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Valid Reasons for Leaving Class and Going to the Clinic:
- Significant vomiting (not just spitting up or phlegm)
- Serious Bleeding
- Animal bite
- Headache, stomachache, "not feeling well" persists beyond 45-60 minutes or is sudden onset and severe
- Loss of consciousness
- Seizures (after consciousness returns)
- Symptoms of infection in any area (redness, heat, pain, swelling, and pus)
- Earache (never put anything into the ear)
- Undiagnosed rash
- Exhibits symptoms of known chronic illness
- Sore throat
- Injury to head, eyes, face or ears
- Bone/joint injury (fracture, dislocation, sprains, strains)
- Severe allergic reaction - generalized hives, itching or swelling of the mouth or throat, constriction of the chest, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, dizziness or wheezing
- Nose bleed - use a tissue or gauze to pinch own nose closed, breathe through mouth and walk to clinic
- Splinters - imbedded splinters cannot be removed in the clinic, but will be cleaned and covered.