Sense Scotland and Women and Children's Directorate, NHS Greater Glasgow.

Developed to bridge the gap between health and social care, these training packs are designed to provide social care support staff with the underpinning knowledge and practical skills they need to support a person with a specific health care need. Each of the packs can be used as stand-along training, or together as a comprehensive training course. 

General Learning Outcomes

On completion of the training you should be able to:
• understand what is meant by the term anaphylaxis
• describe the main symptoms of an anaphylactic reaction
• identify the most common substances to which people are allergic
• identify the best way to avoid a severe allergic reaction
• understand what action needs to be taken in the event that a person has a
severe allergic reaction
• identify what can go wrong and when to call for an ambulance.

Specific Learning Outcomes

On completion of the training you should be able to:
• recognise that the person is having an allergic reaction
• know how to react
• administer adrenaline using the EpiPen
• assess the person’s condition after administering adrenaline
• know when to call for medical support
• know how to record what has happened in the appropriate records.

These flexible training packs provide basic knowledge and understanding of a specific health care need. This will enable staff to use the knowledge to gain an understanding of the needs of individual service users, and to gain the confidence and competence to support the individual's health care, respond in an emergency situation and identify when and how to seek medical assistance. Each pack also provides guidance to teach staff to record and report health care information in accordance with legal, registration and organisational requirements. 

Vital information for: staff with a supervisory responsibility for those providing direct care, as well as patient carers and non-nursing carers such as support workers; and organisations providings support to children and adults living in the community, who require ongoing support to meet their health care needs.