All of our kids have their own doctors. Doctors usually work in their offices and School Nurses work in the schools, providing two different types of health care. School Nurses work closely with your students' doctors, especially in the case of children with special health needs. We have a rescue squad next door to the school. Yes, you do.
Rescue squads respond to life and death emergencies.
They are not in the business of preventing emergencies through planning for and assessing your students' health needs. They do not do preventative health teaching. They do not get to know individual children and families. School Nurses can take care of most health issues in a school. Save the rescue squad for 911 calls.