Every 10 seconds someone is having a potentially life-threatening asthma attack in the UK.

  • Health & Safety
  • 40 languages
  • 50m

Learning outcomes

  • Learn about the common types of inhalers and treatments for infants, juniors and teens
  • Understand asthma attacks and their triggers and the emergency procedure that needs to be followed
  • Understand what is expected from school management and staff, including what needs to be done with policies, trips, exams, exercise and emotional support

Covered in this course

Course contents

This training course is broken down into 5 sections

  1. 1
    What is Asthma?
  2. 2
    Triggers and Symptoms of Asthma
  3. 3
    Medication
  4. 4
    Asthma Attacks
  5. 5
    School Responsibilities

About this course

Controlling a child’s asthma on a daily basis is crucial for their health and well-being.

According to Asthma UK, over 1.1 million children in the UK are being treated for Asthma. That’s 1 in 11 children, meaning that the average primary school class could contain 3 Asthmatic children. With that said, there has never been a better time for people working with children to undergo online asthma training for childcare workers training that is required to prevent Asthma attacks from happening, be it in schools or elsewhere.

This online Asthma Training for Schools & Carers course has been written for people who care for children with asthma, particularly those who work in schools.

It covers the responsibilities of school staff and management. It looks at asthma triggers and symptoms, medication, school trips, exams, emotional support, and what to do in an emergency such as an asthma attack.

You may also require, or be interested in the following courses that we have developed for schools and those working with children: Children with Epilepsy Training, Diabetes Training for Schools and Children with Allergies / Anaphylaxis Training.

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The importance of Asthma Training for Schools & Carers

It's important that you comply with the law and understand the positive impact this training course can have on your organisation and employees.

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Asthma Training certificate

Download and print

Each of our courses ends with a multiple-choice test to measure your knowledge of the material.

This Asthma Training for Schools & Carers course concludes with a 15 question multiple choice test with a printable certificate. In addition, brief in-course questionnaires guide the user through the sections of the training and are designed to reinforce learning and ensure maximum user engagement throughout.

As well as printable user certificates, training progress and results are all stored centrally in your LMS (Learning Management System) and can be accessed any time to reprint certificates, check and set pass marks and act as proof of a commitment to ongoing legal compliance.

What does my certificate include?

Your Asthma Training Certificate includes your name, company name (if applicable), name of course taken, pass percentage, completion date, expiry date and stamps of approval or accreditations by recognised authorities.

Please note if you are using our course content via SCORM in a third party LMS then we are unable to provide certificates and you will need to generate these in your host LMS yourself.

342 real user reviews

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This training was highly relevant to the work I do with students, some of whom have asthma.

This user gave this course a rating of 5/5 stars

The course was excellent. It provided much vital and interesting information on how to treat asthma and the appropriate sorts of inhaler to use (according to the type of asthma the individual has). The course also provided guidance about when and how to use the inhalers and what to do to support people who may be suffering from an asthma attack.

This user gave this course a rating of 5/5 stars

Thanks for letting me take part

I have a good understanding on how to help children with asthma and school and how to keep an eye on the symptoms.

Very straightforward and easy to follow, the narrator is also very easy to listen to

This user gave this course a rating of 5/5 stars

Very informative.

The course was a good insight into reminding school staff what should be done, how and why.

Very Useful

A great overview of asthma in children and young people. I particularly liked the fact that the emotional/ psychological impact of asthma was also addressed as well as the physical side.

Good

Good explanations and illustrations making it easy to understand every part of the course.

Interesting

This user gave this course a rating of 5/5 stars

Why is this training Asthma Training for Schools & Carers important?

Compliance

It’s important that you comply with the law and know the ways in which it affects you and the way you work.

The Children and Families Act came into force on the 1st of September 2014. It states that children with medical conditions should be properly supported throughout their education and that schools must consult with healthcare professionals, parents and pupils to fully ensure that the needs of each child with a medical condition are properly understood and met.

Parents of children with medical conditions are often concerned that their child’s health will deteriorate when they attend school.

It is therefore important that parents feel confident that schools will provide effective support for their child’s medical condition and that pupils feel safe, and asthma awareness training can help with this.

Guidelines of The Children and Families Act 2014

Asthmatic Child Safety In Schools

Everyone involved in a school environment will benefit from this course, whether you’re a parent, guardian or teacher. Asthma training for schools enables staff and children to create a safer environment. This course keeps children safe as it will explore the following:

  • Identifying Asthmatic triggers
  • Recognising asthma symptoms
  • Emergency procedures to take of children having an asthma attack in school.
  • Administering asthma care to school children and young people
  • Understanding the different types of asthma medication
  • What should a school asthma card include?

Giving teachers access to this asthma online training course will help you create an asthma-friendly school environment where parents will be happy to send their children to.

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