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Epilepsy via Zoom


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Dates

  • 2024:  19 June,  4 September,  6 November

Course details

  • Time:  1:30pm to 4:30pm
  • Venue:  Online via Zoom
  • Trainer:  Tim Dallinger, Social Care Consultants Ltd
  • Targeted services:  All services
  • Target group:  All those who work with people who have epilepsy

Course aims and objectives

By the end of the course, delegates will be able to:

  • Define epilepsy
  • Discuss the treatment of people with epilepsy in the past
  • Identify the main causes of epilepsy
  • Identify the main types of seizure
  • List triggers for seizures
  • Discuss treatment options including:
    • Medication - types and how they work. The importance of timing.
    • Ketogenic Diet
    • Brain surgery
    • Deep brain stimulation
    • Trigeminal nerve stimulation
    • Vagus nerve stimulation
    • Complementary therapies
    • First aid for a seizure
  • Identify the main risks of having epilepsy
  • Explaining status epilepticus
  • Convulsive status epilepticus
  • Non-convulsive status epilepticus
  • Explain when to call 999 (ambulance)
  • List the treatments for status epilepticus and how they work
  • Rectal diazepam
  • Buccal midazolam
  • Discus basic pharmacokinetics– the way in which drugs are absorbed in the body
  • Identify when to administer buccal midazolam
  • Describe the procedure for the administration of buccal midazolam
  • Explain post seizure care
  • Recognise the importance and the value of good record keeping in epilepsy support.
  • SUDEP

For further information, or if you have booked a place on the course and have not received notification to attend please contact the Workforce Development & Learning Administrative Team. Please do not turn up to any course unless you have received notification of your place as the event may be fully booked.

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