Student Health and Safety
General information about student health
- Student health handbook / Español
- Sick day guidelines brochure
- Health services plan
- Medication administration request form
- Asthma letter and health plan
- Diabetes health plans
- Hypoglycemia health plan
- Life-threatening allergy letter and health plan
- Food allergy medication form
- Seizure health plan
- Health insurance information
Life-threatening allergies
- It starts with the parent / Español
- Life-threatening allergy letter and health plan
- Food allergy medical form
- Managing life-threatening allergies
Concussions
- ABCs of concussions / Español
- Returning to school after a concussion
- Parent/Athlete Concussion Information / Español
- Release-to-play form
- CDC link on concussions
- NFL PSA on Concussion Safety
- Keeping Quiet Can Keep You Out of the Game
- Read more about Tracy’s Story
- Keeping Quiet Can Keep You Out of the Game…A Mother’s Story
MRSA
Staphylococcus aureus, also known as staph, is a common bacterium that can live in people’s noses or on their skin. Some staph infections are harder to treat because the bacterium has become resistant to antibiotics. Skin infections caused by Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA (pdf), have been diagnosed in a few Chesterfield students. The Chesterfield Health Department and Chesterfield County Public Schools work together to provide ongoing information to families about this common bacterium and ways to prevent its spread. The school system is ensuring that school facilities are cleaned appropriately. Additional information is available on the Virginia Department of Health website.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers this fact sheet (pdf).
The National Athletic Trainers’ Association offers these recommendations. Chesterfield County Health Department Letter to Parents (pdf) En Español
