teachers and health will control diabetic schools in Balearic schools
The diabetic children of the Balearic Islands have guaranteed from today the optimal monitoring of their health status during their school schedule thanks to a pioneering program in Spain in which teachers participate, the staff of the health center closest to school and parents and parents.
The Department of Health and Consumption, and Education and Culture of the Balearic Government have signed today a collaboration agreement with the Association of People with Diabetes of the Balearic Islands (ADIBA) to develop this initiative.
The agreement establishes measures to ensure that teachers have sufficient knowledge to serve the diabetic student when he has a problem related to his ailment, although the periodic monitoring of each case will be carried out by a healthcare professional of the health center closest to the school.
The president of Adiba, Manuela de la Vega, has expressed her satisfaction with the signing of the agreement, but has affirmed that she will continue to fight so that there is a nurse in each school 'school that is in charge of children with diabetes or other diseases.
Sugar decades (hypoglycemia) are the main problem of diabetic children, stood out from the Vega, since they can faint and lose knowledge, which can lead to more severe disorders, but that with an injection of glucagon beforeFour minutes the patient stabilizes.
The signing of the agreement feels the basis for all the Balearic Islands of a project that began last year with a census of minors with diabetes and a teacher training program.
In addition, all educational centers that have diabetics will have teaching material about diabetes and will also receive a bag with sanitary material necessary for immediate action: glucometer, reactive strips, lancetas, as well as two glucagon glycagon injections for emergencies.