HEALTH INFORMATION

* * Call our 24 hour Attendance Line to leave a message if your child is absent from school at 760-901-8501.

* * Favor de llamar a nuestra Línea de Ausencia las 24 horas para dejar un mensaje si su hijo/a está ausente de la escuela al 760-901-8501.

AT OUR SCHOOL HEALTH OFFICE WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS ARE HEALTHY AND READY TO LEARN.

Our services  contribute to the goals of student education. We provide health care for acute, chronic, episodic and emergency health situations.

Services range from providing vision and hearing screenings and referrals for medical conditions, administering prescribed medications, emergency medications, specialized procedure treatments and first aid.

SHOULD I SEND MY CHILD TO SCHOOL?

KEEP STUDENT AT HOME IF:

-Fever in the last 24 hours

-Vomiting in the last 24 hours

-Diarrhea in the last 24 hours

-Signs of illness that interfere with learning, sleep, activity or play

-Cold symptoms such as frequent coughing and or nasal discharge that do not respond to cold medication

SEND STUDENT TO SCHOOL IF:

-Fever free for 24 hours without fever medication

-No vomiting in the last 24 hours

-No diarrhea in the last 24 hours

-Minor cold symptoms

-Asthma responsive to medication

-With MD clearance following hospitalization, orthopedic injury or communicable disease

> Health and Safety Guidelines.pdf (PDF)

> Guias para la salud y seguridad.pdf (PDF) 

IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS

Immunization Requirments- English

Vacunas Requeridas- Español

MEDICATION FORMS

Student’s requiring medication at school must have the attached completed medication form on file.This form must be completed and signed by a California Licensed Physician.  Parent signature is required on the back page.This form is needed for ALL medication, prescription, non-prescription, creams, lotions, and cough drops.

Please fill out the following Medication at school form for K-5 grades

INSECT ALLERGY

If your child has an insect allergy, please have your Physician complete and sign the attached forms. Please provide the health office with any medication your Physician requires the student to have at school.

Insect Allergy Action Plan

FOOD ALLERGY

If your child has a food allergy , please have your Physician complete and sign the attached forms. Please provide the health office with any medication your Physician requires the student to have at school.

Food Allergy action Plan

Request for Special Meals and Accommodations

Solicitud de Comidas especiales o adaptadas

ORTHOPEDIC PROTOCOL

If your child has a strain, sprain or fracture and will require any orthopedic device to be used at school, please see the OUSD Orthopedic Protocol: 

Students are not allowed on campus with crutches, splints, wraps, slings, or casts unless they provide a California Licensed Physicians’ note.  Please see the attached form that your Physician can complete and provide to the Health Office.

Physical education release form

SEIZURE ACTION PLAN

If your student has seizures, please take this form to his Neurologist and return it back to the school health office, with any medication ordered for school. This form must be completed and signed by a California Licensed Physician.  Parent signature is required on the bottom of the page.

Seizure Action Plan Form

AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OR DISCLOSURE OF HEALTH INFORMATION TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS

When a student has a health condition that requires the School Nurse to understand his current medical condition and/or  follow up with physicians orders, she  will request a parent to authorize the disclosure of health records from the medical provider. These records will be kept confidential and will be used for educational planning and any  health care provided at school. Parents  fill in the form,  sign and return to the School Nurse office. 

Authorization for Use or Disclosure of Health Information to School Districts form

HEAD LICE

Please see the attached link for information about Head Lice:

English:

Facts you should know about head lice

Espanol: 

Hechos que usted debe saber acerca de los piojos

OUSD Lice Board Policy

ORAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT

It is recommended that all Kindergarten and incoming students to OUSD have a Dental Exam. Please see attached form. Take this form to your child’s dentist and bring it back, filled in, to the school health office.

Oral Health Assessment form English/Spanish

For more information about how you can provide your child with Dental Care at no cost, see this link below: 

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HEALTH AND SAFETY GUIDELINES

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Health and Safety Guidelines