Asthma & Anaphylaxis
Get the confidence, knowledge and skills to recognise and manage asthmatic and anaphylactic emergencies including the use of the asthma inhaler and the adrenaline auto-injector.
UPDATE 1st June 2020: All face to face First Aid Training will now be No Contact First Aid Training.
Students undertaking face to face First Aid training in classrooms will practice and demonstrate their learning on themselves, or on a manikin. Students will no longer practice on other students or staff.
We have also implemented additional infection control practices such as:
- Reducing class sizes by 50% allowing for social distancing (maximum 12 students per public class)
- Temperature screening of all visitors to our venue upon arrival
- Alcohol based hand sanitiser available throughout the venue, for use upon arrival, during class and departure
For a limited time only, all First Aid training will come with access to our Infection Control eLearning course that participants can complete online in just 45 minutes.
Students will receive a link to the course on their student readiness page.
This course provides practical advice for you and your workplace teams to follow to help reduce the spread of infection such as Coronavirus.
Course information
This course teaches how to recognise and respond asthma and anaphylaxis first aid emergencies as well as asthma and anaphylaxis management.
Topics include:
- signs, symptoms and triggers
- Asthma and Anaphylaxis action plans
- Auto-injector administration
- inhaler and spacer administration
Duration
Half Day
Course outline
This course covers the following:
- Asthma, Anaphylaxis and allergy overview
- Asthma and Anaphylaxis signs, symptoms and triggers
- Asthma and Anaphylaxis medications and devices
- Asthma and Anaphylaxis action plans
- Asthma and Anaphylaxis risk management planning for the workplace
- Hands-on-practice in using Asthma inhalers and spacers
- Hands-on-practice adrenaline auto-injector administration (Epi-pen)
- Asthma and Anaphylaxis first aid management
Statement(s) of attainment
On successful completion of this course you will be issued a Certificate which is a statement of attainment in:
- 22282VIC – Course in the Emergency Management of Asthma in the Workplace
- 22300VIC – Course in First Aid Management of Anaphylaxis
St John recommends, as per the First Aid in the Workplace Code of Practice and the Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) guidelines, that asthma and anaphylaxis skills are renewed every 12 months.
Assessment Information
A successful outcome for this statement of attainment will be determined by a range of different assessment methods including written assessment (questionnaire), observation of simulated and practical activities etc. You will be required to demonstrate CPR on a manikin on the floor.
Pre-requisites
N/A
THIS COURSE IS AVAILABLE AS AN ONSITE
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