Courses
Administering Rectal Paraldehyde During a Seizure
A practical face-to-face workshop teaching how to manage and treat a seizure with Rectal paraldehyde.
- We do not currently offer this as a public course for individuals
- Instead, we offer this as a private course for teams
- Click on the ‘For teams’ tab for details/to enquire
- Click below to see a list of courses that we do run for individuals
- A face to face in person course
- Run privately just for your team
- Run at a venue of your choice
- £675 + VAT per workshop (max 12)
Course overview
Course last audited November 2024
This practical workshop teaches how to manage and a seizure using rectal paraldehyde. The course is delivered by an experienced pharmacist or nurse.
Theory is taught using video content, case studies, discussion, and a comprehensive workbook with a written assessment on the day.
The trainer assesses each person’s competence to treat a seizure individually at the end of the workshop.
The workbook provided also teaches epilepsy awareness (as required by the Epilepsy Nurse’s Association Guidelines).
Aimed at
Staff in all health and social care settings, transport staff and schools.
Course content
- What causes seizures?
- Different types of seizure
- Individual healthcare plans for epilepsy
- What are auras?
- Risks from seizures
- Risk assessment for people with epilepsy
- The psychological, social, and effects on learning epilepsy can have
- Learning disabilities and epilepsy
- Seizure triggers
- Photosensitive epilepsy
- Exercise and physical activity in epilepsy
- Treating epilepsy
- Emergency rectal paraldehyde medication for epilepsy
- Storing emergency medication for epilepsy
- How rescue medication is given
- Side effects of rescue medication
- How quickly does rescue medication take to work?
- Post seizure management
- What to do if the seizure still doesn’t stop
- When to call an ambulance
- When the seizure ends – record keeping
- Understand types of seizure (video clips)
- Individual care plans and seizure record diaries
- Demonstrate how to provide first aid during a seizure
- Demonstrate how to prepare the rectal paraldehyde
- Demonstrate when to administer rectal paraldehyde
- Demonstrate how to administer rectal paraldehyde on a clinical doll
- Explain what vitals to check after giving rectal paraldehyde and what side effects to look for
- Demonstrate how to place an individual in the recovery position (if required)
- Demonstrate how to monitor for side effects after administering rectal paraldehyde
- Demonstrate how to record the administration of rectal paraldehyde
Accreditation
This course is accredited by CPD Assessed.
Certification
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)