Guidance on the administration of medicines in schools & colleges (including over the counter medicines, salbutamol and adrenaline auto injectors)
The following documents have been developed as a resource for school teams who are supporting pupils with medicines; the guidance is equally relevant to colleges, nurseries and child minders.
The information reflects the following two key documents and local and national health care policies and should be used in conjunction with these guidelines.
These documents have been created in partnership with Bedford Borough Council, Central Bedfordshire Council and Bedfordshire Clinical Commission Group.
Medical Needs Training for Schools
The medical needs training covers awareness and management of Anaphylaxis, Asthma and Epilepsy. The session will include information about how to administer adrenaline auto injector pens, asthma inhalers and how to give buccal midazolam (rescue medication) for a child having an epileptic seizure.
This training session is aimed at any members of the school staff who will be supporting students with emergency medication.
We are no longer offering session for individual schools.
Please book into any of the available sessions across the academic year to ensure that you have a rolling number of staff trained. Please use the school email address.
If you have new staff or would like to opportunity to practice with the placebo rescue medications – please talk to the staff facilitating at the end of your session.
(*Inset day session in BBC, CBC, Or Luton)