A child highly allergic to peanuts ended up in the hospital after a fellow student brought peanuts to school, TLS has learned. A Rebbe reportedly spotted the peanuts in the 1st grade student’s bag and attempted to remove it from the classroom before it can affect an allergic student.
Moments later however, the Rebbe noticed that a child, about 6, began having a severe allergic reaction from being around the peanuts, and immediately phoned Hatzolah.
The child’s face began to swell and his eyes were closed shut due to the swelling. The child also broke out with a severe rash and had difficulty breathing, sources say.
Multiple Hatzolah BLS and ALS units arrived within minutes and after treating the boy, transported him to an area hospital with Paramedics on board. TLS.
mamash nuts
I would like to thank the Rebbi for his quick reaction. And I would like to remind all parents who are reading this, please make sure you don’t send along any peanut products with your children to school and make sure they know the severe reaction that other children might get. thanks
bh all turned out well where was the childs epi pen and are all the rabbaim and teachers trained on how to use it this is pakuach nefesh
Put ur in a special class
I’m not asking this question to make light of the peanut issue.I just don’t understand why 30 years ago such things didn’t happen.
the burden on rebbeim and teachers to be trained in epi pen and primarily responsible for this is too much. For classes with such highly allergic kids, we should have assigned monitoring aides. BH there was no tragedy here, but it is beyond the scope of the rebbe/teacher’s role to be the one on the line for this.
I dont understand something. Each and EVERY Rebbi and teacher should be trained in first aid and CPR. There are multiple courses throughout lakewood and this should be MANDATORY for each Rebbi!!!!
Peanuts are a healthy snack. There is no reason not to send peanuts to school. Please don’t say “outlaw peanuts”. In the event that there is a child highly allergic to peanuts in a specific class then you can say “no peanuts” in THAT class!
I respectfully disagree. As a parent of a severly allergic child, every day when I send my child to school, its with tremendous fear that someone will do what this childs parents did today. Classes arent self contained. Children mingle at recess, dismissal, on the bus etc. This is an issue of pikuach nefesh for our children. Please dont take this lightly!
#7: I dont understand something. Each and EVERY TLS poster should be trained in using at least a minimum of sechel before they type. Having every rebbi be trained in CPR and first aid and all the other things that Each and EVERY rebbi should be trained in, is a great idea that is not in the least practical.
There are many places that mandate all teachers being certified in CPR and AED. I will not hire a babysitter if they aren’t certified.
If every Rebbi would be trained in first aide/CPR. Hatzolah will need more applications
To #5 – The frequency and severity of peanut allergies were simply not as prevalent 30 years ago. There are various theories as to why there is so much more sensitivity today than there was then, but the reality remains the same. If your child’s school has a peanut-free policy, it’s probably there for good reason.
My son is allergic as well, and the rebbi is trained to use the epi pen. Parents of the other children should plesae be sensitive to this, there is no reason to have the child in a special class. A cousin made fun of how severe we treated this until he witnessed a neighbor of his go into cardiac arrest due to an allergic reaction. Its a serious matter, please be sensitive.
30 years ago, there was no internet, and there were no vaccines, and there were no cellphone towers, and there was no toxic pollution from traffic and there was no zumba. That might explain why 30 years ago there were no peanut allergies.
This was a brilliant scientific study on my part.
i agree with number 9 and im sure your child brings his epi to yeshiva all rebbis and teachers should know how to use it all it takes is a second and you can save a life and yes allergies to peanuts are very serious and i think parents should think twice before they send thier kids to yeshiva with peanuts keep your fellow yid in mind
please remember to be carefulI, keep healthy!!
I would like to remind everyone to think before you post, and please dont give fake names. your only imbaresing yourself.
Very sad but I trust in Hashem that the boy will be okay. The lesson we have to learn here is that people make mistakes. I imagine the parents sent the boy to school with peanuts not realizing the seriousness of the allergy. Or maybe the boy himself took peanuts to school without anyone teaching him about the allergy.
It’s a good idea for families to have meetings about this issue with their children so that they can understand the importance of protecting ourselves and others.
These things did happened 30 years ago – they happened to one of my sons then. They just did not happen as frequently as they do today. In his case he would get symptoms similar to those described in the article, and the breathing difficulty was due to the onset of a severe asthma attack in the presence of peanuts. There was nothing that could be done by conventional first aid measures, rather the “fix” was an emergency adrenaline injection. Nobody risked any delay in calling for an ambulance and waiting for it, rather they would put him in a car and speed to the nearest hospital emergency room for the life-saving adrenaline injunction. He eventually outgrew the peanut allergy, incidentally. He is 35 with a son of his own, and that child does not have the allergy.
Number 10- Why not????? Courses are cheap and there are a few each week. Save a life!
Thank Hashem that it happened in class were a Rebbi noticed- not outdoors somewhere on a beautiful day like today – where the rebbi would not have been immedietly on the scene.
I am sure there is a Halacha involved in regard to the allergy and the do’s and dont’s of what one is allowed to do.
Halacha guides our life, and a competent posik should be contacted re how do deal with such a situation.
all my kids schools are peanut nut free. i see nothing wrong with it being a school wide thing. if it was your child then you would not be complaining about this rule. we should all walk in others shoes before we comment about a lot of things on this site.
#6 unreasonable. You are being unreasonable. It’s part of the Rebbe’s job and if he can’t or won’t deal with the child as it were one of his own, then he does not belong being a rebbe. Welcome to the dor of I’m too overburdened to do anything. absolutly rediculous comment!
30 years ago we had less parents who said that their “need” to serve their children “healthy” peanut products trumped another classmates health and possibly their life.
Almost another statistic of the i,i,i, generation.
Justto be fair we still dont know that this story was a deliberate flaunting of the rule.
The scary part is that someone with enough intelligence to type a coherent thought and sentence sees no problem with disregarding these rules based on their twisted logic that peanuts are a healthy food.
Who says the childs parents knew he brought in peanuts? And where was the school nurse? All yeshivas should have a staff nurse for these types of emergencies!!! It is not the Rebbis responsibility to provide medical care!
I understand the allergic reactions peanuts cause to children that are allergic to them, however, my child has a limited # of foods that he eats and peanuts is one of the of them. So to say a child should never bring peanuts to school would be unfair, as he it would be depriving him of his main source of nourishment. There are always 2 sides to every story.
there are yeshivas in brooklyn that are peanut free school the school bus has a sign and there is a big sign on front door maybe all yeshiva should become like these yeshiva in brooklyn
Peanut butter isn’t really so healthy. It is an incomplete protein, missing some amino acids. Most peanut butter has added fat and sugar, which is not necessary. Kids don’t have to eat it.
to #26: if your child’s main source of nourishment is peanuts, be careful, child services might knock on your door
as a mother of a nice size family, with 1child that is a very picky eater and one of the only foods he likes is a peanut butter sandwich, when it comes to school it’s just too bad on him. If he chooses to skip lunch, there’s not much I can do about it. I will NOT send peanut butter to school! What if gets a drop on his hand, and then touches the water fountain and then a highly allergic to peanut kid comes along to take a drink, that can kill him!
Better my kid eats less (even though he’s skinny), than put another child’s life at risk! What’s the question?!?
To number 26
How insensitive and selfish can you be because of your sons peculiar. Eating habits a fellow classmate s. life should be put in danger
I suppose if your son only liked to play with guns he should be Abel to bring It to school .
Bringing peanuts to school with allergic children is like bringing a loaded gun to school
Our holy children have to be protected we do not gamble with their lives if that means you child eats the same thing every day or even goes hungry so be it
Kill MR. peanut Ban him from Lakewood get him out of shoprite store save us all from him.
You people are nuts ( pun intended) my daughter has severe allergies to nuts and you would wanna put her life in danger over some peanuts.Kudos to Bais faiga for their nut free policy and keep the nuts at home.
Govt soy “PEANUT BUTTER” IS DELICIOUS
Any updates? He has been in my thoughts since I saw the posting.
f#10 – perhaps you need to be the one trained in using common sense. why isn’t CPR certification practical? most teachers/rabeim are also parents and CPR is the smartest thing a parent can do. a basic heartsaver CPR course takes about 3 hours. there is no reason the schools can’t organize a CPR training/recertification for their staff every year. for my job in healthcare we need to renew our CPR every 2 years and noone complains about it.
All schools should be nut free
To all the commenters posting on the need for Rebbeim to know CPR. I don’t doubt that it’s a good thing, but as the parent of a highly allergic child, I would be doubly nervous at the thought of someone thinking, “I know CPR, let me help this child”.
Food allergies are not child’s play. The Rebbe did the right thing by calling Hatzalah. Allergic reactions can be life-threatening and the child in distress must be treated and monitored at the hospital asap. Depending on the child’s history, the Rebbe may or may not have known of the need for an Epi-pen.
Incidentally, I did have all my son’s Rebbeim learn how to use the Epi-pen. They wanted to know how to be proactive in an emergency situation as much as I wanted them to be able to help. Kudos to all our Rebbeim and Moros who keep the safety of our allergic children at the forefront of their minds.
What is the Halacha?
Does a peanut allergic child impose caution for his situation on general society and public places? Or must he and his caregivers be prudent and society can contribute their own caution according to there own will- while still free to eat an accepted healthy food in all places that the public regularly visits even though an allergic child does share this place?
Halacha please.
It is not such a big deal to learn how to use an epi pen. these days they make it really easy. As well, it is much easier to make your class or school peanut free, then to chas visholom deal with the after effects of a severe reaction. Also these children are smart, regular children, and DO NOT belong in a special class. And YES every Morah and Rebbe should at least be trained (if not certified) in first aid and cpr! The summer vacation is a great time to sign up for classes before the coming year.
Hatzalah wouldn’t need to stop training members just because the Rebbiem and Morahs know CPR, they would still be called, just maybe we could save more lives.