- Follow school district food allergy policy procedure
- Participate in team planning meeting for food allergy students
- Keep a copy of the Emergency Care Plan (ECP) / Food Allergy Action Plan (FAAP) on the bus
- Have a plan for communicating with parents/guardians and EMS
- Best practice
- No eating on the bus (except if medically necessary, such as a student with diabetes)
- Follow district cleaning practices (ie. bus surfaces, seats, handrails, etc.)
- Consider student placement on the bus
- Take all complaints seriously from students with life-threatening food allergies
- Provide and identify a means of two-way communication devices (ie. cell phone, two-way radio, intercom)
- Know location of the epinephrine auto-injector and other emergency medications
- Prevention
Participate in Education/Training (at least annually and as needed)
- Learn signs and symptoms of an allergic reaction
- What to do if an allergic reaction occurs
- How to use epinephrine auto-injector
- Cross-contact training
- Emergency response protocol
- Include emergency contacts and means of emergency contact
- Review
- Location of epinephrine auto-injector
- Who will give the epinephrine auto-injector
