Ontario schools should allow students with asthma to carry puffers with them in case of emergencies, says the mother of a 12-year-old boy who died when no one could get his inhaler in time because it was locked in the principal's office.
Ryan Gibbons died Oct. 9, 2012 when he suffered a severe asthma attack during recess at school in the village of Straffordville, in southwestern Ontario.
Sandra Gibbons says her son told his friends he wasn't feeling well and probably started panicking when they had to carry him to the office where the inhaler was kept.
"So as he was going to the office to get his inhaler, he kind of was having a hard time and had to be carried into the office, and by the time he got there he had blacked out," she said. "To this day I really don't know how exactly the whole day unfolded for him."
More Ontario mom urges schools to let asthmatic kids carry puffers - Ottawa - CBC News
This makes me glad my sons school allows us to bring a nebulizer in for him and keep it in his back pack. That backpack sits on the shelf well within the teachers grasp who is trained on how to use them.
Ryan Gibbons died Oct. 9, 2012 when he suffered a severe asthma attack during recess at school in the village of Straffordville, in southwestern Ontario.
Sandra Gibbons says her son told his friends he wasn't feeling well and probably started panicking when they had to carry him to the office where the inhaler was kept.
"So as he was going to the office to get his inhaler, he kind of was having a hard time and had to be carried into the office, and by the time he got there he had blacked out," she said. "To this day I really don't know how exactly the whole day unfolded for him."
More Ontario mom urges schools to let asthmatic kids carry puffers - Ottawa - CBC News
This makes me glad my sons school allows us to bring a nebulizer in for him and keep it in his back pack. That backpack sits on the shelf well within the teachers grasp who is trained on how to use them.