With the increasing rise in food allergies that can be potentially life threatening, it is becoming extremely important that schools be prepared to handle such emergency situations. Among school age children, 1 in 25 students has a food allergy and 30-50% of those allergies will induce an anaphylaxis emergency (Zacharski, DeSisto, Pontius, Sheets, & Richesin, 2012). What is scary is that these are statistics of children with known food allergies. However, it is estimated that 25% of students that have an anaphylactic reaction had previously no known allergies (Zacharski et al., 2012). In dealing with anaphylactic emergencies, it is the schools responsibility to plan and be prepared to handle situations. The school nurse takes the lead in managing
