Approximate learning time

8 hours (including background reading)

Course Overview

This online CPD accredited course will be of interest to any healthcare professional who immunises children or adults, or advises on immunisation, and also wishes to update their Basic Life Support and Anaphylaxis knowledge.

This online course is made up of three components: Vaccination Programme, Basic Life Support, and Anaphylaxis.

Vaccination is the term given to treatment with a vaccine to produce immunity against an infection or disease. Immunisation programmes are among the most successful public health measures and in some instances, they have resulted in the eradication of infectious diseases, such as in the case of smallpox. The Vaccination Programme is designed to update your knowledge of immunisations. The course consists of eight modules covering many aspects of the vaccination programme, including how the immune system and vaccines work, the anatomy of vaccination sites, and injection technique.

Basic Life Support has three modules, including topics such as adult and paediatric basic life support, how to manage choking, and video content demonstrating the role and safe operation of an AED.

Anaphylaxis has one module which describes how to recognise and manage the emergency treatment of anaphylaxis.

A CPD Certified Course

This online course has reached the required Continuing Professional Development (CPD) standards and benchmarks, and the learning values have been scrutinised to ensure integrity and quality by the CPD Certification Service.

Course Objectives

By the end of this programme the student will be able to:

• Understand the professional and legal aspects relating to immunisation.
• Understand issues surrounding consent and restraint when vaccinating children.
• Identify how to safely store and handle vaccines.
• Understand how vaccines work and how they can prevent disease.
• Understand how to prepare for immunisation and support patients.
• Identify appropriate anatomical sites to deliver a vaccination in adults and children.
• Describe how to safely and accurately administer a vaccine.
• Identify the common complications associated with vaccination.
• Understand how to recognise and manage the emergency treatment of anaphylaxis.
• Describe how to safely perform basic life support in children and adults.