Health, Wellness, Medical and Insurance
As part of tuition, campers are cared for by our team of nurses at the Wyonegonic Health Center. The nurses follow standing orders by the camp doctor and after assessment of the camper nurses may dispense medication from the stocked inventory. The nurses are also involved with risk management planning, primary care of injuries, dispensing of prescription (RX) medications and supplies, preparations and briefing for our trip program and following the standards of the American Camp Association for Health and Wellness.
Health Insurance: Pre-existing conditions, prescribed medications and accidents fall under the responsibility of the family medical insurance policy. Therefore, it is important that we have appropriate details of your camper’s health insurance policy on file in the Wyonegonic Health Center.
Health: It is mandatory that everyone in camp returns the green and pink health forms sent in the February mailing and details of your health insurance. Please mail these forms by June 1 (or July 1 for Session II) because nurses will be reviewing these completed forms the week of June 4th. The form is kept on file (in confidence) in our Health Center and must be complete with parent signature and current health history. A primary care physician signature and proof of physical exam (since July 1, 2010) is required.
Please inform us if your child has been exposed to any communicable disease or head lice. Our camp personnel screen campers upon arrival, but updated information is critical.
It is our policy to inform you of any accident or illness that requires a visit to the doctor or more than a one-night stay in our Health Center.
Medications (new program): We encourage you to arrange pre-packaged medications through CampRX. This provides the Wyonegonic nurses and your child with a safeguard system for dispensing and control of all meds. It also assures that pre-packaged meds will be sent on all out-of-camp trips and be dispensed by a designated trip leader.
Please open an account at CampRX for a simple and convenient way to send necessary medications to camp. The CampRX service coordinates your child’s prescriptions (RX) and over the counter medications (OTCs) to create customized packets of multiple medications. CampRX ships the personalized packets directly to camp before the season begins. The company recommends you submit your RX and OTC orders 60 to 30 days prior to your camper’s arrival to camp. Wyonegonic is partially subsidizing this program to assist the nurses.
If you choose not to use the CampRX system, all medications must come properly labeled, in their original containers, with a doctor’s signature and instructions translated in English. This includes over the counter meds or vitamins. OTCs will not be dispensed without a doctor’s signature. No medication is allowed in camper cabins. All medications are secured in the Wyonegonic Health Center and dispensed by RNs except for out-of-camp trips. Pre-packaged meds will be dispensed by a designated trip leader when your child is on a canoe trip or hike.
Hospital: Our nurses follow standing orders from Drs. Craig and Jennifer Smith who are associated with the Bridgton Hospital. The hospital is located 6 miles from camp. We use the Bridgton Hospital for Urgent Care and Emergency Room if needed and Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston for crisis care. In the event the parent cannot be reached, it is understood that the directors and the camp nurses have the authority to act upon the recommendation of an attending physician in case of medical treatment or surgical necessity.
