>> IT IS OFFICIALLY BACK TO SCHOOL AND THAT MEANS OUR KIDS ARE GOING TO BE EXPOSED TO
MANY MORE PEOPLE AND ALL THEIR
GERMS. BUT THAT ALSO MEANS
SPORTS PLAYING AT RECESS AND
LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR
MOMENTS. SO TODAY WE WELCOME
MAYO CLINIC, EMERGENCY
MEDICINE PHYSICIAN, DOCTOR
BRITTANY BILL TO TALKED WITH
US ABOUT SOME BACK TO SCHOOL
SAFETY ISSUES THERE. SO MANY
TO TALK ABOUT. BUT LET’S START
WITH THE BASICS. WHAT WOULD
YOU SAY IN GENERAL? SHOULD WE
BE THINKING ABOUT IS THE KIDS
GO BACK PARTICULARLY WITH THE
FACT THAT COVID STILL
LINGERING, RIGHT? SO
DEFINITELY IF YOUR CHILD HAS
ANY SYMPTOMS OF COVID, I
RECOMMEND GETTING TESTED,
PARTICULARLY IF YOUR CHILD HAS
A FEVER. WE TYPICALLY
RECOMMEND THAT KEEP THEM HOME
FOR AT LEAST 24 HOURS.
>> THEM HAVING A FEVER AND
THEN ALSO MEETING, MAKE SURE
THEY STAY AT HOME BECAUSE THE
LAST THING THAT WE WANT IS FOR
THE OTHER KIDS TO GET THE SAME
SYMPTOMS THAT THEY’RE HAVING.
>>CORLEY PEEL: AND THAT REALLY
COMES TO PLAY WITH ANY CHILD
THAT HAS A FEVER PROBABLY
SHOULDN’T BE GOING TO SCHOOL
ACTUALLY EXACTLY SO. YES, ANY
ANY CHILD WITH A FEVER, STAY
HOME FOR AT LEAST 24 HOURS
WITHOUT HAVING A FEVER?
>> AND THEN YOU CAN THINK
ABOUT GOING BACK TO SCHOOL.
>> ALL RIGHT. WHAT ABOUT THE
PLAYGROUND? WE LOT OF THINGS
CAN GO WRONG ON THE PLATE.
IT’S ON THE PLAYGROUND,
ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, THESE
KIDS. THEY’VE BEEN COOPED UP.
THEY GET OUT. THEY WANT TO GO
CRAZY. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE
THINGS THAT YOU RECOMMEND FOR
TRYING TO KEEP THE KIDS SAY?
YES, DEFINITELY. SO. WE SEE
OVER VISITS IN THE E D EVERY
YEAR ACROSS THE JUST BASED OFF
OF PLAYGUND INJURIES ALONE.
>> SOME OF THE INJURIES THAT
WE SEE ARE FRACTURES FALLING
FROM MONKEY AND CONCUSSIONS.
THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IT’S VERY
IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN TO HAVE
MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CHILD IS
PLAYING ON AGE, APPROPRIATE
EQUIPMENT. SO IF THEY’RE SUPER
YOUNG, THEY SHOULDN’T BE ON
THE MONKEY BARS, MAKING SURE
THAT BACKPACKS AND OTHER LARGE
OBJECTS OUT OF THE WAY THEY
EASILY THINGS THAT THEY CAN
TRIP OVER. THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> I WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT’S
FLORIDA IN THE SUMMER AND IT
IS SO MISERABLY. HOT, FLORIDA
AND GEORGIA BOTH KNOWN FOR
THEIR IN KIDS ARE NOT ALWAYS
THE BEST. JUST LIKE THEY’RE
NOT GOOD ABOUT GRABBING A CO
WHEN IT’S COLD. THEY’RE NOT
GOOD ABOUT STAYING HYDRATED TO
WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS DO YOU
HAVE THERE? SO HYDRATION IS
KEY. HYDRATION ALSO
>> WHETHER IT’S PEDIALYTE,
GATOR AID, THINGS LIKE THAT
ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO
PACKING YOUR KIDS LUNCH BOXES
TO MAKE SURE THEY’RE STAYING
HYDRATED. SO WATER, WATER,
WATER AND THEN ALSO GATOR AID
ARE PEDIALYTE OR SOMETHING
WITH ELECTROLYTES
>>CORLEY PEEL: AND I THINK ONE
OF THE SCARIEST THINGS,
ESPECIALLY AS THE KIDS GO BACK
TO SPORTS IS HEAD DO YOU
RECOMMEND THERE? I MEAN, I
KNOW ALL PARENTS ARE JUST
ABSOLUTELY AFRAID OF THEIR
CHILD HAVING AHEAD IN
CONCUSSIONS ON ARE THE MAIN
THING THAT WE SEE A LOT OF
TIMES IN THE EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENT CONCUSSION BEING A
MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU
LOOK OUT FOR AS FAR AS AS MUCH
OUT OF CAN A CONCUSSION IS ARE
THEY HAVING MEMORY ISSUES? ARE
THEY HAVING VOMITING? ARE THEY
CONFUSED? A LOT OF PARENTS
AREN’T SURE WHEN TO BRING
THEIR CHILD TO THE EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENT. BUT I ALWAYS LIKE
TO SAY IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR
CHILD’S NOT BACK AT THEIR BASE
LINE, IF YOU FEEL THAT THERE’S
SOMETHING OFF, ABSOLUTELY
BRING THEM TO THE EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENT. SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT YOU CAN LOOK OUT FOR AS
FAR AS RED FLAGS WOULD BE, YOU
KNOW, IF YOUR KID HAVING
SEIZURE LIKE ACTIVITY, ARE
THEY HAVING REPETITIVE
VOMITING? DID THEY LOSE
CONSCIOUSNESS? THINGS LIKE
THAT?
>> AND ONE OF THE THINGS I
THINK PEOPLE STRUGGLE WITH
PARENTS STRUGGLE WITH IS. AT
WHAT POINT DO I NEED TO TAKE
MY CHILD TO THE DOCTOR? YOU
KNOW, AFTER AN INJURY, SHOULD
I GO TO URGENT CARE OR SHOULD
I GO TO THE EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENT? DO YOU HAVE ANY
GENERAL ADVICE AND THAT? SURE.
SO I MEAN, I RECOMMEND IF IF
YOU THINK THAT THERE’S
SOMETHING WRONG, IF YOU FEEL
LIKE YOUR CHILD IS NOT WHO
THEY NORMALLY ARE, ALWAYS SEEK
HELP, WHETHER IT’S AN URGENT
CARE OR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS. YOU
KNOW, WE HAVE IMAGING AND WE
HAVE THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE
CAN DO. BUT WHETHER IT’S YOUR
PEDIATRICIAN, AN URGENT CARE
OR EMERGENCY CENTER DEFINITELY
GETTING CHECKED OUT AS IS
BETTER THAN NOT DOING ANYTHING
AT ALL. GET THEM IN THE DOOR.