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I have an emergency action plan that I have devised for my children. Because they do attend
school, I have a daughter in elementary school, and one in preschool, I have a plan for each
of them, and this I had filled out with the help of my doctor, a doctor's signature is
on it. I have a picture of my child on there, as well as what to do if there's any kind
of an emergency situation dealing with their food allergies. For example, if their mouth
is itching and tingling, what should they do? Should the teacher administer epinephrine
or give them an antihistamine? It goes through a list of many different allergic symptoms
and it tells you exactly what to do in those scenarios. You never know what is going to
happen when you ingest something that you're allergic to. One time you could have hives
on your face. The next time you ingest that same food, it could be an anaphylactic reaction.
So you always have to be prepared. On the sheet, it also has important phone numbers,
such as the doctor's phone number, both parent's phone numbers, and the phone number of the
hospital, and what's extremely important, is that it also demonstrates how to administer
the epinephrine shot, if that is needed, and it goes step by step what to do. It's a very
simple thing. It seems extremely intimidating to have to give a shot to someone, but if
it's going to save their life, that's obviously the most important thing to do.