself and your staff with the essential knowledge and skills needed
6. Equip Your Staff to Properly Administer Emergency Medications
   Obtain valuable training resources and tools needed to educate your school staff on the appropriate use of life-saving medications … Appropriately prepare your staff to ensure your school is fully prepared to address medical emergencies
7. Ensure Availability of All Essential Lifesaving Resources in Your Schools
   Explore tools for ensuring lifesaving supplies are up to date and accessible … Develop practices to guarantee critical resources are always ready – throughout the school day and during before/after-school activities
8. Equip Your Staff With the Latest First Aid Best Practices for Schools
   Ensure that staff know exactly what to do until help arrives … The latest tools and practices for providing the best possible stabilizing care and avoiding further injury
9. When Victims Outnumber the Resources – Use This Triage Algorithm
   Learn how to utilize staff to ensure immediate care for those who need it … Engage the "walking wounded" to provide support until advanced medical help arrives
10. School Medical Emergencies Digital Resource Handbook
    You'll receive an extensive digital resource handbook, specifically designed for this seminar, and packed with helpful tools, protocols, and strategies to equip you and your staff to manage school medical emergencies more effectively

Outstanding Strategies You Can Use Immediately

Here's what you'll learn:

• Protocols for the best response to effectively manage medical emergencies in your school
• Strategies to secure your place at the school safety planning table as the nursing expert shaping your school's comprehensive plan
• The most common medications used for medical emergencies involving the Big 4 (Asthma, Allergies, Diabetes and Seizures) and ways to train staff to properly administer life-saving treatments
• Convincing justification for including common school medical emergencies in your comprehensive school safety planning
• Signs and symptoms of complications of chronic conditions that can develop into emergency situations
• Essential lifesaving resources to have available for any emergency response
• Best practices for first aid to equip your staff to provide effective care in the school setting
• Ways to identify and mitigate common playground and school hazards to reduce the potential for serious injuries
• Resources for sharpening your physical assessment skills to identify emergent situations more quickly
• How to utilize a team approach and equip staff members to assist in responding effectively to school medical emergencies
• Constructive post-event debriefing processes to help school staff identify areas of improvement for the emergency response and to access self-care

A Message From Your Seminar Leader

Dear Colleague:

Medical emergencies occur in our schools. Inevitably, emergencies often happen when the school nurse is away from the building. What if you could ensure that anyone experiencing a medical emergency will have an effective response, whether you – the school nurse – are available to immediately respond?

I've designed this seminar to sharpen your skills in identifying and responding effectively to school medical emergencies. You'll learn strategies to develop comprehensive protocols for the best response to any medical emergency. We'll explore practical resources for equipping school staff with the training they need. Gain easy-to-incorporate emergency response strategies to enhance and strengthen existing school safety plans.

Since up to 25% of childhood injuries occur at school, this seminar will enhance your ability to quickly identify emergent injuries. I will share easy-to-remember mnemonics that will sharpen your assessment skills and save valuable time in responding to serious injuries. In addition, you'll receive the latest updates and best practices for providing care until EMS arrives.

I'm thrilled to spend the day with you, sharing the best resources for boosting your confidence and knowledge as the leader of medical emergency response in your schools. I want to help you be at your best when your workday is interrupted by a medical emergency.

Sincerely,
Evilia Jankowski, MSA, BSN, RN, NCSN

P.S. I look forward to sharing the best practices and resources for achieving positive outcomes in responding to school medical emergencies.

Who Should Attend

School Nurses, District Nurses and School Health Coordinators, and Those Working in the School Health Office, Serving Grades K-12

Special Benefits of Attending

Extensive School Medical Emergencies Digital Resource Handbook
You will receive an extensive digital resource handbook specifically designed for this seminar. Included in the handbook are:

• Crucial components of an effective school medical emergency response
• Resources for staying up to date with the latest emergency medications in the school setting
• Easy-to-follow mnemonics to respond more quickly and effectively to emergencies
• A playground safety checklist to help you identify potential injury hazards and advocate for addressing them
• Assessment and triage resources that will make both activities second nature to you
• Debriefing strategies that include input from all involved to identify areas for improvement
• A multi-faceted self-care plan to help you and your team maintain your well-being after responding to school medical emergencies

For in-person seminars, registrants will also receive a printed copy of the resource handbook as long as their registration is received in the BER office at least 15 calendar days before the event.

Share Ideas
This seminar provides a wonderful opportunity for participants to share ideas with other school nurses interested in responding more successfully to school medical emergencies.

Consultation Available
Evilia Jankowski will be available at the seminar for consultation regarding your questions and the unique needs of your own school nursing program.

Earn Nursing CEUs
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP 15144, for five (5) Contact Hours for RNs and LPNs. For specific details, visit www.ber.org/nursing-ceus.

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