Education and training

We provide a range of education and training opportunities. The team run epilepsy workshops and also deliver epilepsy awareness and rescue medication training directly in to the workplace.

Epilepsy Awareness Training

Core components:

• What is epilepsy
• Causes
• Diagnosis and differential diagnosis (including non-epileptic attacks, facilitating access to investigations)
• Types of seizures and accompanying video clips
• Treatment: medication, side effects, Health comorbidities and drug interactions, concordance, Vagal Nerve Stimulation (on request)
• Living well with epilepsy
• Care planning and record keeping (including assessing risks, keeping safe)
• Preparing for outpatient appointments and GP reviews
• Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP)
• Status epilepticus
• Treating prolonged seizures in the community (rescue medications)
• First aid
• Accessible resources and useful websites
• Electronic Session handouts

Rescue Medication Training

Participants should have already attended the Epilepsy Awareness Course or plan to do so within 12 months of undertaking this session

Core components:

• Staff competencies (individual responsibility and accountability)
• What is Rescue Medication (drug specific)
• Indications for use (includes status epilepticus and seizure clusters)
• Drug properties
• The effect of these drugs on the body (including potential side effects, misuse, and overdose)
• When and how to give rescue medication and practical demonstration (opportunity for staff to familiarise with equipment and practice)
• National Guidance, Local policies and procedures
• Care plans and record keeping
• First aid and when to seek medical help
• Electronic Session handouts

For enquiries about training please contact the Epilepsy team on 0115 8542292

Best practice guidelines for training professional carers in the administration of Buccal (Oromucosal) Midazolam for the treatment of prolonged and / or clusters of epileptic seizures in the community.

• ESNA Midazolam Guidelines