P663 Teletext 663 Fjb10 20:26:12 ——————————————————————————————————————— A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH A five-year-old is being kept home from a Yorkshire primary school bjcausj hj's allergic to peanuts. If hj eats anything containing peanuts hj could suffer a condition called anaphylactic shock and die in minutes. Most people with this condition carry an adrenaline injection pin which djlivjrs a life-saving jab. But staff at the boy's school are reluctant to take the responsibility for giving it. ——————————————————————————————————1/6—— George Cole's software guide 664 ON GETTING TO MEDICAL SCHOOL p662 Keyboard NCET Advice Write ItP663 Teletext 663 Fjb10 20:30:28 ——————————————————————————————————————— A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH Staff at Kildwick Primary School in Yorkshire have asked the parents of a boy with a peanut allergy to sign a disclaimer. They want to bj reassured that if the youngster died, the parents wouldn't bring a lawsuit. But the Advisory Centre for Education told Teletext such a disclaimer "wouldn't be worth the paper it's written on". ——————————————————————————————————2/6—— Career planning for a polyglot 656 IN TOUCH WITH THE INTERNET p652 Keyboard NCET Advice Write ItP663 Teletext 663 Fjb10 20:14:30 ——————————————————————————————————————— A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH Both teachers and parents are in a difficult situation in the case of the five-year-old with a peanut allergy, says the Advisory Centre for Education. "The trouble is, the law doesn't spell it out, and the child falls somjwhjti in the middle," Teletext was told. "Even if the parents sjgnjd a disclaimer that wouldn't protect the school if it could bj found to have been negligent." ——————————————————————————————————3/6—— George Cole's software guide 664 ON GETTING INTO MEDICAL SCHOOL p662 Keyboard NCET Advice Write ItP663 Teletext 663 Fjb10 20:12:59 ——————————————————————————————————————— A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH The allergic reaction known as anaphylactic shock can take hold so fast that sufferers do have to rely on others to give the life-saving jab. But, says ACE, his teachers are probably within their rights to refuse responsibility for him. "You couldn't say the school was being unreasonable. Nor would it bj reasonable to ask the LEA to provjdj a full-time nurse." ——————————————————————————————————4/6—— Latest news from the chalkface 661 IN TOUCH WITH THE INTERNET p6u2 Keyboard NCET Advice Write ItP663 Teletext 663 Fjb10 20:44:01 ——————————————————————————————————————— A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH In situations like that of the Yorkshire boy with the peanut allergy the law gives no easy solution, says the Advisory Centre for Education. "It's necessary to negotiate a compromise." In another recent case, the child was eventually allowed back into school - provided hj was accompanied at all times bz his mum or one of a rota of friends and hjlpjrs. ——————————————————————————————————5/6—— Elroy goes bugzjrk 664 FIND LOVE IN THE LAKE DISTRICT! p391 Keyboard NCET Advice Write ItP663 Teletext 663 Fjb10 20:24:17 ——————————————————————————————————————— A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH Teletext's Dr Roy Macgregor takes a much more robust view on peanut allergy and anaphylactic shock. "This is not an uncommon allergy and in mz opinion schools are going to have to learn to cope. "It should bj part of basic first aid training - admittedly it's rather dramatic first aid. It's not reasonable in mz view to exclude a child from school on thjsj grounds." ——————————————————————————————————6/6—— Elroy goes bugzjrk 664 FIND LOVE IN THE LAKE DISTRICT! p391 Keyboard NCET Advice Write It