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Anaphylaxis Management

The Anaphylaxis Guidelines for Queensland State Schools (new window) 65k relate to the Department's Health and Safety Policies, HLS-PR-009 Administration of Routine and Emergency Medication in Schools and The Management of Students with Health Conditions in State Schools and provide specific information for Queensland state schools on how to manage and treat students with anaphylaxis.

The guidelines include links to the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA) website from which schools can download copies of Action Plans for Anaphylaxis (personal and insect allergy). These Action Plans, which must be completed and signed by a medical practitioner, incorporate information such as the signs and symptoms and planned responses to an individual student's severe allergic reaction.

Schools are also required to have a copy of the Action Plan for Anaphylaxis(general)and/or Action Plan for Anaphylaxis (personal and /or insect allergy) for a student who has a medical diagnosis and an adrenaline auto injector for general use to cover situations when:

a second dose of adrenaline is required after the administration of the student 's prescribed auto-injector
the first dose of adrenaline has not been able to be successfully administrated due failure of the adrenaline auto-injector, or misfire.
a student not previously diagnosed presents with signs and symptoms of anaphylaxis.

NOTE: Authorisation has been provided under the Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996 by Queensland Health (new window) 149k for the principal to obtain an adrenaline auto-injector for the purpose of providing emergency medication to students and staff for the treatment of anaphylaxis. Information on how to obtain an adrenaline auto-injector for general use can be found in the Anaphylaxis Guidelines for Queensland State Schools (new window) 65k .

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