Course details:
| Date | Time | Venue | Trainer | Target group |
|---|
| 1 July 2022 |
1.30pm – 4.30pm |
ZOOM |
Tim Dallinger (Social Care Consultants Ltd) |
Targeted Services – All services
Target Group - All those who work with people who have epilepsy |
| 23 September 2022 |
1.30pm – 4.30pm |
ZOOM |
Tim Dallinger (Social Care Consultants Ltd) |
Targeted Services – All services
Target Group - All those who work with people who have epilepsy |
| 15 December 2022 |
1.30pm – 4.30pm |
ZOOM |
Tim Dallinger (Social Care Consultants Ltd) |
Targeted Services – All services
Target Group - All those who work with people who have epilepsy |
Course aims and objectives:
By the end of the course, delegates will be able to:-
- Define epilepsy
- Discuss the treatment of people with epilepsy in the past
- Identify the main causes of epilepsy
- Identify the main types of seizure
- List triggers for seizures
- Discuss treatment options including:-
- Medication - types and how they work. The importance of timing.
- Ketogenic Diet
- Brain surgery,
- Deep brain stimulation,
- Trigeminal nerve stimulation,
- Vagus nerve stimulation,
- Complementary therapies
First aid for a seizure
- Identify the main risks of having epilepsy
- Explaining status epilepticus
- Convulsive status epilepticus
- Non-convulsive status epilepticus
- Explain when to call 999 (ambulance)
- List the treatments for status epilepticus and how they work
- Rectal diazepam
- Buccal midazolam
- Discus basic pharmacokinetics– the way in which drugs are absorbed in the body
- Identify when to administer buccal midazolam
- Describe the procedure for the administration of buccal midazolam
- Explain post seizure care
- Recognise the importance and the value of good record keeping in epilepsy support.
- SUDEP
For further information, or if you have booked a place on the course and have not received notification to attend please contact the Workforce Development & Learning Administrative Team. Please do not turn up to any course unless you have received notification of your place as the event may be fully booked.