Buccal Midazolam Training – Treating Prolonged Seizures

Course Overview

A practical face-to-face workshop teaching how to manage and treat a seizure with rescue medicines such as buccal midazolam. Learners have their competence individually assessed by an experienced pharmacists or nurse. Theory is studied using video, case studies, discussion and a comprehensive workbook provided on the day.

Aimed at

Staff in all health and social care settings, transport staff and schools.

Format

Face-to-face (in person) practical workshop.

Duration

3 hrs 15 mins workshop

Assessment

We assess knowledge with an assessment on the day. We will assess your individual competency to administer buccal midazolam on the face to face workshop.

Certification

Two years (click here for details)

Course Mapping

Provides the learning outcomes set out in “Best practice guidelines for training professional carers in the administration of Buccal (Oromucosal) Midazolam for the treatment of prolonged and / or clusters of epileptic seizures”. Epilepsy Nurses Association (ESNA) June 2019.

Course Content

See below (click to expand). Call us if you wish to discuss tailoring content to you.

Course content (click to expand)

Theory (click to expand)

What causes seizures?
Different types of seizure
Individual healthcare plans for epilepsy
What are auras?
Risks from seizures
Risk assessing 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 medication for epilepsy
Storing emergency medication for epilepsy
How is rescue medication 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

Practical Workshop (click to expand)

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 correct dosage of Epistatus
Demonstrate when to give midazolam
Demonstrate how to administer midazolam (Buccolam and Epistatus) to an individual
Explain what vitals to check after giving midazolam and what side effects to look or
Demonstrate how to place an individual in the recovery position (if required)
Demonstrate how to monitor for side effects after administering midazolam
Demonstrate how to record the administration of midazolam

Price

(excluding VAT)

£675 per workshop at your venue (max 12 people). See add-on modules for this course below

Extend your epilepsy training course with additional add-ons.

Administering rectal diazepam

A 45-minute module that can be added onto the above workshop where the trainer will demonstrate how to administer rectal diazepam and learners will be assessed.

ADD £50 + VAT

Epilepsy awareness

The Joint Epilepsy Council require learners to receive epilepsy awareness training in addition to emergency medication training. Our 3.5-hour course (above) provides the epilepsy awareness training in a workbook which is studied either before, or on the day of the workshop. As an alternative, we can run this 2-hour module at the start of the workshop which takes the epilepsy awareness information from the workbook and teaches it in an additional face-to-face module.

ADD £150 + VAT

ADMINISTERING RECTAL PARALDEHYDE

A 45-minute module that can be added onto the above workshop where the trainer will demonstrate how to administer rectal paraldehyde and learners will be assessed.