Subject: Medical Information
From: "Philip McAdoo" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Betty Hernandez" <[email-masked]>, "Shoshanna Sumka" <[email-masked]>, "Debario Fleming" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2017 16:24:42 +0000

Friends

Please see the message below from the Health Services office.

Medical Forms
Although trip registration is online there are a few paper forms to complete concerning medication and medical management. These optional forms are attached. If you have already submitted these forms at the start of the school year and there is nothing new to add, they do not need to be resubmitted.  All physical evaluations must be up to date.
If your child is going to be taking Over-the-Counter (OTC) or prescription medicines during this trip, PLEASE READ CAREFULLY!

  1.  Prescription Medication Authorization Form: This form needs to be completed and signed by you and your child’s health care provider and should include any over-the-counter medicines (that are not already listed on the Over-the-Counter (OTC) form) as well as any prescription medicines that you would like the Trained Medication Aide to administer.  Any medicines that you are requesting to be administered must be listed on the form. OTC, prescription and homeopathic medicines are treated the same and must be listed on this form or they will not be administered.
  2.  Over -the–Counter (OTC) Medication Authorization Form: If you did not submit an OTC form in the beginning of the school year, we suggest that you complete one now.  Both a parent and doctor's signature are required on the OTC form.
  3.  Medical Action Plans: Including Asthma, Allergy, Diabetes or Seizure must be completed if there are medications associated with any of these diagnoses that need to be administered. These plans include action steps that help the Trained Medication Aide provide immediate and appropriate care for your child while away from home.

If you do not remember whether you have already completed any of these forms, you can check via Magnus Health by logging into the Parent Portal and clicking on the link “Health Forms” located further down on the webpage.

Next steps with any medications:

  *   All prescription and over-the-counter medicines to be administered must be turned in to the Health Services Office no later than Wednesday, June 7th (earlier is even better).
  *   All medications must be in its original labeled pharmacy containers and placed in a Ziploc-like bag.
  *   The Health Services Team is required to review all of these medicines with applicable forms. A member of the Team then meets with trip leaders to review them and provide any necessary education and/or instruction before the trip.
  *   You do not need to provide any of the medicines that are listed on the OTC form as the Health Services Team gives us a supply.
  *   Students with asthma inhalers or Epi-pens should carry them at all times on their person, but you can provide extras in this Ziploc-like bag.

Please help out Health Services by meeting this deadline. If you have any questions, feel free to contact them [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]> .

With gratitude

Philip McAdoo, Ed.D
Director of Equity, Justice and Community
Sidwell Friends School
3825 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20016
Phone: 202-537-2406
Mobile: 202-430-0095

“When those who have the power to name and to socially construct reality choose not to see you or hear you, whether you are dark-skinned, old disabled, female or speak with a different accent or dialect than theirs…when someone describes the world and you are not in it, there is a moment of psychic disequilibrium, as if you looked into a mirror and saw nothing.” - Adrienne Ric