Description
Duration: 2 Days
The certificate remains valid by maintaining your CPD portfolio and ILS certification
Course Overview
The Qualsafe Level 3 Award in the Safe Administration of Lifesaving Medication (SALM) is intended for those who are employed by a Care Quality Commission (CQC)-registered organisation and have a specific responsibility at work to be able to safely administer and monitor the effects of medication within their scope of practice.
During the course candidates will learn about the common types of life-saving medication and their potential side effects. They will also learn how to determine a patient’s condition and how to assess, monitor, and review the effects of medication once it has been administered.
Successful candidates will leave the course equipped with all of the knowledge, skills, and competencies needed to administer lifesaving medication safely and effectively in a prehospital environment.
Candidates must have successfully completed the QA Level 4 Certificate in First Response Emergency Care (FREC 4) or an equivalent qualification.
What’s Covered?
Legislation, guidelines, policies and protocols
Administering lifesaving medication
Common types of lifesaving medication, including
- Their effects and potential side effects
- Physiological measurements before and after administering lifesaving medication
- Common adverse reactions
- Different drug routes for the administration of life-saving medication
Determining a patient’s condition to help distinguish the correct lifesaving medication
Demonstrating the Safe Administration of Lifesaving Medication in a prehospital environment
Assessing, monitoring and reviewing the effects of life-saving medication
While achievement of this qualification confirms learners have met both the theoretical and practical requirements, this does not imply a ‘licence to practise’ – the scope of practice will be determined by the organisation responsible for medication provision. This qualification does not allow a learner to obtain, store, or medicate without clinical governance.
Entry requirements
Learners must:
• be at least 18 years old on the first day of the training;
• be employed by a CQC-registered organisation (or overseas equivalent);
• have successfully completed the Qualsafe Level 4 Certificate in First Response Emergency Care (FREC 4) or a QA-recognised equivalent.
There are no other formal entry requirements, but to benefit from the learning, we advise that learners have a minimum of Level 3 in literacy and numeracy or equivalent.
