Calgary International Academy
K-6 Accredited-Funded Independent School
Video credits: IB, PYP, and STEAMspirations.
1. Identify your designated school board by clicking the link, then enter your home address:
https://cbe.ab.ca/schools/find-a-school/Pages/default.aspx
2. Enter the Resident Board or Designated Public School (required by Alberta Education):
• Skin system: hives, swelling (face, lips, tongue), itching, warmth, redness
• Respiratory system (breathing): coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, chest pain or tightness, throat tightness, hoarse voice, nasal congestion or hay fever-like symptoms (runny, itchy nose and watery eyes, sneezing), trouble swallowing
• Gastrointestinal system (stomach): nausea, pain or cramps, vomiting, diarrhea
• Cardiovascular system (heart): paler than normal skin colour/blue colour, weak pulse, passing out, dizziness or lightheadedness, shock
• Other: anxiety, sense of doom (the feeling that something bad is about to happen), headache, uterine cramps, metallic taste
Early recognition of symptoms and immediate treatment could save a person's life.
1. Give epinephrine auto-injector (e.g. EpiPen®, ALLERJECT®, EmeradeTM) at the first sign of a known or suspected anaphylactic reaction. (See attached instructions.)
2. Call 9-1-1 or local emergency medical services. Tell them someone is having a life-threatening allergic reaction.
3. Give a second dose of epinephrine as early as 5 minutes after the first dose if there is no improvement in symptoms.
4. Go to the nearest hospital immediately (ideally by ambulance), even if symptoms are mild or have stopped. The reaction could worsen or come back, even after proper treatment. Stay in the hospital for an appropriate period of observation as decided by the emergency department physician (generally about 4-6 hours).
5. Call emergency contact person (e.g. parent, guardian).
The undersigned patient, parent, or guardian authorizes any adult to administer epinephrine to the above-named person in the event of an anaphylactic reaction, as described above. This protocol has been recommended by the patient's physician.