MEDICAL AND DENTAL SERVICES
HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDED IN SCHOOL
Students are better prepared for learning when they are healthy, safe and happy.
- Annual medical check-up includes:
- Physical examination to all levels
- Hearing visual examination
- Annual dental check-up
- Conduct an oral examination
- School dentist may advise or give referral to consult outside
- Consultation
- Medical
- Dental
- Emergency and first aid management
- Administration of the available over the counter drugs prescribed by the school physicians
- Dressing of wound immobilization then application of splints, elastic bandage if needed, hot and cold compress application
- Referral
- If patient suffer persistent symptoms the school nurse will inform the adviser and parents or guardians immediately for referral to the nearest hospital for further evaluation and management
- Confinement at clinic
- After assessment and evaluation depending on the severity of patients condition, the nurse may give medication and will advise to stay in clinic for observation, patient is limited to stay for 1-2 hours only, if symptoms relieved the nurse will advise patient to return to classroom
- Monitoring and inspection
- Prevention of illness and safety measures by continues promotion of healthy life style
- Classroom visit and giving of health teaching and reading materials and pamphlets about different disease
- School canteen sanitation, proper coordination with the utility team leader about cleanliness, proper segregation and disposal of garbage.
- Everyday rounds inside the campus.
