New ASCIA Anaphylaxis Refresher e-training - August 2021
4 August 2021:
The new ASCIA Anaphylaxis refresher e-training course is now available.
This short course takes less than 20 minutes to complete and includes:
- Updated and new ASCIA Action and First Aid Plans.
- New infographics and animations to make the training more visual and interactive.
- Instructions for two brands of adrenaline (epinephrine) injectors, EpiPen® and Anapen® (available on the PBS September 2021).
- A certificate that confirms successful course completion, which requires participants to obtain 100% for the Quiz.
This course is avaiable at https://etraining.allergy.org.au/course/index.php?categoryid=3.
It should only be used for interim refresher training and does not replace the comprehensive ASCIA anaphylaxis e-training courses for schools, children's education/care, community and health professsionals, which take around one hour to complete. All of these courses are currently being updated and will be available by September 2021.
Other ASCIA anaphylaxis resources that have recently been developed or updated include:
Anaphylaxis Guidelines - Health Professionals Updated July 2021
ASCIA Action Plans (5 versions) and First Aid Plan (3 versions) New and Updated June 2021
ASCIA Action Plan FAQs Updated June 2021
The following new and updated resources will be available in the 2nd half of 2021:
Anaphylaxis e-training - Health Professionals To be updated by September 2021
The new ASCIA Anaphylaxis refresher e-training course has been developed by ASCIA, and supported by ASCIA and the National Allergy Strategy, a partnership between ASCIA and Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia (A&AA).