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About us: Training services: External courses at your venue

Below are the courses that can be held at your venue, with a list of topics usually covered.

Infection control - half-day course
  • What is infection, colonisation and a micro organism?
  • Chain of infection and spread of pathogenic micro organisms
  • Principles of infection control
  • How to deal with infections such as: MRSA, Clostridium Difficile, Hepatitis A, B and C, Norovirus, meningitis, septicaemia, whooping cough, SARS, chickenpox/shingles, tuberculosis, scabies, diarrhoea and vomiting and lice infestation
  • Standard precautions: NICE guidelines
  • Correct hand washing techniques, alcohol hand rubs, and importance of sterilisation and disinfection
  • Types of wastes, for example, food and clinical and the safe disposal of these
  • Necessity for isolation
  • Infection control facts
  • Good practice
  • Legislation
  • Our roles and responsibilities
  • Practical using UV infection technology
  • Assessment on infection control practices

Download more information about the infection control half-day course (Word format)

Epilepsy awareness - half-day course
  • Epilepsy - did you know?
  • Epilepsy the facts
  • Epilepsy and learning disability
  • Video (seizures)
  • Classification and management of seizures
  • When to call an ambulance
  • Triggers and precipitants
  • Need to know points
  • Observing and recording
  • Epilepsy and mortality
  • Discussion and evaluations.

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Epilepsy awareness and the administration of rectal diazepam medication
Adults or children - one day course
  • What is epilepsy?
  • Causes and types
  • Classification of seizures - video
  • Practical management of seizures
  • Treatment / medication
  • Epilepsy and mortality
  • Psycho-social aspects
  • Status epilepticus
  • Rectal diazepam
  • Video
  • Practical demonstration
  • Assessment/evaluation.

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Epilepsy awareness and the administration of Buccal Midazolam medication
  • What is epilepsy? Causes and types
  • Classification of seizures - video
  • Practical management of seizures
  • Treatment / medication
  • Epilepsy and mortality
  • Psycho-social aspects
  • Status epilepticus
  • Buccal Midazolam
  • Video
  • Practical demonstration
  • Assessment/evaluation.

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Epilepsy awareness - full day course
  • Epilepsy - did you know?
  • Epilepsy the facts
  • Epilepsy and learning disability
  • Video (seizures)
  • Classification and management of seizures
  • When to call an ambulance
  • Triggers and precipitants
  • Need to know points
  • Observing and recording
  • Epilepsy and mortality
  • Anti-epileptic drug therapy
  • Other treatments / complementary therapies
  • Psychosocial workshop
  • Safety in the home and leisure
  • Evaluation and close.

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Epilepsy awareness for schools and colleges - half day course
  • Epilepsy - did you know?
  • Triggers and precipitants
  • Identifying seizures (video)
  • Different types of seizures and their management
  • When to call an ambulance
  • Need to know points
  • Epilepsy and education
  • Observation and recording
  • Epilepsy and mortality
  • Psychosocial issues.
Epilepsy awareness for school escorts - 4/5 hours
  • What is epilepsy - classification and terminology
  • Trigger factors epilepsy in children
  • Epilepsy and learning disability
  • Possible causes
  • How to care for a child after a seizure
  • Recovery position
  • Relevant safety points
  • Communication / policies
  • Psychosocial implications.

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Epilepsy management and primary care trusts - four hours
  • Epilepsy awareness
  • Status epilepticus
  • Epilepsy mortality
  • NEAD
  • AED management
  • Monitoring
  • Female specifics
  • Best practice guidelines
  • Guidelines in practice.
Specialist information days

Please contact us to discuss your requirements for specialist study days.

PEPE - Psycho-Educative Programme about Epilepsy

PEPE aims to give information and support to people with learning disability who also have epilepsy.
More about PEPE

January 2008

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