EpiPen® have recently changed their guidelines, reducing the amount of time needed to hold the auto-injector in place after injecting from 10 seconds to 3 seconds. Some of the EpiPen auto-injectors will still have the old 10 second guideline while some will have the new 3 second guideline.

https://foodallergytraining.org.au/ 

All about Allergens training is a free online course for anyone working in food service. 

Everyone working in food service - from the manager through to the food preparation and food service staff – needs to be aware of the risks food allergies pose. It’s also important to be clear on how to identify and manage food allergens and how to respond to enquiries from customers with food allergies.

All about Allergens

This course is designed to assist proprietors and workers in any food business to gain knowledge about food allergens, and to develop best practice procedures for making their food business safe for customers with allergies.

All about Allergens 2

This course is designed to assist proprietors and workers in any food business to gain knowledge about food allergens, and to develop best practice procedures for making their food business safe for customers with allergies.

What is severe asthma?

https://www.asthmaaustralia.org.au/national/about-asthma/severe-asthma/introduction-to-severe-asthma/what-is-severe-asthma

People with severe asthma have trouble with frequent asthma symptoms or flare-ups even when taking the highest level of recommended treatment, or needing the highest level of recommended treatment continuously to control their asthma. They may also have experienced severe attacks despite taking preventative treatment. 

Severe asthma is a term used by doctors to mean that your asthma symptoms are severe, frequent or you experience frequent asthma flare-ups, despite taking high dose inhaled combination preventer medication regularly and correctly, or needing frequent or even continuous oral corticosteroid (steroid) medication. For this diagnosis to be clear it's important that the diagnosis of asthma is confirmed by lung function testing and chest imaging, and other conditions that can make asthma worse have been treated. 

‘Severe asthma’ is sometimes referred to as:

• severe refractory asthma OR
• treatment resistant asthma

This means asthma does not respond as well as in most people to common inhaled preventer medications.

• How is severe asthma different from other types of asthma?
• How common is severe asthma?
• Who gets severe asthma?
• Why does severe asthma occur?
• What are signs and symptoms of severe asthma?