IHP Component: Emergency Action Plan

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The school nurse develops individual health plans and emergency action plans for students who may experience life-threatening emergencies related to their health and makes them available to appropriate staff at all times. 

The child’s healthcare provider can also provide the parents an emergency action plan to provide to the school. 

Examples include action plans for(non-inclusive list):

  • Diabetes
  • Asthma
  • Anaphylaxis
  • Adrenal Crisis
  • Sickle Cell Crisis
  • Cardiac Event
  • Seizure Disorder

Steps for the School Nurse to complete the EAP:

  • Complete the student demographic information and identifiers: Last name, First name, date of birth
  • Document the student’s building, district or school, and select their grade from the drop down on the EAP template.
  • Type in the EAP school nurse creator’s name and credentials and select the date or type in the date in a xx/xx/xx format.
  • In the Team section, identified EAP Team Members and Roles: The team is also identified in the EAP. List the employee(s) names and their roles who are responsible for implementing the EAP.
  • Document the medical diagnosis or health related issue that requires an emergency action plan.
  • Document what signs or symptoms the trained paraprofessional or school nurse would see or the student would report that would initiate the interventions.
  • Document what interventions the trained professional or school nurse would do.