Description

This programme is suitable for nurses, healthcare assistants, carers, pharmacists and other healthcare staff who would benefit from an understanding of anaphylaxis and basic life support. Anaphylaxis content includes:

• What is anaphylaxis?
• Recognition of anaphylaxis
• Signs and symptoms
• Common triggers
• Treatment and management: auto-injectors and adrenaline ‘packs’

 

Basic Life Support content includes:

• Recognition of cardio-respiratory arrest
• The risks to the rescuer during resuscitation / using AED
• How to perform basic life support adults and paediatrics
• The role of an automated external defibrillation
• The safe operation of an automated external defibrillator