Respiratory Care WA provides professional development training for WA school staff. Sessions take approximately one hour and include:
- Physiology of asthma, medications and devices
- Triggers in the school environment, focussing on exercise-induced asthma
- How to recognise an asthma flare-up
- Asthma first aid and how to manage an emergency
Training delivery options:
In person – all school staff training
We provide face-to-face training for WA metropolitan school staff which covers interactive asthma first aid simulations and managing students with asthma while on external school activities such as camps and interschool carnivals.
Please fill out the request form below. For regional school staff training, please reach out to our Respiratory Health team to discuss video conferencing options.
Online – Individual staff training
Individual teachers can access free online asthma first aid training through Asthma Australia.