Vaccination & Anaphylaxis Onsite Training / Virtual Classroom / Webinar

Vaccination programmes are amongst the most successful public health measures. This 5-hour interactive training workshop will be of interest to any healthcare professional who delivers or advises on immunisation.

We can adjust this face-to-face programme to suit the needs of the group and it can be complemented with a range of our online training courses.

General information:* available via Virtual Classrom during COVID19 pandemic*

Virtual Classroom

• Webinar using 'Zoom' with a specialist trainer
• Online assessment accompanied by purpose made videos

Learning outcomes include:

• Understand the professional and legal issues relating to vaccination programmes.
• Understand the importance of proper vaccine storage and handling.
• Identify vaccine-preventable diseases.
• Identify an appropriate anatomical site for vaccination.
• Safely perform a vaccination following a period of supervised practice and assessment of competency.
• Identify the complication associated with vaccination.
• Understand the physiology and triggers of anaphylaxis, and management.
• Identify the early signs and symptoms of anaphylaxis and how to manage this emergency condition.
• Understand how to perform adult and / or paediatric basic life support in accordance with UK Resuscitation Council Guidelines.

Course content includes:

Vaccination Technique

• Intramuscular (IM) injection.
• Subcutaneous (SC) injection.
• Intranasal delivery.

Anaphylaxis

• Recognition and management.
• Distinguishing from simple faint etc.
• The use of adrenaline autoinjectors.

Basic life support (by-stander CPR) adult and / or paediatric

• Chest compressions.
• Compression: rescue breaths ratios