MANAGING IMMUNISATION EMERGENCIES
1/2 day professional development workshop - yearly update

Description

This course offers nurse immunisers, in addition to CPR, a review of anaphylaxis and its management.  This course is ‘best practice’ for nurses working in local government immunisation, maternal and child health and GP Practice sectors.

Content Overview

• Maintenance of breathing and circulation of an unconscious casualty
• Positioning an unconscious casualty in the recovery position; maintaining a clear and open airway of an unconscious casualty
• Rescue breathing
• Demonstrating cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
• Review of anaphylaxis - pathophysiology
• Signs and symptoms
• Differential diagnosis and management including CPR
• Adrenaline administration
• Changes in resuscitation techniques and equipment

Course Duration and Options

Managing Immunisation Emergencies
1/2 day professional development workshop

Cost: $95 per person

This option suits nurse immunisers who prefer a trainer-facilitated learning environment and interaction with nurse colleagues. In the workshop relevant changes are highlighted, practice issues are examined and skills demonstrated, practised and assessed.

Entry requirements

Participants must be accredited nurse immunisers.

Trainer/Assessors

PREMIUMHEALTH provides trainer/assessors who have a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment and experience as highly skilled nurses or paramedics.

Assessment

Students’ performance in relation to the course’s competency elements is assessed.

Award

A Statement of Attainment is issued on successful completion of the CPR competency unit and is current for 12 months and a Statement of Participation is issued for completion of the Program.

Course/Unit/Program Title and Code

HLTCPR201B Perform Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

This unit provides Nationally Recognised Training within the Australian Qualifications Framework.

PREMIUMHEALTH’S code for overall IEMR Yearly Update program is PHIU1999.

For information on nationally recognised training, please visit www.ntis.gov.au

Venue
• Scheduled public programs in Victoria
• At your venues in most Australian locations – for which a set   course fee or group minimum applies

Course fee

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