Knowledge and attitudes of school teachers, preschool teachers and students in teacher training about epilepsy and emergency management of seizures

Abstract

Training programmes for teachers should be established. Furthermore, a clear legal regulatory framework needs to be set up.

Medication management in comprehensive schools in Finland: teachers’ perceptions

“…Earlier studies have also demonstrated that teachers are not adequately trained and prepared to manage emergencies dealing with long‐term illnesses . These facts seem to result in fear of litigation should something untoward occur …”

“…Accordingly, it seems that teachers have to rely on their personal experience of medicating long‐term illnesses in their own children in order to administer medicines at school. Previous studies have demonstrated that teachers have concerns related to inexperience and lack of knowledge about long‐term illnesses . Earlier studies have also demonstrated that teachers are not adequately trained and prepared to manage emergencies dealing with long‐term illnesses .…”

“…Previous studies have demonstrated that teachers have concerns related to inexperience and lack of knowledge about long‐term illnesses . Earlier studies have also demonstrated that teachers are not adequately trained and prepared to manage emergencies dealing with long‐term illnesses . These facts seem to result in fear of litigation should something untoward occur …”

“…Previous studies have demonstrated that teachers have concerns related to inexperience and lack of knowledge about long-term illnesses. [33][34][35] Earlier studies have also demonstrated that teachers are not adequately trained [25,26] ); Kruskal-Wallis test with Bonferroni correction was used to test any differences. and prepared to manage emergencies dealing with longterm illnesses.…”

Nonintravenous rescue medications for pediatric status epilepticus: A cost‐effectiveness analysis

“…Furthermore, lorazepam is a viscous substance with only a few studies of nasal administration. 40 A wide availability of socially nonembarrassing and inexpensive alternatives to rectal diazepam together with educational campaigns may change these perceptions and help optimize the pre-hospital treatment of prolonged seizures to reduce their progression to SE. [34][35][36][37] Most episodes of pediatric SE start outside the hospital, 4,8 and delays to treatment administration are common 8 and associated with worse outcomes.…”