round2it Posted January 18, 2019 Posted January 18, 2019 Hi All does anyone have a epilepsy emergency alert system for members of staff at your school. I am just investigation options so that if a member of staff feels they are going to have a seizure they can press a emergency button on a wearable or pendant along those lines. or a software solution
Sonic007 Posted January 18, 2019 Posted January 18, 2019 You could put a personal attack alarm in the classroom that the teacher pulls and triggers in the event they are feeling unwell. You'd hear it half way down the corridoors! 2
DrBeaker Posted January 18, 2019 Posted January 18, 2019 You could put a personal attack alarm in the classroom that the teacher pulls and triggers in the event they are feeling unwell. You'd hear it half way down the corridoors! Sometimes low-tech is the best tech to use! Things don't always require a hi-tech cutting edge solution. 1
FishCustard Posted January 18, 2019 Posted January 18, 2019 Sometimes low-tech is the best tech to use! Things don't always require a hi-tech cutting edge solution. But we have to have the innovative blue-sky joined-up solutions so that we can action the deliverables! 2
mavhc Posted January 18, 2019 Posted January 18, 2019 Some kind of phone that has single button speed dial?
Sonic007 Posted January 18, 2019 Posted January 18, 2019 Some kind of phone that has single button speed dial? The problem I've found with phones is they get put away or somewhere out of reach of students.
mavhc Posted January 18, 2019 Posted January 18, 2019 (edited) Someone's hoping to make something similar One Button Phone | For a worry-free life Similar: https://www.choose.co.uk/guide/best-mobile-phones-for-elderly.html Edited January 18, 2019 by mavhc
KevinB Posted January 18, 2019 Posted January 18, 2019 But we have to have the innovative blue-sky joined-up solutions so that we can action the deliverables! Whilst leveraging existing IP solutions! 1
mavhc Posted January 18, 2019 Posted January 18, 2019 Whilst leveraging existing IP solutions! Well yeah, you don't want yet another network that's rarely tested 1
jmak Posted January 18, 2019 Posted January 18, 2019 I'd be looking at something like this: https://www.personalalarms.org/product/suresafego-anywhere-alarm/ Features include: • SOS WITH TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION ‘TALKING PENDANT’ If the user presses the SOS on the pendant, it will activate a voice call as well as sending its location to up to 3 people. The wearer then can talk into the pendant and have a normal conversation. • FULLY MOBILE Gives protection anywhere you have mobile phone signal, home and ‘out and about’. Plus its SureSafe Mobile roaming SIM means that you will always pick up the best signal wherever you are (see below). It truly is an ‘anywhere’ alarm. • AUTOMATIC FALL DETECTION* The pendant senses a fall and raises the alarm, even when the user cannot press the button e.g. after losing consciousness following a fall (optional – needs to be switched on). • GPS ‘FIND ME’ FUNCTION If you want to know where the SureSafeGO is, just send it a text and it sends its location back to your smartphone via text (ideal for people who ‘wander’). • WATER RESISTANT Water Resistant & Dust Tight (IP66 certified) – safe for use in the shower. • FLEXIBLE WEARING OPTIONS Can be worn around the neck, or on a key ring.[/Quote]
DrBeaker Posted January 18, 2019 Posted January 18, 2019 Well yeah, you don't want yet another network that's rarely tested Surely this will be included in the (cough, cough) DRP's or BCP's the school has in place?
mdrabble Posted January 18, 2019 Posted January 18, 2019 How much of a warning do they get before having a seizure and also what kind of seizure do they normally have? Depending on the answers, the options may be limited.
FN-GM Posted January 18, 2019 Posted January 18, 2019 How much of a warning do they get before having a seizure and also what kind of seizure do they normally have? Depending on the answers, the options may be limited.Usually around 10 seconds when people can feel it coming on.
victory2015 Posted January 18, 2019 Posted January 18, 2019 Usually around 10 seconds when people can feel it coming on. Some dont tho my wife being one of them she has SeizAlarm app on her apple watch works great sends me an sms [h=1][/h]
mdrabble Posted January 18, 2019 Posted January 18, 2019 Depending on the type of seizure they may get no warnings at all. My last tonic-clonic seizure was over 10 years ago and i got about a minute warning with auras and buzzing sounds in my head but I've had 2 focal seizures with retained awarness in the last 5 years (the last being last October) which came on without warning.
DrBeaker Posted January 18, 2019 Posted January 18, 2019 How much of a warning do they get before having a seizure and also what kind of seizure do they normally have? Depending on the answers, the options may be limited. Good point - any software/server/network based solution would have latency or any number of issues that could have a serious delay on a first-aid or 999 response. The network was slow, switch had died, server hosting it had died etc. any number of reasons. Walkie-talkie, rotated first aider on duty, care plans in place for the students/staff. E.g. why do they tell you not to use the lift in a fire in a tall building - you could but the risk increased dramatically of something happening/going wrong during that time. If in doubt remember the KISS principle.
DrBeaker Posted January 18, 2019 Posted January 18, 2019 The problem I've found with phones is they get put away or somewhere out of reach of students. For example we've got areas of our school with completely dead zones for mobile signal coverage.
MatthewL Posted January 18, 2019 Posted January 18, 2019 You want something like this. They do a radio pendant, it is the sort of thing care homes use. Another thing we had at one of our mental health sites was a pager device carried by all, you pressed it if in trouble, yours stays silent and everyone elses goes off, a screen where you sign them in and out alerts and you have sensors fitted around the site so when you go down as such everyone knows where you are. We use Stanley for it, site was over 4 buildings and there was coverage across the site.
mavhc Posted January 18, 2019 Posted January 18, 2019 Well, what you need is a better spec. What is this person doing when not at school, alert wise? Do you have existing systems? Do you want to implement a school wide alert system for anyone to use? What signals should it send? To whom? Why? 1
round2it Posted January 18, 2019 Author Posted January 18, 2019 just one person looking for a pager type device staff has a pressable button and then the pager will alarm
FN-GM Posted January 18, 2019 Posted January 18, 2019 Some dont tho my wife being one of them she has SeizAlarm app on her apple watch works great sends me an sms [h=1][/h] Depending on the type of seizure they may get no warnings at all. My last tonic-clonic seizure was over 10 years ago and i got about a minute warning with auras and buzzing sounds in my head but I've had 2 focal seizures with retained awarness in the last 5 years (the last being last October) which came on without warning. But in the OP the poster says the member of staff can feel them coming on in this instance.
mikeprice Posted January 18, 2019 Posted January 18, 2019 Not epilepsy - but I was in a school where a teacher had a problem with low blood pressure - which would suddenly drop totally at which point he would faint This happened every few weeks for a year or so the kids all knew that if Sir suddenly collapses they were to go to the nearest class room and say Mr xxxxx has collapsed again and we would ring the office and get a First Aider and ambulance after the doctors got his pills right this stopped (which is good!) - but it did teach the kids a lot about illness and disability and the kids never let him down - and he generally taught the low ability classes - who just accepted that this was OK Not REALLY sure that this was an acceptable situation - but it does point out that if you can deal with this problem it is a great way for to show the kids that all people are not the same - but should be treated with respect
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