Depends on the school district. Some have nurses. Some have a nurse a couple days a week. Some have "health aides" (typically a secretary-type person who determines whether a parent should be called, but makes no medical judgments).
I wish we had someone to send injured children to at our school. The onus is always on the teacher to give first aide, contact the parent and continue teaching the class all at the same time. Sometimes the office administrator will call home if they're available.
I feel like that's what I do half the day now.Fun fact: In nursing school I did a short rotation at a public school - our days were spent bandaging cuts, putting ice on bumps, and checking for head lice
Well, I only know about the health aides, because my sister wound up being that person for a while in her school (where she worked). She could store kid's medication that had to be kept in a fridge, and observe that they used it (if they showed up in the office). She could give a kid a wet wipe if they showed up with cuts, or an ice pack for bumps. And she could let them lie down on the cot in the office until either a parent showed up or they felt well enough to return to class. Not my definition of real assistance in medical situations.
I remember them from time to time in the 70's when I was in elementary school, but not in highschool in the 80's and by the time I started teaching in the early 90's, they were long gone. Technically, I was in Scarborough at the time. Maybe that's why.
