21. How do you handle campers who need medication, are sick or get injured?

A. MEDICATIONS

B. INSURANCE

C. SELF ADMINISTERED MEDICATIONS

D. DON'T SEND A SICK CHILD

E. SICK OR CONTAGIOUS CAMPER UPON ARRIVAL

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A. MEDICATIONS

All medications are REQUIRED to be administered through
Camp MEDS (see below)

A Certified and Licensed medical professional staffs the Health Center 24 hours each day to help with colds, scrapes, and other typical camp injuries and sicknesses. Many staff members are certified in First Aid and CPR to care for emergencies. Our on call pediatrician lives close and he has privileges at the local hospital which is 12 minutes away. The nurse contacts the family as soon as an accurate medical assessment is available on any serious incidents.

If a camper is sick or injured we have a few procedures depending on when it happened:

If before camp. Please do not send your child to camp if they are sick or have any kind of symptoms of a sickness that is unsafe for them or others to be around. Call us and we will make arrangements to adjust their schedule to attend camp after we receive notice from a doctor that they are safe to attend.

When arriving to camp: We will not permit a camper who is sick, as determined by our medical staff from the arrival examination, to enter into the general camp population and will isolate until appropriate actions can be taken and transportation home can be arranged.

While at camp: Our medical staff will contact parents for any and all occasions to be treated by our Health Center and campers are given the same high quality medical attention by our nurses, doctors and hospitals as they would receive in their own home town. We always triage with the parents for the best course of action

After camp: Please let us know immediately if your camper arrives home with any kind of symptoms, sickness or injury.

DOWNLOAD MEDICAL INFORMATION FORM HERE

MEDICATIONS:

If your child needs any kind of medication during his or her stay with us, we will gladly take that responsibility with our qualified medical staff if and only if you register with Camp Meds.They are an organization that provides you as the parent and us as the loco parentis with the safest, most reliable, accurate and professional method of dispensing medicines. Please register here - click here

We require that you use the Camp Med's service for any and all medication that you wish us to dispense, supervise and for which you want us to take responsibility. Please cooperate with us and use Camp Med's.

Terms of the Medication Agreement

Fax-954-475-3055  Phone-954-577-0025

Dear Camp Parents,

This summer, Maine Golf and Tennis Academy continues to implement the service of CampMeds Inc. to dispense and package all of your child’s medicine in pill form for camp. Camp families are required to register for CampMeds if your child will need medicine on a daily or as needed basis while at camp. This includes prescription, non-prescription and vitamins. Medication in pill form will be dispensed by our pharmacy and individually packaged, sealed and sorted according to day and time of administration. Each individually sealed packet will be labeled with your child’s name, medicine, dosage, date and time to be given. Our system ensures that each camper receives their correct medicine at the correct time. Although you are not required to have CampMedsfill prescriptions that are not in pill form (liquids, inhalers, etc), you may choose to do so and they will be dispensed as well. All med's will be shipped to camp prior to your child’s arrival.

What you need to do: Register on www.CampMeds.com

• Note your order number you will receive when registered. Print out receipt from registration.
• Obtain original prescriptions written for 30 day increments. Write order number on top corner of each prescription. *Do not send us the medication, only the written prescriptions.
• If your child is staying over 30 days, prescriptions must be written with refills. Unused med's will be sent home from camp
•  For Controlled Substances: If your child is staying longer than 30 days, law requires a new prescription to be written for each 30 day supply. No refills and only 30 days worth of med's should be written on the prescription. Two separate 30 day prescriptions are required. Send all prescriptions together.
• Prescriptions are filled as written. It is your responsibility to confirm all prescriptions are written exactly how (daily or as needed) and when your child takes the medication. Please refer to the FAQ’s for details on prescriptions.
• Non-prescription med's/vitamins; physician's authorization or clear administration directions written by parent is required.

7.  Include a copy of both sides of your insurance/prescription card.

8.  Mail prescriptions, registration receipt and copy of insurance card directly to:

      CampMeds      PO Box 267037, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33326-7037     

Fees: The packaging fee will be charged to your credit card immediately upon registration.

          Fees are per camper, not prescription, and do not include the cost of medicine.

Packaging fee for campers attending up to 30 days of camp is $50 including shipping

Packaging fee for campers attending over 30 days of camp is $60 including shipping

Deadlines: ALL OF THE ABOVE MUST BE RECEIVED 30 DAYS PRIOR TO YOUR SESSION START DATE.

A late fee of $25 will be charged to your credit card if any of the items above are received after the deadlines. Please be aware that you are responsible for all med changes after a prescription has been filled or packaged. 

Email Notification: You will be notified by email when CampMeds receives your prescriptions and when the med's are sent to camp. Please call CampMeds if you do not receive a confirming email within one week after sending the prescriptions.

Insurance/Prescription Med's: CampMed’s licensed pharmacy partner, Right Dose Pharmacy, accepts most insurance plans. They will verify your insurance, and bill for prescription drugs. You are responsible for the co-payments and deductibles which will appear on your credit card statement during the summer months after your child is in camp, or after returning home. You are responsible to notify CampMeds of any changes to your credit card and/or insurance plan. If the pharmacy is not a provider for your plan, you will be notified and given the option to contact camp for alternative arrangements.

B. INSURANCE

Med's Not Covered by Insurance: These med's will be charged to your credit card by Right Dose Pharmacy.

Please refer to our website www.CampMeds.com for registration and details. For questions or if you are unable to register online, contact CampMeds at 954-577-0025 or info@CampMeds.com.

C. SELF ADMINISTERED MEDICATIONS REQUIREMENTS

Dear Camp Parent:

It is important for you to be aware of a new Maine State law that could affect your child while attending a Maine camp. The State of Maine has passed a law that affects all campers who need to have readily available (carry or possess outside of the regular supervision of the camp’s health staff) and to self-administer emergency medication while at camp. The law establishes procedures to allow such access to emergency medication by those campers who have been diagnosed to be at risk for a potential medical crisis such as asthmatic attacks or allergic reactions. These medications include, but are not limited to, an asthma inhaler or an epinephrine (epi) pen.

To comply with State Law 2496, all Maine camps are required to have a written policy authorizing campers to have readily available and to self-administer such emergency medications where the following conditions are met.

A. Any camper who self-administers emergency medication must have the prior written approval of the camper's primary health care provider and the camper's parent or guardian;

B. The camper's parent or guardian must submit written verification to the camp from the camper's primary health care provider confirming that the camper has the knowledge and the skills to safely self-administer the emergency medication in camp;

C. The camp health staff must evaluate the camper's technique to ensure proper and effective use of the emergency medication in camp; and

D. The emergency medication must be readily available to the camper.

If your child needs to, and you want to permit your child to have readily available (carry or possess outside of the regular supervision of the camp’s health staff) and to self-administer an inhaler, an epi-pen or other emergency medication, you and your camper’s primary health care provider must complete and return to us the forms provided with this letter.

These forms were developed in cooperation with the Maine Youth Camping Association. When your camper arrives at camp our health staff are required to evaluate the camper’s self administration technique to ensure proper and effective use. These forms are not necessary for those campers who do not need to have readily available and to self-administer emergency medications. As always our health staff will provide regular supervision of prescription medications for campers.

All forms should be submitted with the camp medical forms. Below you will find a link to the forms that you are required to fill out if your child is being given permission to self-administer medications. As always, please call with any questions or concerns.

Thank you in advance for helping us comply with this new law.

Link to Parent and MD permission for Self-Administered Medications Forms

D. DON'T SEND A SICK CHILD

We are very proud of our medical staff and protocols for any medical issues. As you know, we must insure you and all families that the campers will be healthy and safe. To support that promise, please have a your child checked by a medical professional 48 hours before departure to camp to insure that they are healthy and not contagious with any disease, rash, body lice, flu, or respiratory ailments.

E. SICK OR CONTAGIOUS CAMPER UPON ARRIVAL

We will check every camper upon arrival testing for the flu, contagious ailments head lice.

If our medical staff needs to treat the conditions and isolate your child we will inform you immediately. It may be necessary to isolate them or ask you to come pick them up for the health and welfare of all concerned.

If we provide treatment for the flu, your credit card will be charged for any and all medications and treatment expenses. In the case of head lice you will be charged
$350 for the basic natural treatment provided by professionals.

In some cases, we may need to ask you take your child back home until they are healthy enough to return. We will of course, discuss with you all the decisions we make before hand.