COURSE ENROLMENT

Note: Purchasing the courses online at the prices shown below will save you £5 per course against our regular course prices

INITIAL TRAINING PROGRAMME

ITP Part One – The Generic Programme		£85.00
Provides a fundamental knowledge of how drugs work and its focus is on more commonly encountered substances. It is suitable for those who wish to improve their confidence in everyday practice.
Code:	NITP1
Certification:	Narcaid, Royal College of Nursing
Course Length:	44 Hours
Assessment:	Multiple choice assessment, case study evaluation.
Requirements:	Admission to the unit is open to emergency care practitioners such as emergency medical technicians, paramedics, A and E nurses and medical staff. Practitioners in training are also eligible. Evidence of field of employment is required with each application.

ITP Part Two – The Specialist Programme		£95.00
Provides a more extensive understanding of drug related incidents. It enables students to gain confidence when dealing with more demanding presentations.
Code:	NITP2
Certification:	Narcaid, Royal College of Nursing
Course Length:	44 Hours
Assessment:	Multiple choice assessment, case study evaluation.
Requirements:	Part one - The Generic Programme - must be completed before enrolling on Part Two.

SUPPLEMENTARY MODULAR TRAINING PROGRAMME

Fundamentals of the Pre-Hospital Management of Overdose/Poisoning		£65.00
An excellent introduction to the drug related incident, one of the most rapidly growing and increasingly demanding emergency presentations. It utilizes contemporary data and real-life case study to give the student a basic 'skills toolkit', facilitating confident and effective management.
Code:	NRSMTP1
Certification:	Narcaid, Royal College of Nursing
Course Length:	5.5 Hours
Assessment:	Multiple choice
Requirements:	Available as a short course for any student, regardless of previous study. It may be taken following drug awareness study, to consolidate theoretical understanding into a clinical context. However, it also works well as a first (or only) course, encapsulating care principles in the drug related emergency.

Cannabis		£55.00
An excellent introduction to ECODA via a detailed, professionally reviewed exploration of the most commonly used illegal drug. The course includes latest thinking on issues such as cannabis related dependency and mental illness. The emphasis on physiological presentation in acute use and the inclusion of real-life case study makes the course ideal for those working in emergency care.
Code:	NRSMTP2
Certification:	Narcaid, Royal College of Nursing
Course Length:	7.5 Hours
Assessment:	Multiple choice
Requirements:	Available as a short course for any student, regardless of previous study.

Lithium Salts		£45.00
An excellent introduction to ECODA via a detailed, professionally reviewed exploration of one of the oldest medications still widely used to treat mental disturbance. The course includes extensive analysis of lithium overdose, both intentional and accidental, with an emphasis on clinical presentation at various serum (toxicity) levels. This makes the course particularly suitable for emergency personnel, and real-life (pre-hospital) case study is included in the materials.
Code:	NRSMTP3
Certification:	Narcaid, Royal College of Nursing
Course Length:	5.5 Hours
Assessment:	Multiple choice
Requirements:	Available as a short course for any student, regardless of previous study.

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The service offered by the Narcaid ECODA Unit is designed for professional ambulance personnel and other emergency care practitioners. Our training programmes are designed to teach drug awareness (rather than medical skills) to inform clinical judgment. Individual clinical judgment must be exercised in each presentation according to pre-existing training.