Awareness Of Asthma

2 hr session

Make sure that everyone knows what to do in case a member of staff or the public gets an asthma attack

Better still, learn how to prevent an asthma attack from occurring in the first place!

What is asthma

How many people have asthma

How it affects a person's lungs

The severity of the condition

Triggers for an asthma attack

Signs & Symptoms of an asthma attack

Medication

First Aid for a person having an asthma attack

What it is like to live with asthma

In the UK, 5.4 million people (12.35% of the population) have asthma, 200,000 severely.

Every day, three of those people die from an asthma attack

Every 20 minutes, someone is admitted to hospital due to their asthma, and every 8 minutes, that is a child

Learning from home is a good way to keep one's skills and knowledge up to date

With the knowledge you'll pick up from this course, you could potentially save someone's life!