MEDICATION MANAGEMENT - SUPPORT THE USE OF MEDICATION IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
This medication management course helps healthcare practitioners to understand their role in the administration of medication to individuals.
 
Overview
What will learners get out of it?
Legislative framework for the use of medication in social care settings
Common types of medication and their use
Roles and responsibilities in the use of medication in social care setting
Techniques for administering medication
Receive, store and dispose of medication supplies safely
Rights of the individual when managing medication
Support the use of medication
Record and report on use of medication
 
Who is this course for?
This course is for anyone working in health or social care environments. This includes clinical and non-clinical staff as well as volunteers.
 
Assessment
Learning progress and test results can be tracked by managers for internal development and a certificate of completion for CPD is issued.
 
Accreditations:
The course is relevant to the requirements of the Level 3 Certificate Support the Use of Medication in Health and social care settings.
 
MANUAL HANDLING
Manual handling involves the use of the human body to lift, lower, fill, empty, or carry loads. The load can be animate (a person or animal) or inanimate (an object).
 
Overview
What will learners get out of it?
Introduction to Manual Handling
Legal duties relating to manual handling in the workplace
Assessing manual handling activities
High-risk manual handling activities
Reducing manual handling risks
Supporting an individual to sit on a chair and stand up
Supporting an individual with Mobility
Supporting an individual to use a rotunda
Supporting an individual from a chair using a board slide
Supporting an individual to position themselves by using a slide sheet
Supporting an individual using a hoist from the bed to a wheelchair
 
Who is this course for?
All healthcare staff
 
Assessment
The session is followed by assessment designed to test learners' understanding of the course. Learning progress and results can be tracked by managers for internal development and a certificate of completion for CPD issued
 
Accreditations:
This course meets the outcomes for basic manual handling standards
 
BASIC LIFE SUPPORT
Basic Life Support (BLS) is a relatively short training course required of most clinical health professionals to help revive, resuscitate, or sustain a person who is experiencing cardiac arrest or respiratory failure of some sort.
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, which is commonly known by its acronym CPR, is a form of basic life support that is applied during a life-threatening emergency. Situations that call for CPR include cardiac arrest, near-drowning incidents, suffocation, or any situation where a person is not breathing.
 
Overview
By the end of the session, learners will:
Introduction to Basic Life Support (BLS)
Understand the Elements of Basic Life Support
Understand how to conduct an Initial Assessment
Be able to assess a collapsed victim
Be able to perform chest compression and rescue breathing
Be able to deal with a person who is choking
Be able to place an unconscious person in the recovery position
Understand your legal obligations under the first aid regulations
 
Who is this course for?
Healthcare Staff
 
Assessment
Learning progress and assessment results can be tracked by managers for internal development and a certificate of completion for CPD is issued.
 
Accreditations:
The course is designed to meet the requirements of the 'Basic Life Support' standard within the Care Certificate.