Hello and welcome to the Anaphylaxis Campaign’s AllergyWise Healthcare Professionals training course.
This e-learning course is designed to reach even more school and community based nurses, childcare and healthcare professionals and is regularly updated, so that we can be sure that you are being provided with the most up-to-date information.
This course is suitable for school nurses, health visitors and other healthcare professionals working in a community setting who have responsibility for training other staff working in schools, early years and other relevant environments which involve contact with people with severe allergies.
It emphasises the key messages of recognising symptoms, avoiding allergen exposure and explains what to do if an allergic reaction does occur.
Curriculum
Introduction to the Healthcare Professionals course
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Understanding anaphylaxis
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Anaphylactic reactions
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The treatment of anaphylaxis
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- Introduction – treatment
- Who should be given an adrenaline injector?
- Adrenaline versus Epinephrine
- How adrenaline works
- Route of administration
- Resuscitation Council (UK) guidelines
- Adrenaline injectors – introduction
- EpiPen®
- Jext®
- Other medications – introduction
- Antihistamines
- Patient positioning
- Correct posture in anaphylaxis
- Successful crisis management
- What can happen after an allergic reaction
- Mast cell tryptase
- Referral to an allergy specialist
Allergen Exposure
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- Common causes of anaphylaxis – introduction
- Food allergens
- Food allergens in non-food products
- Non-food allergens: drugs, latex, insect venom
- What is pollen food syndrome?
- What is idiopathic anaphylaxis?
- Food labelling laws
- Food allergen avoidance – “may contain..” labelling
- Allergen avoidance – research studies
Anaphylaxis management in schools
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Practical advice to give to schools and early years staff
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Useful information for trainers
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- Training others – professional issues
- How to use your AllergyWise resources for training others
- Contents for your training folder
- Section 1 – Resource pack of trainer auto-injector devices
- Section 2 – Resources for running AllergyWise anaphylaxis training
- Section 3 – Frequently Asked Questions Factsheets
- Section 4 – Evaluation forms for trainees and a debriefing tool
- Before you start your presentation
- Starting your presentation
- Recognising symptoms
- Common causes
- Treatments
- Adrenaline injectors
- Storage of the emergency kit
- Key principles of good management
- Allergen avoidance
- Crisis management
- What to do when faced with an allergic reaction?
- Who’s responsible for what?
- A few things to think about
- Want more information?
- Practical session
- Finishing up
- Frequently asked questions
Course Assessment
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References, bibliography and suggested further reading
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