That is ridiculous! Ever hear of ‘Better safe, than sorry’? It’s not like the school has to pay for the paramedic.
As a volunteer cub scout leader, I was required to take first aid and CPR and this type of wound, especially on a child, would warrant medical attention that a school principal or any layperson is not trained to give a decision on the severity of. That is what a medical professional is to decide.
What if this child passed out from shock and fell wrong? So many things could have gone wrong with this scenario. I hope the parents get some resolve from this.

Budget cuts are absolutely no reason not to call for an ambulance. When you send your child to school, that school has a responsibility for the safety of that child. For crying out loud is the school being run by adults? Because it takes an adult to take care of the children at that school. And they say they gave satisfactory medical care for this injury? From the look at that picture I would have to say not! They should realize infection could set in or something else and not act as medical personnel.

You know, when I was a kid I went through something like this, only it was the top of my head sliced wide open. Blood pouring down me, sitting there crying my eyes out, and they made me wait in the office while they called my parents to come pick me up. It didn’t kill me.

That said… I’m looking at a picture of that kid’s wound, thinking to myself “gee, if one of them had blood gushing out of their throat like that, what are the odds they wouldn’t eek out ‘for Christ sake, someone call an ambulance’ while their life flashed before their eyes?”

I don’t care if he wasn’t bleeding at all. If you have a seven-year-old with a hole in their throat the size of Texas, you call an ambulance. What if the boy had nicked an artery or vein in his throat, and it tore open while he was sitting there waiting on his parents? Does the possibility seem to have run through these people’s minds what the outcome would have been if they had delayed calling an ambulance until that point?

“I left a little boy with a gaping neck wound bleeding all over himself” isn’t the sort of thing you should be allowed to take a Mulligan on. It seems obvious these people aren’t competent to see to the safety and welfare of children; they need to be removed from a position where they are required to do so immediately.

This is so unacceptable!

this is so stupid that it makes me want to vent .the school in california has a law in place called safe grounds.it is suppose to keep the kids safe from gangs,drugs,guns,and to make sure they are being takin care of.better term used for this law is safe campus . the people that runs the front office of this school should be fired for not protecting/getting this boy medical treatment .i bet the school has on its gates a sign about people checking in at the office .this is so the kids are safe and cant be takin/kiddnapped . fire all the jerkoffs and hire smarter people that knows what to do. cus these jerks sure ashell dont

911 is for life threatening emergencies. Good job school.

Hey Mike – I’m glad you’re not my dad!

I hope the child will be fine. At 7 years old to recieve a wound like that he could have had other internal injuries. The principal in my opinion is not qualified to render medical advice or opinions in situations like this and I think he overstepped his authority and should not be in charge of children. What the principal did was inhumane, maybe even criminal and should be charged with abuse of a minor.

Maybe it gives a clue as to the intelligence of the people who are supposed to protect our children while they are in school? A bit scary if you think about it too long.

Don’t be a fool. Just get an attorney and sue the district. Staff are going to say this child brought on his own injury, but reality is if he was unsupervised the district has liability. Also, the campus is supposed to be free of hazards such as these anyway, which means there may be a preexisting issue with a fire hydrant smack in the middle of the sidewalk, and silver no less which although may make it more aesthetic to it’s surroundings it would also be difficult to see making it a collision and trip hazard. School districts can get weird over stuff like this. LA once tried to defend a sex perp who raped a little child on the basis that the victim allegedly experienced pleasure in this crime, and of course the legal team and the superintendent lost their jobs when this turned on them, which means BOE didn’t much care about the defense tactic but was more concerned that it didn’t work. We’re currently dealing with a fiscal fraud issue in San Jose Unified. Being educators doesn’t stop the sociopathy, in fact, in many cases it provides cover. One more example, a San Francisco child collapsed in a classroom from an asthma attack, was dragged to a closet and left there where he died awaiting paramedics who arrived 90 minutes later. The parent was never notified by the district. It took her a full year to realize what she was dealing with and finally got an attorney. Schools operate like little corporations. You would think they prioritize child safety. They don’t. Dysfunctional staff are backed to the hilt by unions making the child’s needs secondary to securing the workplace for adults. Again, get your satisfaction with an attorney, because the District is going to continue to blow you off. you have to do consequences to get their attention.

the parents should be concerned and take further action. but on the other hand, with all the cuts to education, what’s to be expected? the principal has probably been working for 25+ years and won’t have much, if any, recent CPR/first aid training, everyone else is probably classified staff and also not properly trained. school budgets no longer allow for “nurses” who would be trained to make the most informed decisions. as upsetting as the story is, hopefully this, and more stories like it, opens more eyes to the inequities in state and federal funding allocation and budget cuts. first and foremost I hope the Gomez’s child is healing and doing well; but i also hope his story can help the public schools and their supporters to get their voices and message heard.

of course they are positioning themselves for a lawsuit. Laughably their child didnt need more medical attention than he got. He needed the would to be cleaned and the bleeding stopped. Since it obviously didnt hit a carotid artery or the jugular vein in his neck, so its a superficial wound, no nurse needed or 911. Stop clogging the 911 system with lacerations. Your son was treated and taken to the proper place and givin the propper medical care. Ya sue, feed the lawyers fat pockets, you will loose too.

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As a former classified staff worker in a school district, I can tell you that the message is 100% “don’t touch them, don’t offer them a kleenex or a band-aid, don’t get involved or we’ll can you!” So don’t go blaming the staff. It’s all about liability for school administrators–one of the lowest, greediest, slipperiest forms of life on the planet. You want to know why the schools never have enough money? start with all those hard-to-pin down ambivalent-title folks above the teachers, crushing the system and doggedly protecting their own interests.

how can a child trip over a fire hydrant it should have been painted with colors that every one can see ,and where were the yard monitors to keep a eye on the kids that is my question

The principal and any other teachers who saw this and did nothing should be jailed for child abuse. A little boy bleeding, hurt and left alone, what kind of people are teaching at this school.

Being a Mom of 4 I would ask a few more questions.
A fire hydrant is usually outside the school grounds did this incident happen before /after school rather rather than during school,?
Any child that is bleeding should have the 911 called, especially if its more than an paper cut that isn’t a frivolous call..
However I wiould like to see the actual cut cleaned up without
the dried blood, sometimes things look worse than they really are.. and exactly how many stitches? 2? 4?
This was a chin cut (the throat cut sounds dramatic) many kids get these things and they look worse than they really are!
This really has nothing to do with school budget cuts this has everything to do with common sense!

People the reasonn we do not have nurses at the school is they need that money to hire spanish speaking helpers to teach illegals in spanish . And look there last name is Gomez i’m sure they received the medical care free on the the California tax payer .And look if the kid was white this story would have never made the news.

If the doctor that this child’s mother took him to put stitches in, then the wound was large or deep enough and the school should of called a ambulance. Doctor’s do not put stitches in for no reason…reguardless how many. Shame on the school. Seek a attorney for child neglect and possibly other legal infractions. I am sure IF the roles were reversed CPS would of been called on the parents. School bus driver for 10 years.

Mike you are an idoit; a dolt, or dullard is a mentally deficient person, or someone who acts in a self-defeating or significantly counterproductive way! NO ONE at the school – even a “nurse” (which there was none in this case) is qualified to detrmine of any injury is life threatening or not.. The school should have called 911, no questions. This everyone (disregarding the idoit above) is why we need to pull our kids from the public school system… and go to charter, or home schooling.

Okay, so maybe they did not need to call “911.” However, you can call for an ambulance without dialing 911. Bad job school. They could have at least described the injury to the parents on the phone and asked them if they woukld like for paramedics to be called. Also, they should not have left an injured 7 year old alone in the nurse’s office. He could have fainted and fallen and injured himself more severely.

I am a teacher and I cannot believe the school didn’t call 911. Our school has called 911 more than once for an injury to a child. One time a child was hit by a car and another time a child fell on the playground. Neither time was there any talk of budget problems or if the child was being supervised, it was simply a matter of what was best for the child and the severity of the injury. This story makes me sad and I wish the best for the child.

I don’t think that he tripped over the hydrant. I think that he tripped and fell into the hydrant.

Stupid kid shouldn’t have been running.

They need to change that picture. Every time I am on here looking at the news and that picture pops up it makes me feel sick. Hope the kid will be ok and the school gets what they deserve. They should have call 911. They are stupid.

and how come the parents did not called 911 either?

and how come the parents did not call 911 either?

I’m guessing they have insurance to cover it. The point of the story, because you obviously didn’t read it, is that the boy was injured and not given proper care by the school administrators. Not only that but he was left sitting ALONE which means not under supervision, or constant observation. Given the gravity of the injuries this is blatant neglect on their part. I would seriously consider legal action if I was in the parents shoes.

It’s obvious the bleeding was stopped and there was no emergency, thank goodness. The parents were called and took their son to get stitches. The school did exactly what was necessary. How many times do kids fall and gash themselves in non-life threatening ways? Do parents call 911 every time their child needs stitches? No.. Why is this story, which is purposely biased, supporting parents who just want to get money from their child’s misfortune?

Yes, kids can be stupid but that’s why we call them kids. It’s up to us to teach them smarter behaviors and believe me, we try!! All of the teachers I work with are constantly telling the kids to stop running. As far as an ambulance not being a free ride, duh, but can you put a price on the safety and well being of a child? Also, just because you call 911 doesn’t automatically mean an ambulance ride. In our case, it meant paramedics and the parents decided together whether to transport the child.

I think many of you did not read the story. This boy did not receive a dangerous injury. Schools deal daily with cuts, bruises, nose bleeds, sprains, siezures, asthma, and more, all with no nurses present due to budget cuts. Personnel at school sites willl immediately call 911 if they have any doubts about a child’s well being. This is any ugly gash, but the school and the parents both did the right thing, until the idea of a settlement sounded profitable.

Exactly! The parent’s would have called 911 themselves if they thought their son was in immediate danger. But, they didn’t.

Linda, are the office staff medical technicians? Did they know if any further damage had been done that could not be seen? Paramedics should have been called, if only to evaluate the child and render the injury not dangerous.

The parents didn’t call 911 because by the didn’t realize the gravity of the gash, if you read the story it clearly states that the boy received stitches, which indicates he was taken to the hospital.

The boy wasn’t left sitting all day for infection to set in. The bleeding was stopped, the parents were called. He received proper medical care. Do you see dangerous bleeding in this photo? No. .

CD is correct. Teachers and school staff are not equipped to evaluate medical injuries. Thats what emergency medicine is for. Even simple injuries may have catastrophic results.

Regardless of whether the gash was deep enough or not deep enough to raise concern, the child should have been supervised at all times. A small child can react differently to even the smallest of trauma to the body than an adult or teenager can. The fact that the school was so negligent makes me sick to my stomach. In my opinion, legal action should definitely be taken towards the school for not giving this child the proper attention, AT LEAST until someone arrived that would have further assisted him, rather than just putting a bandage on his jaw and letting him sit on his own to wait for his parents. For those of you commenting saying “get over it” or “what’s the big deal”, to a parent it’s a huge deal to have your child neglected in such a manner, especially when you assume your child will be safe at school, you expect possible bumps and bruises from playing, not a throat injury of this severity.

it says in the story that his parents took him to ER and he needed stitches!! Im pretty sure ppl would have a different view on this if they have children

Any time a child falles and the head (chin is on the head) or neck is invoved, it should have been handled as an emergancy. 911 should have been called then the parents. It wouldn’t have cost the school any money to make sure the kid was okay. The school failed in all areas. A 7 year old child with a gash serious enough to need stitches left alone to deal with his fears and pain. Sheesh. Maybe not lawsuit worthy, but definitely change of protecal worthy

OMG ! ! ! let me guess ? you dont have kids !!! I WOULD BE LIVID ! sombody would have
to loose there job !

Even though I agree the parents should take full responsiblity for their chidren, meaning paying for them by themselves without help from the state, I also understand there are times things that come up, as well as unexpected things happen to a person and or family ( such as illness or job loss) , that will make a responsible parent need to ask for help. My question/comment to this is “Does it really matter” , what race this child is or what lanauge he speaks. Does it really matter if he had health insurance paid by the state or parents? This is a helpless child we are talking about and Tom as well as anyone else who thinks it really matters SHAME on them and SHAME on you for prejudging based on race and what the person’s name is. It’s people like you and others, that continues the hate and allows discrimnation to continue in this world. More awareness and a more of a open mind should be considered before making hateful comments or having hateful thoughts. Bus driver for 10 years!

DP…seriously? You must of had a very dull childhood if you never played or ran.

Very bad call by the school. That cut is deep and did cause excessive bleeding as on could see. School personel should never leave a student alone. Loss of blood, fright , etc could have sent this student into shock. What kind of idiots do the school districts hire anyway.

School should have called 911 anyway. They are not trained to determine if the cut is serious or can become serious later in the day.

its some ignorant ppl that make dumb comments. I hope like hell if freeride or linda dont have any kids they keep it that way. Would you want your 7yr old sitting alone with any amount of blood on there person and no one watching them. especially coming from his throat. please dont have kids. i would hate to see how you would raise them. God belss them if you already do have any

My first questions would be….the Personnel making these decisions, if further attention is needed, are they certified to make a determination. COME ON PEOPLE THE DOC PUT STITCHES IN THE BOYS NECK! That’s what a doctor or nurse would have DONE in the first place! Come people, I understand but what if it were your kid?

I 100% agree Dietrich. This Child could of DIED because of Neglect. Hopefully, since this child is still alive, there is no long term damages. A lawyer will eat this up and perhaps this district will change their ways and prevent a future issues of similar or possibly worst.

Damn, I sure am glad my kids survived public school.
And they got hurt sometimes..but they were NEVER left unattended with an injury while they waited for me..once my daughter had to sit in the principal’s office with her because the nurse wasn’t there…it was a similar injury, she tripped and fell face first on cement curb..she busted her lip AGAIN, the day before she was hit with a hockey stick at pe..it happens..
she should have been a boy anyway, but she survived…I would bring negligence against the school with the board and sue..there is no excuse for leaving a child alone like that.
And yes, they have at least that much training, basic first aid and cpr is part of being a teacher. Did it myself. They knew it, and failed miserably.

Anytime a kid cuts his throat and it needs stiches warrents medical attention. bleeding out of the neck is not something to take lightly. Just stupid school officials..

Obviously, we need to ban fire hydrants.

Those of you who think the school did right put your child in his seat then rethink the situation. They were wrong!

His chin has a bandaid but the gash is on the throat.

Why couldn’t the school ask the parents permission to obtain medical care for the child when they called them about the injury? The school should have informed the parents that the gash appeared deep, they had no nurse on duty, and the personnel is not trained to treat this type of wound. Parents give permission to a school to seek emergeny medical care. This school was negligent in treating this young boy. I am tired of “school personnel” determining whether our children need medical care or are ill!!! I have a son with an underlying medical condition who went to the office ill and there was no nurse on duty. The “school personnel” determined he was “fine”, sent him back to class and NEVER called me. We ended up in the ER that evening!!! Something has to change.

I agree with the parents the school should have called 911. The school staff are not doctors so how do they know the severity of the boy’s wound. They didn’t he had to have stitches when the parents took him to the hospital. Regardless, the boy was bleeding like crazy but the school still felt that he was ok. BS if you ask me. If I were the parents I would sue the school and personally the principal and any staff that did nothing. The hell with budget cuts the boy injured himself and was seriously hurt, I wonder what the school would have done if the outcome was different. I hope the kid is ok. We trust the school to care for our children while we are at work but this shows that they really don’t care. I would be furious if it was my child.

Too worried about thier money. Teacher’s are all about the money and not the kids. They call in sick to protest for money. They take money away from oour kids with their over paid retirement scams. They can’t argue this fact, just look at the tests scores of our children. Down, Down and Down. Either they don’t care or can not teach. Either way they deserve less money. They work part time. Summer’s off and leave the campus by 3:00pm. Give me a break. Vouchers will get rid of these money greedy pigs.

This child should have been taken immediately to a hospital. Just because there is only an open cut visible doesn’t mean the injury stops there.There could have been other internal injuries to his face. I hope the parents hire an attorney.

Find a good Lawyer

Geez Louise, nice headline “Boy cuts throat at school…” Talk about overreacting. The press make it sound like he tried to commit suicide. But back to the point of the school being negligent. It is a rampant problem with our school system with budget cuts. There’s not enough staff, or even qualified staff, to properly teach or take care of our children. Our children are at school 7-12 hours a day in a poorly staffed school system. That scares me as I have little control over how they are treated or cared for while they are there. We need to take a stand for State funding to support the growth and well being of our children.

A call for paramedics is for emergencies, folks! That means heart attack, gun shot wound, etc. The bleeding was stopped in this case. What would a paramedic do? Drive him to the ER? You don’t call 911 when you cut your finger with a knife either.

With all due respect to the parents – the sight of blood does not determine if your kid is going to die. Everyone chiming in here has no first-hand knowledge of the injury so chill on acting as though the school did something wrong.

Parents today act as though their kids are made of glass – do you really think the school wouldn’t have called for help if needed?

Go back to whining about something useful like that fact that school funding is getting hacked to where you won’t need to both sending your kid to school – because there won’t be any….

I bet if this were one of their Own children they would have called 911. I can’t believe that a Mother or Father and I am sure there were more than one at the school that day did NOTHING. You can’t blame BUDGET CUTS for this! This is Pure lack of EMAPTHY on the part of every HUMAN that works at that school! What a shame.. I have seen schools call police for a HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLuva Lot less than this… Pure IGNORANCE

Who are they to decide if there is internal damage? Obviuosly they are not qualified to notice that INFECTION could have set in and caused MAJOR problems

Your comments are ridiculous. A boy cuts his THROAT and it requires STITCHES to close and you think the school wasn’t acting recklessly by leaving him ALONE and UNMONITORED in a room with a potentialy life-threatening injury? Oh thank God the nurse was able to make that determination…. oh… wait…. there was no nurse on duty.

This child should not have been left alone after a bleeding injury, they (the staff) are not trained, and the child could have bleed out, sitting there by himself! The staff is NOT medically trained, and should NOT make a decision such as this, they should have called EMS and let THEM make the decision on whether the child should be transported or not to ER. Medical personnel are the only ones that should judge whether an injury is severe or not. Hope the parents sue, maybe the state will determine that the nurse position should NOT be cut!

You obviously are lacking very basic reading comprehension skills, Rusty. The parents took the child to the ER because it was an emergency. The bleeding didn’t stop on its own, and the wound didn’t magically shut…. it required stitches at the emergency room.

Why did the parents take him to the ER? Oh, that’s right, because it was an EMERGENCY…

This is Right by the Carotid artery the artery that supplies the head and neck. Did anyone take into consideration that he could have easily contracted an infection?? OOOOOOH this one really IRKS me

The school staff is NOT qualified to make medical decisions! They could call EMS, and they could determine whether the child needed immediate care or not, as well as give first aide, THAT is THEIR JOB! EMS can make the call to transport or not, certainly not the school secretary!

Oh, I think we read the story. A boy fell into a fire hydrant, and it opened up a large gash in his neck (underneath his chin). The wound was so profound that the boy was COVERED in blood, from his waist up, and the his neck wound required several stitches at the emergency room.

Ummmm…. the point here is that the school was reckless in how it handled this. This is not a broken ankle…. a gash to an arm, leg, or other area of the body that wouldn’t be life threatening… This is a wound to a very sensitive part of the body, that appears to have been bleeding continuously until the parents took the child to the ER, and the school did nothing…. not even something as basic as having the child watched by a nurse.

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Oh, I think we read the story. A boy fell into a fire hydrant, and it opened up a large gash in his neck (underneath his chin). The wound was so profound that the boy was COVERED in blood, from his waist up, and the his neck wound required several stitches at the emergency room.

Ummmm…. the point here is that the school was reckless in how it handled this. This is not a broken ankle…. a gash to an arm, leg, or other area of the body that wouldn’t be life threatening… This is a wound to a very sensitive part of the body, that appears to have been bleeding continuously until the parents took the child to the ER, and the school did nothing…. not even something as basic as having the child watched by a nurse.

Oh my Lord people are stupid. Any sign of significant blood and the school needs to call the EMT’s. Blood to his waist=significant

Blood bourne illnesses can transmit to OTHER students/teachers never mind that they put the child in significant danger by putting him in a room alone.

Look at the picture! Is that not “dangerous” enough for you? The school did NOT do the right thing.

LOOK AT THE PICTURE

Stay away from children Linda. You are a sociopath.

Really, not worried about the safety of the children – that is a low blow. If they were not worried about the kids then they would not have called the parents, right?

Maybe the Principal should have a nursing background, or someone else in the office for medical issues.

Welcome to the world of budget cuts, and moronic people in charge. My son had a bloody nose that wouldn’t stop after 45 minutes. He got suspended for being in the bathroom for too long. No one ever bothered to call me to tell me he wouldn’t stop bleeding for 45 minutes. Yeah, his principle is gone now. I hope the parents do something.

The horrible thing about this story is all of the ADULTS apologizing for the staff. This says right here what kind of horrible society we live in.

It’s great as long as it happens to SOMEONE ELSE.

Okay ya’ll. The last line in the article sums it up. Potential lawsuit only means money in Daddy’s pocket which is really what this is about, or it wouldn’t have been said. 9-1-1 calls should be made only for those in eminate danger of death–not transport to hospital. It appears the child bled as expected but was conscious and alert. 9-1-1 was NOT necessary! I am a mother four times over–be there, done that. Oh, and by the way, the PARENTS would be responsible for the $2,000+ ambulance bill, unless their insurance company authorized the transport; or YOU as an taxpayer for those who are quick to call 9-1-1 without funds.

I couldn’t agree more that they should have called 911. Last year my then 9 year old daughter, who has Asthma was having an attack and couldn’t breath. The school called me instead of calling 911. I told them to call an ambulance for her and they refused. My mom had to go pick her up while I drove home to call 911. I was shocked! These days the schools don’t want to risk being responsible for anything so they want the parents to come and get the child. That way if the child should die or anything they can say the child was with its parents. Ridiculous.

Its the news they are going to say the parents are Thinking about further action. Come on. I would be extremely upset if soemthing like this happend to my son. He goes tot his school also. But I would take care of it. I feel the school and the staff are good people and maybe the photo make the “gash” out to be worse than it is. I dont know I wasnt there. Lets all be thankful that the boy is ok now. I think its a learning experence for everyone involved. My son loves the school and the teachers. Very unfortunate that people try to bash everyone in our society. I bet the parents would be very upset if they received a bill for an abulance because the school called one and the boy really didnt need one. Know one can say what they would have done because none of us where there.

So you think all cases in the ER are emergencies?! If the kid was still bleeding, he would have been dead by the time the parents took him to the ER. Further, going to the ER is not the same as calling an ambulance, which is for life-threatening situations. Broken skin is not a life-threatening situation.

“opening up a deep gash underneath his chin.” Chin not the throat. And having been a kid once I too have split my chin open. No we did not call the ambulance. We went to the hospital and I got stitches also!
As for cl9878 your comment is asinine! I got a paper cut yesterday so should I call the ambulance? It might get infected and I am not a qualified doctor!
Overprotecting society today. We are becoming a nation of pansies!!!!! And I do hope I offend!

Your an idiot!

Maybe every school should have an ER doc on premise, huh? When you get cut, you stop the bleeding by applying pressure, which is exactly what the school personnel did. How much qualification do you need to make that call? I bet if the school had call an ambulance, the parents would have complained about the cost, unless they’re illegals, then they wouldn’t have to worry about any medical expense.

Your brain is infected.

You obviously have no concept of how small a cut it really is that required only “several” stitches. Several stitches would be used to close a cut less than 1/4 inch cut.

Any open head wound (or other VITAL area), with bleeding merits an EMS evaluation, period. I’d yank my child out of that school, report them to the State Board of Education and have law enforcement investigate them for child endangerment as well as contact a lawyer. The school administrative response was laughable if not downright ludicrous.

I work at this school district and let me tell you this is not the only time that someone should have called EMS or 911 and did not. This gash is right near an artery that could have let to a bleed out or shock. As far as someone getting the bleeding to stop…fine, but how do you know there wasn’t any internal bleeding or damage to his airway.
The bottom line is that they left this kid unattended…that is the law suit really and if I were them I would follow through.
For those of you who think that dad and mom or just trying to get money…that is what talks now days and that is how a principal is set.
These people in the schools are only trained on CPR – they are not medical professionals. It was a horrible call on their part. Has nothing to do with empathy, but rather the brains to know how to deal with a situation like this one, which none of them have.
Also, if your concern is that the money will come out of a district that is in the “hole”, don’t…this will come out of insurance money and does not come out of general fund. I am so glad that Natomas cares more about “their” money than a childs life…especially when they are paying fees up the ying yang for false alarms at NHS. I would rather pay for one that was ligit like this than for nothing.

I agree!!!

What??? What was wrong with the headline? Didn’t the boy cut his throat at school? Yes, he did. The entire point is so you will read the story…
Budget cuts does make a school negligent…the people who are running the school are the cause of the negligence. I have lost 10% out of my paycheck, so I have budget cuts at home…so now I can’t manage my 6 kids? They were only dealing with one and had an office secretary and a principal there at the site. If need be get some teachers there or hey…how about 911 if you can’t handle it…duh!
My elementary kids are not at school for 7 to 12 hours a day…heck staff isn’t even there that long.
State funding was not going to help this kid. You could have had 1 trillion dollars in that room and they would have still done the same thing. 911 people…catch a clue.

You are spot on.

Way to go Alex…couldn’t have said it better. Rusty..do you have children? If you do, I feel sorry for them.

So are you saying they should have a nurse?

7 Year old Child… That much of a gash on his neck and no emergency??? That’s not his chin, people… All of you thread jackers trying to save your jobs because your School (Employer) fugged up, need to be booted off and sent back to basic First Aid instruction. That is NOT a non-emergency.
SHAME ON ALL OF YOU CALLING YOURSELF MEDICAL TECHNICIANS SHAME SHAME SHAME ON YOU!!!

I work in the medical field. Any blunt force trauma cut to the throat of a child like that should have prompted a call to 911. There is no way the office staff could have known the extent of the injury. This could have been very tragic. Thank goodness he is OK. Go get ‘em parents. You are well within your rights.

Some cases you don’t know if they are life or death until you either get to the emergency room, or you’re dead. Why would you want to risk a child or anyone’s life? Not everyone who rides in an ambulance is dying, but trying to get to a hospital in time before something worse occurs. If you look at that deep gash, my first reaction was the jugler vein. The school was absolutely wrong in this instance, and Rusty, you are very incensitive! Now the school has more $ to worry about when considering their budget.

No, I don’t see any dangerous bleeding in the photo. You know what I do see, though?

Stitches.

Go watch the news story and put it on full-screen. You get a better view of the picture, and can make out where the stitches criss-cross the wound. This photograph was obviously taken after the wound was treated.

Why didn’t YOU call 911 if you felt it was necessary? Because you want the school to be stuck with the bill?

Emergency room means that either they had no health insurance or waiting a week or two for an appointment wasnt reasonable. Have you ever been to an ER?

What would they be suing for exactly? What damages were incurred? Did the kid die? Was it the school’s fault that he tripped? Did the school’s failure to call EMT for a non-life threatening situation lead to irreparable harm to the kid? Get real people. It’s easy to say sue this or that, but the bottom line here is that there was no damage suffered and no liability.

Well, I don’t know about this kid’s parents, but when the school called my parents to tell them I was covered in blood and starting to go incoherent, they didn’t call 911 because they were too busy panicking and driving like maniacs trying to get me to a hospital.

Same thing when I lopped off one of my toes at my grandparents’ house. They didn’t call 911 either, because they were far too busy rushing me to a hospital to stop and think “maybe we should call someone to take him to the hospital”.

So just from personal experience I can tell you his parents might have a different excuse for not calling 911 than the school did.

So requiring a few stitches necessitate an ambulance? You are F’d up!

Jerry – as a matter of fact yes I had to take my baby into the emergency room just 3 weeks ago for a severe asthma attack. It was bad enough they kept her there for over 6 hours. And I have insurance. Yes some people take advantage of the emergency room, but they take you in order of real emergency. We were immediately seen and under a dr.’s care as soon as we walked in. It is for them to determine level of emergency, and not you. Are you a dr. Jerry? Did you study medicine in college? Maybe then you would be able to determine what is and what isn’t a real emergency. By the look of the picture shown this was neither a minor cut nor was it his chin! My son has also taken a good fall at school and I was notified but his injury didn’t warrant immediate medical attention. Sometimes you DON’T know and it’s better to be safe than sorry. If this was a parent who decided NOT to take their child in to see a dr. and tried to treat it at home, more than likely CPS would be involved. I think CPS should be involved with schools who fail to execute proper medical attention.

The school doesn’t get the bill. The parents do. When my son was in kindergarten he got hurt on the playground. The teacher hear the bone pop in his leg when he went down. They called me and as I was on the phone I heard the ambulance siren (I work directly adjacent to the school) already on the way. You know why they called an ambulance? Mostly likely they were covering their butts and as a parent I am grateful they did even though by your standard it wasn’t an “emergency”. They took care of it promptly and made sure he got treatment ASAP. And that school does have a nurse on staff as well. Now the bill they are stuck with is going to be attorney’s fees on a lawsuit. I work at a school and I would have called an ambulance the second I saw that kind of gaping wound in a child’s neck. and in response to an earlier comment, it only takes 2 stitches to close a 1/4 inch wound. Not several!!!

Pretty sure she said she rushed home to call 911. Rusty, I sure hope you haven’t or never produce offspring! They’ll be DOA with your mentality and lack of concern for anything.

Yes I do, and I am sure that they did exactly what they have been trained and instructed to do.

How about all the parents, aunts or uncles that have a nursing background go and volunter at the school and be there for such issues.

Taking the boy to the ER was the correct thing to do. Unless the boy was “spurting” blood he didn’t hit a major vessel. Calling 911 would have been extreme and unwarranted. There is no need to have a Registered Nurse on grounds at all times. Geesh, do we have to have a Psychologist there too in case of a traumatic emotional event too? Relax, he is okay. Got some stitches and a good reminder of not to run at school.

Internal Damage? Seriously? Infection = tetnus shot.

Taking the boy to the ER was the correct thing to do. Unless the boy was “spurting” blood he didn’t hit a major vessel. Calling 911 would have been extreme and unwarranted. There is no need to have a Registered Nurse on grounds at all times. Geesh, do we have to have a Psychologist there too in case of a traumatic emotional event too? Relax, he is okay. Got some stitches and a good reminder of not to run at school.

Hey everyone! Rusty is pulling his comments out of his ass. Just like he did his head 15 minutes before. Just ignore him.

Trauma Nurse, you would know if it was warranted or not since you are in the medical field. The average individual would not. Expecially when you are responsible for someone elses child, precaution, common decency and common sense should kick in. Parents are mandated by the state to enroll their kids into the school system. The school system should be liable for being not taking proper steps to ensure this child was not in any danger. Calling a parent (unless they are medically trained) is not ensuring his safety. Medical advise is.

This is unacceptable, I couldn’t imagine my son getting hurt like that at school and no medical attention is given! I strongly agree with the Gomez family and my “hope” is with you both..I hope your son will be ok!!!!!
Tiffany Paige/former co-worker

Rusty. YOU ARE A F**KING DUMMY! A CHILD WAS BLEEDING FROM A DEEP CUT ON HIS NECK!!!! ARE YOU BLIND??? MUST BE!

WOW THATS CRAZY! IM GLAD YOU TOOK ACTION FOR YOUR SON BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE SCHOOL DIDNT GIVE A F**K! WHATS THIS WORLD COMING TOO??? SCHOOL IS SUPPOSE TO BE A SAFE PLACE WHERE THE ADULTS ARE DOING THEY’RE JOB!

I’m not sure…but I think the person who wrote this article should go back to school. The last paragraph:
Todd said he believes budget cuts may have played a role in the alleged lack of care. “People over there are worried about their budget, they’re worried about their incomes, but their not worried… about the safety of our children,” he said.

but their not worried? I didn’t know you could own a not worried.

THEY ARE=THEY’RE

FAIL

Come on people it was a child left alone with an injury at school. I don’t care what kind of injury it was he should never of been left alone that is the schools job to protect, help, educate our children! Further more any head injury with a child could potentially be life threatening and may not show instantly. They should of called the ems. You don’t mess with head injuries with children. People really use the internet to educate yourself before you judge people.

Linda my dear if we all thought like you we would be ignorant. Wow are you sue happy or what. That probably has not crossed the parents minds. . If you have a child god help them. Would you leave a child unattended and injured, REALLY

If it were my son I would NOT want him left alone and I would want him to receive medical help from a profession ASAP CASE CLOSED

Drenched in blood from chin to waist is a damn good time to call 911. Especially with no staff on-site with medical training and no assurances that a parent would be there quickly. I live in CA and most of us commute to some degree, an ambulance would have him under the care of a LICENSED physician within minutes. The amount of blood isn’t my main concern as a mother. A child running who falls onto a hydrant has enough speed for the impact to do worse damage than a cut. Especially considering it was his head and neck that were affected, there needed to be monitoring for internal bleeding or other more intense damage that can’t be seen first hand. You could be talking about a broken neck that might not be detected without x-rays. He needed to be immobilized and cared for immediately by trained professionals. There are certain situations you don’t throw caution to the wind for, and head/neck injuries are one of them.

These people (the school) are only protecting themselves. Watch while all of their proof that they took care of the child magically appears as the proof they did not – disappears.

Alex the parents indicated when they got there – there was no one watching their son. I agree with you and the others and no one knows if this could of opened up more or got worse fast – especially with him moving. I really think they should of taken the risk in being wrong about how bad the would was, than risk his life.

Is this your PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL opinion? IOW your a Doctor right? A Certified Paramedic? No? Then STFU.
I hope the parents file a multi million dollar lawsuit against these idiots. They like you should NEVER be allowed around kids.

Gina, no he’s just stupid. Contradicts himself in his posts. He’s a negative and uncaring person who hopefully will never reproduce. Maybe he likes the attention from being an idiot.

That school would have alot more to worry about its budget now i would have that school shut down or sued the principal arrested and half the staff in cuffs and that would be just the beginning. I would rain such a fierce legal storm and no way would i settle out. I want to keep updated on this story as it progresses even more.

Hey LINDA did you see the pic above or are your eyes shut. No no need to call 911 at all, seriously pull your head out of where it is currently stuck !!!

These parents need to take leagl action immedately, the school is soooo in the wrong the way they handled this !!

*LEGAL*

if the wound was as bad as parent express, why didn’t THEY call EMS/911 when they arrived, instead of taking him themselves and risking further injuries.

R, your sophism is ill advised.

No damage? Lawsuits of this nature punish negligence much as it covers real physical and psychological issues, and these parents have a responsibility to not only their son but the community at large to prevent this sort of thing from becoming the status quo.

Beyond the injury, and this would be a personal injury lawsuit, you have the added feature of intentional infliction of emotional duress by withholding medical treatment which is tantamount to torture. Parents have damages, too. Let an attorney handle it. Get going.

Omg, a cut requiring 3 stitches does so NOT require an ambulance ride to the hospital! A couple of months ago I cut my finger on a can lid and ended up needing 5 stitches, and while the stitches were necessary, I was in no way shape or form near death.

That’s not to say that I agree with the fact that there was no school nurse on duty- I think that is very, very wrong- but this clearly a case in which the parents (and the media) are blowing this way out of proportion.

Christine, the 3 stitches is likely part of the denial scheme, and if it was Kaiser that administered treatment it IS a part of the denial scheme. You folks are being psychologically put to sleep through a process known as double blind communication (the district will not retract it’s in it’s denial of this as a minor injury), and a bit of artless sophistry making argument with the perp – in this case the district – impossible. Also, the parents no doubt reacted in shock when they saw their child in the afternoon. It would be normal for them to superficially dismiss this as a minor injury on the school’s claim on trust alone. so it is not correct to think the parent’s played didn’t see this as a serious injury. they caught it, just it came to them slow, which is how double blind works. While we’re on it, this is the same technique Neo politician use to dull your sensibilities during an election campaign, which is how Obama got elected.

You can live without a finger!!!!! It’s the location of the wound that should be considered not the amount of stiches it takes to close it.

Shock.

I hope Linda doesn’t have children. Ignorant people shouldn’t be allowed to breed. I also hope the school gets sued and the staff is held accountable. Is it even legal for a school not have medical staff on site?? I don’t care about “budget cuts” if I lived there I would prefer my taxes go to insure the safety of my child above all else at the school. That boy could have died in that room alone and nobody would have known. I bet that if that had happened to one of the school staffs children…911 would have been called immediately.

These school officials should be made to acknowled their poor handling of this event, and the school board should make this an issue for some actiion against the school people involved,. The parents should sue.

Whats the point then? Stupid ass comment. I am sure I would have grabbed my child at that time too when I seen him drenched in blood and brought him to the hospital.

Bet if it was your kid you wouldn’t be saying this Linda. No kids? Well how about one of your cats then.

Wow.. and I thought I was cynical.. but I think you left out the conspiricy theory about the nurses not being there.. to much to pay cheaper if the kid dies or goes to the hostpital

I work at a school. The other week a girl fell on the playground and started bleeding from her head. We DID call an ambluance. It turned out that all she needed was some stitches and she was fine. There was a lot of blood though. When you are dealing with a child and there is a lot of bleeding, never question what type of care they need first, because what you may think is a small wound, could actually be much worse. We did not care what the cost of that ambluance would cost. We were more concerned with the well being of the child.

Where in this article does it say that only 3 stitches were placed? I believe the word used was “several.”

Go back to sleep, doodoo.

Melissa, that’s because the staff at your school have a conscience. This particular location uses a Nazi-esque education model, which means staff are primarily concerned with physical education (example given), their corporate interests and the fiscal budget, military-like disregard for (battlefield) personal injuries, and eugenics, which of course redirects to the possibility of racial issues in this incident.

“People over there are worried about their budget, they’re worried about their incomes, but their not worried… about the safety of our children,”

that should read “THEY’RE not worried”, not THEIR. Isn’t proper grammar a requirement for journalists anymore? Do you not have proofreaders? You should be ashamed of yourselves, CBS.

“People over there are worried about their budget, they’re worried about their incomes, but their not worried… about the safety of our children,”

that should read “THEY’RE not worried”, not THEIR. Isn’t proper grammar a requirement for journalists anymore? Don’t you have proofreaders?

That’s not budget cuts – that is an example of the profound stupidity of the people we let run our schools. Anyone with two brain cells would have called 911.

Valid point, however, but those present when the injury was discovered, had an obligation to summon medical intervention for this child. Sounds like this school needs to update its policies. Best wishes for the boy to recover.

I would EXPECT all school administrative staff to err on the side of caution when dealing with injured students. If no school nurse is available I would much rather my child be taken care of by EMT’s than by school office staff.

PERFECTLY PUT, TY

IF YOU NEED STITCHES THEN THE WOUND DID’T STOP BLEEDING DUH

Before everyone metaphorically hangs the school perhaps a few points could be considered:

How quickly did the parents reach the school – it sounds as if they were contacted immediately and responded immediately so it is unlikely the child was waiting an excessive amount of time. I am sure that if the school had not reached the parents then they would have called the paramedics themselves or taken him to receive the appropriate medical care.

What kind of parental permission do the school have for providing medical care in emergency and non-emergency situations. Have the parents signed the appropriate consents? Are these consents limited in anyway?

The schools says it provided appropriate medical care in the meantime (and it would be helpful if the school would comment more on this, especially the training/qualifications of the person involved, to help reassure parents). But why does everyone act like nothing was done for the child and he was simply left to bleed when this is not the case? He was not left sitting without help or care, bleeding in a room until his parents came; and just because he was sitting by himself when they were taken in to see him does not mean that he was unattended or uncared for or that where he was sitting was obscured by closed doors/lack of observational windows

The wound is not near his carotid artery. Although it looks horrible – and I am sure it was a very scary incident for parents and child – it is not a big cut. You can see in the photo in only needed 3 stiches to close it and nothing suggests he needed kept in hospital due to any blood loss or anything else. Head wounds bleed a lot and often look worse than they are. There has been no comment from the parents which is substantiated by medical evidence to suggest that the boy was let down by the care of the school or put at risk in any way. If they believe that he was put at risk by the school’s negligence then surely they have some medical statement or evidence to back it up.

Just because there was no nurse anywhere on site (an unsubstantiated claim from the parents) does not mean the child did not receive care from a trained first aider.

The parents did not think he needed an ambulance. And simply saying they were ‘in shock’ as a way of explaining this lack of action is implausible. Were they both too much in shock to think of it? I doubt it. They probably just didn’t think he needed it. I’m a parent. I have been in this situation. Yes there is initial shock but then the parenting part of you kicks in and you function and do what needs done. I very, very much doubt they were both ‘too much in shock’ to think of calling an ambulance if they felt it was necessary.

Kids fall. They get hurt. When it is our kids our response to getting frightened by the ‘what could have been’ is often to get angry. We want to blame someone for the hurt and fear. But that does not mean the blame is justified.

Why is it that so many people in America think the appropriate response is to sue? Why do you see dollar signs after your child gets hurt. If you want to change the procedure of the school to better improve the care of other children, how do you think a law suit will help? Law suits – even when unjustified – generally lead to a hefty financial settlement begin given to the complainant because it is cheaper to settle out of court than go to court and successfully defend yourself. These lawsuits take money from the education budget. They lead to cuts in services and that will directly impact the quality of schools and education. It’s time Americans grew up, dropped the greed and stopped automatically thinking ‘law suit’ and doller signs at the drop of a hat.

I’m with you. They worry about their budget and then court a lawsuit? They’ll ban peanuts on the off-chance they will hurt a student, but when a student is actually hurt they do nothing? They deserve a lawsuit AND a series of firings.

because when you see your child like that you throw them in the car and speed like he** to the ER

Christine, there is a huge difference between you and a 7 year old, and he was cut on his neck while running into a fire hydrant. The gash may have been the only wound you could see but blunt force trauma to the NECK opens a whole other realm of possible injuries. Oh and I’m glad you were such a big girl about the stitches on your poor little finger.

Hey Elsie…look at the picture above…the carotid artery runs right up the LS where the end of the cut is located…ANY TIME a child is injured to that extent, 911 should be called, at least as a precautionary measure. There is simply no excuse for the way the school handled that.

From the picture I saw it looked like a very serious wound. I don’t think the parents were or are on a witch hunt for money. I t seems to me like any responsible parent they expressed there concerns and want to see a policy that does not leave a child injured with no PROFESSIONAL care. Unfortunate for all but some lesson should be taken from this for future incidents.

How do you know they didn’t? The article doesn’t say they didn’t And how on earth can you blame the parents? The boy was hurt as school, the school personnel was responsible for his well-being while at school.

Todd said he believes budget cuts may have played a role in the alleged lack of care. “People over there are worried about their budget, they’re worried about their incomes, but their not worried… about the safety of our children,” he said.

Shouldn’t it be They’re – not their

well u have ti figure the right thing to do and yes i know people dont always would be one of two options in my opinion
1) get two people one call the parents and one call 911
2) call 911 then the parents

pretty sure u need a neck more then a fingure

Here Here. I agree.

Elsie – he was left ALONE. Right there = bad care! I am a medical professional working in the OR and previous EMT. The school did not handle it properly – period!

As a mother, a grandmother and a healthcare professional I am appalled at this story. Good lord, what were the school officials thinking? What is with the comment by Annie M? I am a former paramedic & ER nurse & I know that NO LAYPERSON has the ability to judge the extent of such an injury.There could have been numerous internal injures.I am a mom & grandmother and. I can rell you that If I arrived & saw my loved one in that condition I would not waste time waiting on EMS… I would get that child to the hospital ASAP. I would also call my attorney immediately. The school has to be held culpable. I also wonder how many of these negative comments are racially motivated. If the childs name had been “Smith” I doubt so many would be judging the parents.I am at a loss as to how ANYONE could side with the school in this matter. It was a CHILD that was injured! Have you people no compassion? Were it your child would you be so cavalier?
I doubt it…

Why wait for an EMS unit to get there? Driving him there themselves allowed them to leave without delay and likely got him to the ER faster.

I love how they use the words “drenched in blood” to make you all come unglued lol. Any head cut is going to bleed profusely. judging from the picture, he got a pretty good gash, 911 should have been called, but…he lived. As for noone watching their son….nurses offices are usually right there off the main office. The parents sound a tad bit over protective. Get a grip.

You would risk your own childs life by driving him yourself yet you ask what were the school officials thinking? Please

ahhhhhahahahaha good call

Blunt force trauma to the neck….you watch to many tv doc shows….blunt force to the neck and you aren’t breathing any more

Do you have kids, dear? If my daughter had a gash like that and no one called 911 or was even watching him, as the article clearly states, a lawsuit would be the least of their worries. I’d get a grip alright. On the freaking principal.

If you work at a school, as you seem to imply, heed this — if I show up and see a gash like that on my kid at your school, and the “personnel” has not called 911, a lawsuit will be the least of your worries, as I stated in a previous comment. We will “settle” things right away.

Amen! I hope he is getting lots of hugs.

Sorry, I would not let a kid sit there and bleed because I’m afraid of losing my job. Anyone who would does not deserve to be working with kids. Especially mine.

Melissa, I was not talking to you, but to someone named Linda. You can’t tell where the replies are going on this list! But I agree with you. and I’m pretty sure my kid’s school would have called 911. I certainly hope so.

Because at that point, I too, would have scooped up my kid, and hauled super fast to the hospital and not wait a second more. Time was already wasted and a car can go just as fast as an ambulance. And their car was ALREADY At the school. I doubt they stopped long at any red lights, I would not have.

You must be the world’s lousiest trauma nurse. If you really are one.

Your funny with hurrying and correcting the typo. You would have been ridiculed by every person posting!! LOL!!

Yes, and I believe you are an adult and can handle it, not a little boy sitting all alone in a nurses office, seeing his blood drenching him. That must have been scary for him. You are an adult and can do the proper thing until you got to the hospital/Doctor. He had NO CHOICE but to wait alone, bleeding.

And a finger isn’t anything as critical as a neck. How DARE you even compare? Of course you weren’t near death. You cut a FINGER, you idiot!, Awe, poor Chrisitne, 5 stitches in her witty bitty finger winger. Well, I’d like to give you the “finger”.

The school should be extremely happy that this little boy didn’t die. Why take the risk? A call to 911 should have been made. This poor little boy could have died from shock. Where is the mercy people?!!! Have we become so driven by our budgets, income and politics that we overlook the obvious? Shame on all of you for denying this poor little 7 year old (who was probably scared out of his mind) the chance to be seen by a nurse or a doctor. The EMT’s could have decided right then and there if he needed to be transported to the hospital or not — but let the experts make that decision. tsk tsk.

Christine, you are nothing short of a BIotch, mean spirit and I pray if you have any children, you have the nurturing ability a mother should have, in this case, you very much fail. Be careful, you might break one of your fingers typing, OMG!!!!!!!!!

Annie, you are absolutely RIGHT! — this from a retired paramedic!

First off, when was the last time Elsie that you or your child was in school??
At my children’s school, we have to sign on the Emergency card provided at the beginning of the year, that we authorize the Staff to contact the appropriate Emergency services if help is needed to assure my child has the best care available. A child that weighs 70 lbs with that kind and volume of blood loss is bad enough yet alone this boy who weighed 54 lbs. Secondly, I agree, the Parents were completely correct in gathering up their child in order to rush him to the hospital. Any caring parent would I’d bet, do the same thing. I certainly know that I would. Why wait for an ambulance when you are already there??

This happened to my neice at her school. They just kept changing her bandaids. She ended up with 7 stiches in her chin and the school said sorry. The school should have better standards than to allow the child to keep bleeding.

Wow somehow you strung this into an Obama thing.

I had a tiny spider bite a couple of years ago. Then MRSA (super bug) set in and I spent a month in the hospital and almost died. Without cleaning this wound immediately they put this child in great danger. That’s why there’s a nurse. They know these things.

People should consider all of the facts before jumping to conclusions, you are right. However, the school clearly did not take care of him properly,just by looking at the photo. He has a small band-aid over a cut that needed stitches, and they clearly did not clean up any of the blood on his neck. They did not stop the bleeding,or clean the wound,simple things that any adult with common sense can accomplish. Those are steps the school could have taken without the assistance of an ambulance. The school staff needs to take a few Red Cross courses.

To ms.batty dlumley,We’re talking about a seven year old little boy u idiot. with a gash to his neck. Mr. and Mrs. Gomez sue the *%^ out of that school for negligence.That is awful what THEY did to that little boy

I think Sue answered that question.

My neighbor called EMS for a panic attack and they (AMR) took her into the ER. I think blunt force trauma to a 7 year old’s neck resulting in an open wound should have prompted a call to EMS. There are too many vital structures in the neck. The office staff was not qualified to make the assumption that the kid would be OK. Oh yeah, can I stress again that they left him alone??????

For all you nay sayers – if the kid bled out while unsupervised or developed or threw a clot as a result of this and died you would all be whining that the school should have done more. Err on the side of caution with a child. It’s the best bet.

I guess it’s possible that the school didn’t see the reason to call 911 if the parents were coming. I would need more details. But to leave this 7-year old alone with an injury like this. My daughter is much younger but how about someone taking the time to give him the support he needs until his parents arrive. It frightens me that schools are so stretched that there was nobody available to just console a child who obviously was scared and injured.

You are an idiot, I imagine you don’t have children and if you did, you would scream louder than the parents. Daycares have to report more than the schools and get written up for not calling the parent(s) for ANY injury. And for the school to leave a 7 year old child, think about it, someone who has only been alive for 7 short years, alone, bleeding profusely, is irresponsible to say the least. The parents took the kid to the ER for STITCHES! moron.

Seriously? That is your reply? Her comment was courteous and well spoken. Lili, shame on you for name calling and bullying someone for expressing their opinion in an open forum.

Dear kind “really?”, take a moment and re-read the statement. Melchor stated “why didn’t the parents call 911?”, not why didn’t they go to the hospital. They didn’t call 911 because it wasn’t an “emergency”, it was an injury that required attention, not an ambulance.

I hope the child is ok

The school staff is not qualified to assume that it was not a more dangerous injury than it seemed. Linda you are wrong.

Yeah, but you don’t let them bleed to death either. That’s why we have 911. what planet are you from?

DP, you’re what we call a hostile parenting role model.

Rusty’s doing double blind on a panicy audience. It’s annoying to a fault, but if it keeps him out of camouflage I say let him.

Trauma Nurse (below) is a neo …

R, you’re id is stuck in early childhood, which is a fixation. Tell us about your “fantasies.”

P, the perfect dupe is a conformist. A conformist is someone who doesn’t have a mind of one’s own. A mind is something with a conscience. A conscience is what makes it possible for the human race to survive. In the US the human race is educated in public schools where, to be effective, our children have to survive in order to grow a mind. Has it occurred to you that having possibly skipped this process yourself that you may not understand what is happening here?

Yes, Correct. Reality among a sea of nihilists! White people are being psychologically put to sleep by the NWO, hence anything rational that assures human survival is challenged as hurtful, immoral and dramatic, while gayness, substance abuse and petty helpless are lofted as the new ideal. Neos call it democratic process, but it’s actually a radicalized reform agenda, and people will stand around looking on like zombies while their betters tell them that a child that lay dying on a sidewalk is actually only experiencing the limitations of a lack of oversight ANAI. It must have been a tough transition when modern man discovered he lived among neanderthals.

Elsie, by the time a parent got through filling out your questionnaire the kid would be dead.

Thank you Smoky. I feel validated. Please rub my feet! BTW, Obama is not only not eligible to serve as president, he’s also the son of Malcolm X. Go ahead and look for yourself.

They put a Disney band-aid on his chin and told him it was just a scratch. Can’t imagine why we have such poor quality education in California. Maybe staff irrationality has something to do with it, or maybe it really is the kids. I mean look at this little guy. How could you expect him to learn if his parents don’t teach him not to ruin at school? And that gaping wound … surely the other children are bullying him due to the blood issue. What’s this world coming to? When people start learning to take responsibility accidents like these will be prevented. I hope he’s learned his lesson, whatever it was he was dong to have got this banged up in the first place. (CHOKE, GAG, SPIT…)

PBP, the “ahhhhhahahahaha” thing is kinda kinky. Public forum. Parents with young children. This is NOT a dentist’s office.

Good Samartian Law, CA:

http://www.bicepp.org/GoodSam.stm

Thank you Theresa. You are absolutely right!

How is calling a little boy an ugly gash courteous and well spoken, unless she was talking about YOUR kid. Then the rules change, don’t they Ms. Goody? If it were YOUR little ugly gash sitting there all day with his throat cut and blood gushing all over freshly waxed floor, I am sure you would have cleaned the place up before scolding him about having bad manners at school, maybe…or something. Am I in the right bolg here??

Hey, maybe we can sue CBS/S for making us sick!

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/827223-overview

Read the first paragraph people. This could have been a tragedy. The school did the wrong thing. Blunt force trauma to the neck can cause more damage than just the cut. Let medical professionals do their jobs. That is what they are there for.

Time to move on. So happy he’s OK.

Michelle’s got the last word, dang:

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/827223-overview

so the school can’t afford to have a nurse on duty so they think they should SUE the school? that’s f&$#ing ridiculous. if anything, they should file a complaint against the school for the lack of action by administrators (i’m not defending them at all), and maybe try getting the district to train other school employees in dealing with semi-serious injuries like this. Taking legal action will do nothing but create more $$$ problems for the district. His injuries were not life threatening and he can, i’m sure, still function normally as a human being…so why sue?

I would have sued the school, and made sure the principal lost his job!!!

I’m a parent, and yes I would be livid. But once I calmed down I might remember that my insurance doesn’t pay for ambulance rides for non-admittable injuries. So the school administrator may have saved the parents over $400 dollars, by not panicing. But lets be honest hindsight is always 20/20.

RPB, do you by any chance have lizardly predatory looking eyes, a small head and blood lust fantasies? Also, if you are not a member of the human race, how long have you been on our planet, how many accompanied you here, and given your odds of survival are much higher than ours, does your species see any value in eventually believing in God?

But how did anyone know it was a non admittable injury? Again call 911 and let the paramedics do their job.

You have some serious issues. Why would you launch into a tirade about teachers, when it was said in the article that the principal was the educator in this scenario, not a teacher.
My children were previous students at this school for many years, and I know many of the teachers still there. Sure, there are teachers there that don’t really care, but that’s not a specific issue for this school. That happens at every school. Many of the teachers at Witter Ranch are good, caring people who are concerned with the students welfare. That said, I never did like the principal and have had many issues with her over the period of time we were at that school. She should not be in charge and could care less about the safety of the children at that school. There have been issues with students threatening other students and even teachers, all with little or no action taken by this principal. Its obviously time for her to go.

That’s stupid.

As a teacher, I agree the school made the wrong call on this issue. The boy was bleeding profusly, and EMS should have been called. EMS could then make the decision as to whether transport was necessary. Afterall, they are the medical professionals. The boy should have NEVER been left alone, regardless of nurse staffing. At our school, we are all trained as to how to respond to these issues, and EMS would have been called. I hope the school revisits their safety plan so that students’ well-being always comes first. No matter whose child it is, its our responsibility to keep then safe at school. I’m glad he’ll be o.k.

Ah, there are at least two of you. Well then…all hail Gallaxhar!

I had a similar situation at Millswood School in Lodi. My son hurt his foot while on a week long trip to Catalina. Rather than send him for medical attention, he went for several days with a foot that I was told was broken by the ER when he returned home. I was never notified that he was injured and cell phones were not allowed on the trip. A phone call was placed to me the day my son was to return home. At which point I was told he was unable to walk off the plane but not to be alarmed! Sure enough he was wheeled off the plane in a wheelchair and his foot was grossly swollen. We went directly from the airport to the hospital. Hold the school accountable. At a minium they will pay the medical bills.

That gash looks serious enough to call the paramedics. I think the school staff missed the mark on this one. I also wonder though would the parents have called 911 if this happened at home or would they have just driven him to the emergency room? I still say the staff did wrong. At the very least they should have called the parents and said you should get here quick I think he needs some stitches. Now for the parents who are thinking of taking further action, yes I understand that you are upset and justly so. But further action? What are you going to sue the already cash strapped schools? How is that going to help anyone. Please consider the other children at this school I am sure after this article the staff involved will be getting into some trouble from the district. The answer is not always sue sue sue!

I think the people involved should be in some sort of trouble. But a multi million dollar suit against cash strapped schools. How is money going to fix this little boys gash in his neck. I think we are a sue happy nation and that is why we are in such financial distress.

Unfortunately sometimes the only way to get change is to hit them in the pocketbook. That is what the school districts have insurance for. I think it is justifiable in this case. But you’re right there are way to many people who think to sue for unjustifiable reasons and the courts don’t have the balls to throw those cases out.

YES I AGREE

It sounds like a whole lot of over reacting. I have kids and I can tell you this kid was hurt but not that severe. He only needed a few stitches. To call an ambulance for that is definitely over reacting. I have a hard time believing if this happened at home the parents would have called 911. If so they either have medi-cal with no share of cost or no insurance. He required a few stitches. For a nurse not being in the room with him. We don’t know the whole story. Usually when they put a kid in the nurses office even if the nurse isn’t there the staff is right by the room. No one said the kid was crying or anything. I would guess he was doing pretty good for no one to be right with him. People get real.

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/827223-overview

Again Cindy – read the first paragraph of this article. You need to get real.

It won’t help the kid. But it might bring about change that is obviously needed.

^5

I did, and the report makes it sound so bad cut his throat. But read on and you see that it only needed a few stitches. It wasn’t that bad. You can look at a cut and know if it is severely deep or not. Just because they made it sound so bad by saying ihe cut his throat oh my gosh, but then it says only requires a few stitches. Maybe you need to read on.

The staff was wrong for not calling the paramedics. They had no idea had there been a spinal cord injury or not. Wasn’t all the blood enough reason to suspect stitches may be needed?

If he was left alone while his parents arrived, he could have gone into shock. All around the school made some very poor decisions on behalf of that little boy.

CINDY -If you actually read the article you would see that it said “Furthermore, seemingly innocuous wounds may not manifest clear signs or symptoms, and potentially lethal injuries could be easily overlooked or discounted. ” Yes it did only need some stitches. But it was wrong for the office staff to assume it was not life threatening. They were not the experts who should have made that determination.

PS 1) Do you have kids?
2) Do you have a medical background?

Just curious.

now that I have seen the picture I hadn’t seen it before today it makes me sick to know that the people at the school left him byhimsel when he was bleed so much if I would had been there they would have thought a tornado had hit the school I sure hope they will better sense I’m so glad he didn’t get any infections

They are mad because the school didnt call 911, look at that picture again and tell me what adult in their right mind wouldnt call an EMT. His injuries could have been life threatening and thats why they should have called for help. I would sue, an expensive lesson may teach them what to do in emergency situations in the future.

Oh yeah save me 400 bucks but risk my childs life…smart. F.Y.I if the school calls 911 the parent is not charged…..its free. OMG my child is worth more then $400 and just is to be safe is priceless.

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