Epi-Pen Training
Epinephrine Auto-Injector Training for Elementary Staff
We will be using Safe Schools for your Epinephrine Training.
If you have a current First Aid/CPR card you are considered trained. Please come to me with a copy of your cards so I can list you as an Epinephrine Auto-Injector trained staff member and go over the school specific information.
To access Safe Schools:
Go to slsd.org
On the tabs click on Staff.
On the side click on Reference
Click on Safe Schools
Sign in with your school email address
Confirm your log in
On the left side of the page click extra training.
Click on the Health Section
You will need to complete two courses for this training under the section named: “Health”
1. The first course is: Health Emergencies: Life Threatening Allergies—approx. 17 minutes in length.
2. The second course is: Medication Administration: Epinephrine Auto-Injectors—approx. 19 minutes in length.
3. After successfully completing both courses stated above:
1. Print your certificates.
2. Make an appointment with the Nurse’s office.
3. Bring a copy of your certificates to the appointment to complete your training and return demonstration.
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Epinephrine Auto-Injector Training requirements:
1. Notify EMS/School Nurse/Administrator
* Please note the time the auto-injector was administered and then immediately call 911. You should tell the 911 operator there is a probable anaphylactic reaction and an auto-injector (epi-pen, auvi-Q etc.) was used and the time given.
a. Remember the epinephrine auto-injector is not a cure, it is only a first aid measure in order to get the patient to the ER for other medication.
If symptoms don’t improve after 5-10 minutes or resolve and then return, a second dose of epinephrine may be needed.
MOST AUTO-INJECTION DEVICES ARE SINGLE USE ONLY. IF A SECOND DOSAGE IS REQUIRED YOU WOULD NEED AN ADDITIONAL DEVICE. (You can give the used auto-injector to the ambulance crew for proper disposal.)
2. Nurse/Administrator needs to be informed
3. Parents are then called.
Documentation
After an auto-injector is given, documentation would include an accident report and also informing the school nurse of the incident.
Storage/Maintenance
1. Students who have doctor’s orders for auto-injectors and who have provided one to the school:
* Students are allowed by law with proper paperwork in the nurse’s office to carry auto-injectors on them, not all students carry but some do (this is dependent on age level and ability to self-administer device)
* Some students keep their auto-injector in the nurse’s office (all student's at the elementary level)
* Some students keep their auto-injector in the nurse’s office and also carry their auto-injector
2. All auto-injectors in the nurse’s office have their expiration dates checked and recorded by the nurse’s office. Parents are informed if the expiration date is approaching and are requested to supply new medication. All stock auto-injectors also have their expiration dates checked by the nurse’s office.
3. If a student is carrying their auto-injector it is the responsibility of the student and the parent/guardian to make sure the medication is not expired.
4. Stock auto-injectors are kept:
In the nurse’s office in the cabinet above the sink. Cabinet door is labeled with a sign stating "Epi-Pens".
5. Emergency Care Plans
Each student who has a known allergy with an ordered auto-injector has an individual Student Emergency Care Plan. We use the FARE form.
* Information in these plans includes information about the allergy, emergency contact information, and medication. If you have a student with an Emergency Plan you should review it so you are familiar with the information it contains.
Emergency Care Plans can be found:
* In the nurse’s office in the pink binder on the nurse's desk (doctor's order book)
* In the Medication boxes in the med cabinet
** If you have a student in your classroom with an Emergency Action Plan you are given a copy of the plan at the beginning of the year
IF YOU GIVE AN EPIPEN/AUVI-Q REMEMBER TO IMMEDIATELY CALL 911!!!