Abstract
Current situations of Kanagawa Prefectural Special Support Schools which receive students requiring significant care at home were speculated based on analyses made on near miss accidents reported from the schools and counted at the department of special support education of Kanagawa prefecture, followed by discussion made on medical care. According to the results, it was revealed that medical care had been provided mainly by teachers in charge at these schools; accidents often occurred at lunch time; the most commonly reported accidents were associated with infusion; and the primary concern was whether or not the accidents were handled according to the manuals. However, it was also revealed that near miss accidents not associated with medical care were not reported to the prefecture and that only a few near miss cases occurred at the schools had been counted at the department of special support education. The special support schools receive various types of students who require medical care in their daily lives. However, there is no medical professional who can capture the whole picture of the situations at these schools. As the number of students requiring medical care has been increasing and the types of medical care provided at schools have been more complicated, an investigation should be made on medical care provided at these special support schools. It was considered that the investigation should be started by sharing problematic issues with medical professionals.
