Heading off to college?

Abstract

Late night phone calls are part of a resident director's job on a college campus. They can be about anything from a bad breakup with a boyfriend to a medical emergency. For Andy Davis, resident director at Taylor University, Ft. Wayne, Ind., asthma attacks have been a recurring theme during this academic year. “I have had five events this year so far, says Davis. “My last call was about 1:30 in the morning in February. I had a female student undergoing a horrible asthma attack. An ambulance was called, which arrived about 2 minutes after I arrived on the scene. The RA [resident assistant] was pretty unnerved by it.” While this episode was brought under control, the student's asthma returned 2 days later, and the student had to go home for a consultation with the family's regular physician.