NPA Game Plan - National pharmacy association
NPA Game Plan - National pharmacy association
NPA Game Plan - National pharmacy association
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Are <strong>pharmacy</strong> staff insured to administer a patient’s own adrenaline/epinephrine<br />
to them in a life-saving situation?<br />
<strong>NPA</strong> Insurance regards the administration of adrenaline in an emergency as first aid and<br />
provided pharmacists are competent to administer adrenaline injections they will be covered<br />
under <strong>NPA</strong> Insurance Professional Indemnity policies. Other policy holders should check<br />
with their insurance provider.<br />
Where can I find further information on first aid?<br />
First aid at work<br />
• Health and Safety at Work Act 1974<br />
www.hse.gov.uk/legislation/hswa.htm<br />
• Health and Safety Executive<br />
www.hse.gov.uk/firstaid/index.htm<br />
First-aid advice<br />
• NHS Choices<br />
www.nhs.uk/conditions/accidents-and-first-aid/pages/introduction.aspx<br />
• British Red Cross<br />
www.redcross.org.uk/What-we-do/First-aid<br />
• St.John Ambulance<br />
www.sja.org.uk/sja/first-aid-advice.aspx<br />
• <strong>NPA</strong> Information Department<br />
01727 891 800<br />
Health Promotion and signposting<br />
Pharmacists have a key role to play in promoting good health and directing people to<br />
services during the <strong>Game</strong>s. To help you with this, NHS London have produced leaflets,<br />
posters and a central web hub on NHS Choices www.nhs.uk/london2012. Included<br />
within this pack are leaflets and posters to enable the communication of key health<br />
signposting and staying healthy messages at <strong>Game</strong>s time. Pharmacists can also support<br />
their customers to access health services appropriately using the ‘find a health service’<br />
tool which can be embedded on your website, the tool can be found on http://www.npa.<br />
co.uk/askyourpharmacist.Please ensure you and your staff are aware of the nearest walk-in,<br />
urgent care and sexual health service to you so that you can signpost effectively if required.<br />
You may also wish to use the <strong>Game</strong>s as an opportunity to promote ‘Summer essentials’ that<br />
will help to support a safe and healthy games:<br />
• Over the counter remedies such as paracetemol, ibuprofen, hang over cures, plasters,<br />
Diarrhoea and vomiting remedies, Antihistamine<br />
• Foot care<br />
• Anti-bacterial hand gels<br />
• Suncream minimum 15 SPF (in particular those in 100ml containers due to liquid<br />
restrictions in the Olympic and Paralympic venues and some live sites)<br />
• Condoms
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