Case Scenario Part 3:
Critical Issues

– Increasingly greater time spent outside of parental supervision

– Growing interest in organized sports such as soccer and baseball

– Treatment considerations

 

• Home-based management with increasing reliance on self-care (learning self-infusion)
• Has blood factor available at school to promote rapid infusion if injury occurs during physical education classes or sports activities
• Awareness of a broader group of nonparental supervisors, including elementary school administrators/teachers, coaches/sports league officials, etc.
• Revise his treatment management plan to mitigate the risk associated with participation in physical education classes or sporting events