Ledra phillips
Junior Member
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Sacramento CA.
I would like to know what are my rights concerning an injury that happened to my 8 yr old son at school.
On Sept .27.07 I received a call at work at 4:15pm from the after school program director which is not affiliated with the school.
She told me my son was crying uncontrollably. She said that he was complaining on a headache.
When i got to the school it was 5pm. He was asleep on the floor with his shirt over his head. I woke him up. I asked him what happened. He told me that he hit his head on a pole at lunch recess which is around 12pm. I asked him did he tell anyone. He told he said he told the yard duty. I then called our health plan insurance company advice line to see what i can do regarding his headache. I followed the instructions of the advice nurse. 30-45 min later my son was vomiting which was in all of 6 times that day. His speech began to slur and he became more disoriented. I immediately called the Dr's advice line and began to take him to the emergency room. He had a ct scan scan, where the Dr said it looked like a skull fracture. The end result was that my son had a concussion. This resulted in an all night stay in the E.R. were he was closely monitured and a follow-up visit with his Pediatrician. I called the school the next morning and asked why wasn't i notified. The principle said that she asked all the yard duty staff and was told that my son didn't mention to any one that he ran into a pole at school.
I asked the principle what was the policy for head injury and i was told that the student is checked over by the nurse, ice is applied and the child is sent home a note. My son did not see the nurse, he did not have ice, I did not receive a note or a phone call from the school.
Please let me know what I can do regarding my son's condition.
Thank You.
Sacramento CA.
I would like to know what are my rights concerning an injury that happened to my 8 yr old son at school.
On Sept .27.07 I received a call at work at 4:15pm from the after school program director which is not affiliated with the school.
She told me my son was crying uncontrollably. She said that he was complaining on a headache.
When i got to the school it was 5pm. He was asleep on the floor with his shirt over his head. I woke him up. I asked him what happened. He told me that he hit his head on a pole at lunch recess which is around 12pm. I asked him did he tell anyone. He told he said he told the yard duty. I then called our health plan insurance company advice line to see what i can do regarding his headache. I followed the instructions of the advice nurse. 30-45 min later my son was vomiting which was in all of 6 times that day. His speech began to slur and he became more disoriented. I immediately called the Dr's advice line and began to take him to the emergency room. He had a ct scan scan, where the Dr said it looked like a skull fracture. The end result was that my son had a concussion. This resulted in an all night stay in the E.R. were he was closely monitured and a follow-up visit with his Pediatrician. I called the school the next morning and asked why wasn't i notified. The principle said that she asked all the yard duty staff and was told that my son didn't mention to any one that he ran into a pole at school.
I asked the principle what was the policy for head injury and i was told that the student is checked over by the nurse, ice is applied and the child is sent home a note. My son did not see the nurse, he did not have ice, I did not receive a note or a phone call from the school.
Please let me know what I can do regarding my son's condition.
Thank You.
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