Administers emergency first aid care to ill or injured students; Takes temperature, permits students to rest in health room as necessary and periodically observes and talks to students to determine symptoms of illness; May administer oral and topical medications only in accordance with strict program guidelines (i.e. parental request, physician's order, school health nurse's approval and school administration approval); As necessary, contacts parents or guardians of ill or injured students to inform them of their child's illness or injury; May call for ambulance service in emergencies; As directed by the school health nurse, performs various health-related screening tests on students such as hearing and vision screening tests, participates in health surveys of students, takes throat swabs in rheumatic fever surveys and takes height measurements and weights of students; Completes appropriate records; refers health records of students which may indicate health problems to school health nurse; Makes visual surveys of school buildings and grounds which may have contributed to injury to students and works with the school health nurse and school principal to correct any hazardous conditions; May give basic health instruction to students; May orient and supervise volunteers to assist in conducting screening tests; May render emergency first aid care to school staff; administers CPR as necessary; Maintains a clean health room, including adequate supplies and equipment; Provides resource information to school staff when requested recognized various at-risk symptoms for referral to the appropriate staff; Liaison between the home, school and community in collaborating health services/activities; Coordinates health related speakers to aid with class curriculum when requested; Disseminate and coordinate information to employees on wellness activities and/or events for staff member of the school at the discretion of the school principal; Advocate a positive and informative health and wellness program for the school. Examples of experience which demonstrates that possession of the required basic health knowledge may include, but should not be limited to, personal experience as a homemaker involving child care, paid or volunteer experience as a children's day care center worker, work experience as a para-medical assistant or nurse's aide, a homecare facilities operator or other similar type of experience.