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Administering suppositories and other medicines rectally

Course Overview

A practical face-to-face workshop teaching how to safely administer rectal medications including suppositories and enemas, considering patients needs.

Aimed at

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

Format

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

Duration

1 hr 30 mins workshop

Assessment

We assess knowledge with an assessment on the day. We will assess your individual
competency to administer rectal medication using a clinical doll on the face to face workshop.

Certification

Course Mapping

Provides the learning outcomes of best practice in administration of rectal medications.

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 are rectal medications, suppositories and enemas?
  • Different types of medications via the rectal route
  • Supporting someone who is having rectal medication
  • Understanding rectal physiology
  • Preparing someone to receive rectal medication
  • Universal precautions in rectal administration
  • Contraindications to giving rectal medications
  • Other considerations for care
  • Good safeguarding practice in rectal administration
Practical Workshop (click to expand)
  • Observe and handle different rectal medications
  • Practical assessment of giving rectal medication to a clinical doll, suppositories and enemas
    as required

Price

(excluding VAT)

On application (max 12 learners per course)

OR as an add-on module £150 + VAT

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

Administering buccal midazolam

This Add on will teach delegates and assess competence alongsIde rectal PARALDEHYDE, Buccal midazolam.

Add £50+ VAT

Activiating a vagal nerve stimulator

This session teaches delegates about what a Vagal Nerve Stimulator (VNS) is and how to support someone who has one, how to activate the stimulator with the magnet if required, 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