SADS Safe Schools Annual Campaign

Our goal every fall is to ensure that each school age child with a SADS condition has an updated care plan in place!
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SADS Back-to-School Checklist

The SADS Foundation Back-To-School Checklist will walk you through the necessary steps and provide you with the tools needed to help create a safe school environment for your children (including care plans for the school nurse).

SADS Safe Schools Packet

The SADS Foundation SADS Safe-At-School Packet has materials and information to help educate your child’s school personnel on how to keep your child safe, as well as how to recognize warning signs in other students.

What the SADS Foundation Recommends

1. Every child should have a risk assessment history at regular intervals: preschool, before/during middle school, before/during high school and before participation in organized sports.
2. Every school should have a medical emergency response plan in place, which includes a plan for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and an automated external defibrillator (AED) in schools.
3. Every schoolchild with a SADS condition should have an individualized care plan in place.
4. Every school with a child who has a diagnosed SADS condition should have an AED program.
5. All high school students should be trained in CPR and AED protocol as a requirement for graduation.
6. Everyone should be aware of the warning signs that may indicate a child at risk of a sudden cardiac arrest.

Consider Raising Awareness at your school:

1. Put SADS posters in hallways, teachers’ lounges, gyms, etc.

2. Add SADS Risk Assessment questions to the school’s physical screening forms.

3. Arrange CPR training with school nurses, teachers, and coaches.

4. Give presentations to parents, PTA, state (or district) School Nurses’ Association, local sport leagues and others. Contact Mikayla for information and materials.

5. Write articles in school newspapers, PTA newsletters and other local publications.