Hi..
We want to leave Brady for the first time since her peanut diagnosis (with a trusted friend who is a nurse and understands the severity of this). But, I was wondering, do all of you have medical power of attorneys for your children when they are not with you? I don't want to go over-board, but I can't help but think if she did have an exposure and my friend took her to the ER after administering epi, would they take care of her without the MPOA?? Thanks in advance, Tammy
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What a very important question!! I never even thought about it-thank you for bringing it up!
I don't know how legal it is, but in each of our daughter's shot kits we include a copy of her insurance card, a 'what to do in the event of a reaction' sheet from her allergist, and a information sheet that has all her stats, our phone numbers, etc. Also on this sheet is a paragraph that says we give our permission for the doctors, hospital, etc. to do what is necessary in the event of a medical emergency. It also says that the person (who is with our daughter) can act on our behalf until the time that we can be reached. Fortunately we have never had to use it, but it was something I felt like we needed to include. Does anybody know if this would hold up, or do we need to come up with something more 'official'?
I, too have come up with a sheet that I have laminated and put in her bag, but I didn't even THINK about adding this bit of info. This is a really good question...Shan
Hi All,
When we left our children for the first time last year with their grandparents, I had a medical power of attorney drawn up individually for each child and NOTORIZED!
It is good for peace of mind and whether it would hold up in court, I don't know, but I would rather do it than have nothing. I don't think it is going overboard in the least! It's great thinking!
Stay Safe!
Hi..
Here in CO, a simple note would not be valid. ER's have said that they will not perform any medical procedure on a child unless there is a notorized medical power of attorney. The only time that they will do something without one is if it is a true, life or death emergency. Not the potential for that type of emergency (as we all know our children are), but a real "if we don't do anything, this child will die in the next 10 minutes" type of thing. Tammy
Before my husband and I left our son with my parents, I went to the local hospital to ask for a standard form which would give my parents permission to make health-care decisions in our absence. The helpful people at the hospital had never heard of such a form and several of them ran around the place trying to figure out what to do. They finally just told me to write a note. So I did, and I included a copy of my insurance card. The letter just said, "I give my parents, Mr. and Mrs. XXX, responsibility of my son's health care decisions while we are on vacation."
--Tracy
There are several sites on the web that have a generic MPOA... I filled out one of these for my children and had it notarized at the local bank (they did it for free)... Hopefully it will be enough..