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Asthma Training for Schools & Carers
This Asthma Training Course offers practical support for anyone who cares for children with asthma. It's ideal for those who work in schools, as well as parents, guardians, youth workers and childminders. It offers comprehensive guidance on how to monitor and manage a child’s asthma while they’re at school. It's IIRSM approved & CPD accredited.
4.8/5 based on 345 course reviews
Learning outcomes
- Learn about the common types of inhalers and treatments for infants, juniors and teens
- Understand asthma attacks and their triggers and the emergency procedure that needs to be followed
- Understand what is expected from school management and staff, including what needs to be done with policies, trips, exams, exercise and emotional support
Covered in this course
Course contents
This training course is broken down into 5 sections
- 1 What is Asthma?
- 2 Triggers and Symptoms of Asthma
- 3 Medication
- 4 Asthma Attacks
- 5 School Responsibilities
SECTION 1
In this section we discuss the causes, diagnosis and effects of asthma. We also explain how important a child’s “asthma records” are. These documents include an Individual Healthcare Plan, an Asthma Action Plan, and a School Asthma Card.
SECTION 2
This section covers asthma triggers and symptoms. It explains the difference between allergic and non-allergic triggers and how to avoid them. It also explains the common asthma symptoms and how to recognise them.
SECTION 3
Here, we discuss the common types of medication that are used by different age groups at school, including inhalers, spacers and nebulisers. We discuss how and when to use them, as well as how to store and clean them.
SECTION 4
Asthma attacks must be prevented in order to keep children with asthma safe. This section is a comprehensive guide to what an asthma attack is, how to recognise one, and the emergency procedure that needs to be followed if a child is having an attack.
SECTION 5
Our final section explains the responsibilities of school management and staff. We discuss school policies, school trips, exams, exercise and the importance of emotional support.
About this course
Controlling a child’s asthma on a daily basis is crucial for their health and well-being.
According to Asthma UK, over 1.1 million children in the UK are being treated for Asthma. That's 1 in 11 children, meaning that the average primary school class could contain 3 Asthmatic children. With that said, there has never been a better time for people working with children to undergo training that is required to prevent Asthma attacks from happening, be it in schools or elsewhere.
This online Asthma Training for Schools & Carers course has been written for people who care for children with asthma, particularly those who work in schools.
It covers the responsibilities of school staff and management. It looks at asthma triggers and symptoms, medication, school trips, exams, emotional support, and what to do in an emergency such as an asthma attack.
You may also require, or be interested the following courses that we have developed for schools and those working with children: Children with Epilepsy Training, Diabetes Training for Schools and Children with Allergies / Anaphylaxis Training.
Are you an IIRSM member? Enjoy a 10% discount on all of our IIRSM Approved courses!
Presented by
Zoe PhillipsThe importance of Asthma Training for Schools & Carers
It’s important that you comply with the law and understand the positive impact this training course can have on your organisation and employees.
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Asthma Training certificate
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Each of our courses ends with a multiple choice test to measure your knowledge of the material.
This Asthma Training for Schools & Carers course concludes with a 15 question multiple choice test with a printable certificate. In addition, brief in-course questions guide the user through the sections of the training and are designed to reinforce learning and ensure maximum user engagement throughout.
As well as printable user certificates, training progress and results are all stored centrally in your LMS (Learning Management System) and can be accessed any time to reprint certificates, check and set pass marks and act as proof of a commitment to ongoing legal compliance.
What does my certificate include?
Your Asthma Training for Schools & Carers Certificate includes your name, company name (if applicable), name of course taken, pass percentage, date of completion, expiry date and stamps of approval or accreditations by recognised authorities.
Please note if you are using our course content via SCORM in a third party LMS then we are unable to provide certificates and you will need to generate these in your host LMS yourself.
345 real user reviews
Informative course
Interesting
Good course
This course was very informative. It was very good at explaining the school role in keeping children safe, what information was needed and where it should be kept. How to encourage, help a child to take control and look after their well being. Very informative, thank you.
very good
The course was very clear and concise, with the information being provided in small bite size chunks
I found the training very useful
I now have a better understanding of asthma and what triggers to be aware of.
Far too long
Far too long. I thought the test was genuinely too long I could read the transcript in a fraction of the time it took the video to play and I could not speed it up I could not skip the video and had to listen to the whole video even though I’d already read the transcript and processed the information.
Very good training . Thank you
This user gave this course a rating of 5/5 stars
Excellent
Course information was thorough and gave a good guide to asthma in children and how to support.
Great training
Very informative and easy to follow
Why is this training important?
Compliance
It's important that you comply with the law and know the ways in which it affects you and the way you work.
The Children and Families Act came into force on the 1st of September 2014. It states that children with medical conditions should be properly supported throughout their education and that schools must consult with health care professionals, parents and pupils to fully ensure that the needs of each child with a medical condition are properly understood and met.
Parents of children with medical conditions are often concerned that their child’s health will deteriorate when they attend school.
It is therefore important that parents feel confident that schools will provide effective support for their child’s medical condition and that pupils feel safe.
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