Our policy and procedure for dispensing and administering medicine requires camp families to have ALL of your child’s daily medicine dispensed by CampMeds and sent to camp prior to their arrival.

CampMeds will fill virtually any medication taken daily:

• Prescription medications, including pills, liquids, inhalers and creams
• Controlled substance prescriptions
• Non prescription (over-the-counter) medication
• Vitamins and supplements

NOTE: If your child uses an inhaler or epipen, please send two: one for us to keep in the health center and one to go out of camp on trips.

We want to be clear that we do expect 100% participation in CampMeds from families with campers who will take daily medication at camp. (If your camper does not take daily medication, you do not need to register with CampMeds.)

If there is a specific brand that you require for your child, you can send it IN ADVANCE to CampMeds so they can pack it for you. You’ll need to do that in the early spring — please do not wait until May or June!!! In addition, please remind the doctor who writes the prescription to do so with as much detail as possible. For example, if a physician writes a prescription as “2 times a day”, it will be given at breakfast and dinner. If there are specific times when a medication should be given, it needs to be written as such on the prescription! Please call us or CampMeds if you have any questions.

Any other medication (i.e. items administered on an “as needed” basis) must be mailed to camp in its original packaging one week prior to your camper’s arrival. Please call the office to notify us if medications will be arriving by mail. It is camp policy not to accept any medication (including vitamins, supplements, etc.) on Opening Day.

You will find details about how to enroll in CampMeds, along with an FAQ, on your family’s online Forms Dashboard (accessible through the Family Log In.) If you have any questions about CampMeds, you can reach them at 954-577-0025 and www.campmeds.com.

Over-The-Counter Medications

Our Health Center stocks basic over-the-counter drugs including the following partial list of items we stock in the Health Center. Please do not send any of these items with your camper:

FIRST AID Ace wraps or any type of band-aids, Bacitracin and/or any type of antibiotic ointment EYES/EARS/NOSE Visine, Clear Eyes, swimmer’s ear drops, wax removal ear drops, saline spray GI HEALTH Tums, Mylanta, Chewable Imodium, Lactaid, Fiber Pills, Metamucil ALLERGY Claritin, Zyrtec, Benadryl (pills and liquid)

PAIN MEDICATION/MUSCLE RELIEF/ANTI-NAUSEA Ibuprofen and Acetaminophen (pills and liquid), Aleve, Midol, Mineral Ice, Dramamine COUGH/COLD Sudafed, Robitussin, Robutussin DM, Delsym, Cough drops, Chloraseptic, non-pseudo nasal decongestant CREAMS/LOTIONS/SPRAYS Benadryl, Lotrimin Ultra, Calamine, Caladryl, Hydrocortisone 1%, Gold Bond, Athlete’s Foot Cream and Spray, Aloe Gel Sunburn Cream

Other “As-Needed” Medications
If your child takes any “as needed” medications that are NOT described above, please list them on the required Physician’s Exam Form. THESE MEDICATIONS SHOULD BE MAILED TO CAMP IN THEIR ORIGINAL PACKAGING A WEEK BEFORE YOUR CAMPER’S ARRIVAL. As a reminder, all daily meds (even vitamins or OTC medications) must be pre-packaged through CampMeds.

Communication About Health Issues

We understand the importance of keeping you informed about health issues affecting your child. Our medical staff follow the guidelines below and respond to you as quickly as time allows.

• We generally will not contact you if your child is seen in the Health Center for routine problems, i.e. minor skin abrasions, headache, cold, etc.
• If your child is taken to the doctor’s office, put on antibiotics or kept in the Health Center overnight, a member of our nursing staff will call you that day or evening. The phone numbers you provide on your child’s Health/Emergency Form will be used to contact you. Unless your child has a medical emergency, the health center staff will generally not leave a message on an answering machine. Such messages can often be misinterpreted and be unnecessarily alarming.
• If your child has a medical emergency, we will contact you immediately by phone.