[CougarGA7]

I heard about that story yesterday. They both were on the exact same perscription of Albuturol, she had forgotten her inhaler so he gave her his when she was having an attack. The girl's mother even said he was completely right in what he did.

But the boy still is facing felony charges (that hopefully will get thrown out) and he is expelled from school which he may not be able to reverse. The whole thing is so rediculous that it borders on offensive.

[Modernman]

They both were on the exact same perscription of Albuturol, she had forgotten her inhaler so he gave her his when she was having an attack.

Some schools require asthmatic students to leave their inhalers in the nurse's office. My cousin has severe asthma-some of his attacks leave no time for him to get his inhaler from an office all the way across the school. One of these days, an asthmatic or diabetic kid is going to die because of these rules and his or her parents will end up with a multi-million dollar judgment against the school board. I would even support negligent homicide charges against the administrators in such a situation.

[sheik yerbouty]

Not only must davis be given the boot, but the entire Caliban as well! They are virulent cancers which must be resected.

[Fred Hayek]

There was a similar case years ago, where a student on a school bus had an attack that was bordering on anaphalactic (sp?) shock. Another student used her escape inhaler on the victim. The comment by the ER physician was that quick thinking by the latter student most probably saved the former's life. Meant nothing, violation of the "zerp tolerance" drug policy.
When I was in high school in the 70's, there were some seniors who were on the local volunteer fire department and rescue squad. Just about all of the rescue squad people had a full kit in the back of their cars (the first responders are on the scene many times well before the ambulance arrives). These days the first aiders would be arrested for having a set of bandages, dressings, scissors, etc in their vehicles.