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Administering Buccal Midazolam During A Seizure | For Transport Staff

A practical face-to-face workshop teaching how to manage and treat a seizure with buccal midazolam.

In Person

3.5 hours

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Course overview

Course last audited November 2024

Would you know how to respond safely if someone you were driving in your vehicle had a seizure? Would you recognise that they were having a seizure? Would you be able to provide suitable first aid?

Increasing numbers of people with epilepsy are being prescribed rescue medicines such as midazolam, which can stop a seizure. However, it is vital that for anyone to administer these medications safely, they must be trained and competent. This workshop provides this training, which conforms with ESNA guidelines.

When the training is complete, we assess knowledge with an exam on the day. Our pharmacist or nurse trainer will assess your individual competency to administer buccal midazolam during the face-to-face workshop.

Aimed at

Those who transport people with epilepsy.

Course content

  1. What causes seizures?
  2. Different types of seizure
  3. Individual healthcare plans for epilepsy
  4. What are auras?
  5. Risks from seizures
  6. Risk assessment for people with epilepsy
  7. The psychological, social, and effects on learning epilepsy can have
  8. Learning disabilities and epilepsy
  9. Seizure triggers
  10. Photosensitive epilepsy
  11. Exercise and physical activity in epilepsy
  12. Treating epilepsy
  13. Emergency medication for epilepsy
  14. Storing emergency medication for epilepsy
  15. How is rescue medication given
  16. Side effects of rescue medication
  17. How quickly does rescue medication take to work?
  18. Post seizure management
  19. What to do if the seizure still doesn’t stop
  20. When to call an ambulance
  21. When the seizure ends – record keeping
  22. Understand types of seizure (video content)
  23. Individual care plans and seizure record diaries
  24. Demonstrate how to provide first aid during a seizure
  25. Demonstrate how to prepare the correct dosage of Epistatus
  26. Demonstrate when to give midazolam
  27. Demonstrate how to administer midazolam (Buccolam and Epistatus) to an individual
  28. Explain what vitals to check after giving midazolam and what side effects to look for
  29. Demonstrate how to place an individual in the recovery position (if required)
  30. Demonstrate how to monitor for side effects after administering midazolam
  31. Demonstrate how to record the administration of midazolam

Accreditation

This course is accredited by CPD Assessed.

Certification

2 years: in line with guidelines from the Epilepsy Nurse’s Association

Mapping

  • Best Practice Guidelines for Epilepsy Training. Epilepsy Nurses Association (ESNA) June 2019.
  • CQC Quality Statement 7 and 8.

Pricing

£675 + VAT per workshop (max 12) + trainer expenses (click here for details).

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