Asthma Awareness & Management

Asthma Awareness & Management

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Asthma awareness & management training delivered at your workplace or online. Half a day. Real scenarios. The knowledge your team needs to recognise an asthma attack and respond correctly before it becomes a crisis.

Course Overview

Prima Cura’s lead trainer has asthma. Managed well, day to day, no drama. But a few years ago, at a battle re-enactment, she had an attack. The people around her, experienced and capable people who knew her, did not recognise it. They assumed she was out of breath from the physical effort. It took a stranger to spot what was actually happening and help her get to her inhaler.

Nobody did anything wrong. They just did not know what they were looking at.

That is exactly what this training addresses.

Asthma is one of the most common long-term conditions in the UK. For many people, it is something they manage every day without issue. But when an attack occurs, or when someone’s asthma is not well controlled, it can become serious very quickly. In care settings, schools, workplaces, and community environments, staff are often the first to notice when something is not right. Recognising the early signs of deterioration and knowing how to respond makes a real difference. Asthma Awareness and Management Training gives learners the knowledge and confidence to identify triggers, support individuals with their management plans, and respond correctly when an attack happens. All content reflects NHS guidance on asthma and the NICE/BTS/SIGN Joint Guideline NG245, the current national clinical standard for asthma diagnosis and management.

Asthma awareness is also incorporated into our Paediatric First Aid and First Aid at Work courses. If your team has already completed either of those, this standalone course works well as a focused refresher or for staff who need the asthma content without the full first aid qualification.

Course Details

• Duration: Half day (3 to 4 hours)
• Delivery: Face-to-face at your workplace or chosen venue, or live online via Zoom or Microsoft Teams
• Certificate: CPD-accredited Asthma Awareness and Management Certificate
• Validity: No formal expiry. Annual refresher recommended to maintain confidence and keep knowledge current
• Group size: Maximum 15 learners per trainer

Who This Course Is For

This course is right for anyone who works with or supports people who have asthma across care, education, and workplace settings.

• Health and social care staff, support workers, and care assistants
• Teachers, school staff, and SEN teams
• Early years and childcare professionals
• Employers and workplace first aiders
• Family members and carers supporting someone with asthma

No prior medical knowledge is needed. If your team needs broader emergency response training alongside this, our Emergency First Aid at Work and Paediatric First Aid courses provide that foundation.

Why Organisations Book With Prima Cura

Most training providers arrive with a course. We arrive with yours.

Before the day, we gather information about your workplace: your incident reporting forms, your internal procedures, the specific hazards your team actually faces. On the day, your trainer works that into every scenario, every discussion, every practical exercise. If your staff work in a care home, they’re not practising on hypothetical office workers. If your team are lone workers, that context shapes how the session runs.

It means the training lands. Not because it was well-delivered in a generic sense, but because it was relevant to the people in the room and the situations they’ll actually encounter.

A few other things that matter to the organisations that book with us:

• 98.9% learner satisfaction across all Prima Cura courses
• All trainers hold Enhanced DBS certificates and maintain ongoing CPD
• We advise honestly on the qualification level at the enquiry stage. If a different course is a better fit for your workforce, we’ll say so before you book, not after

We respond to all enquiries within one working day.

What Learners Will Be Able to Do

By the end of the course, learners will be able to:

• Explain what asthma is and how it affects the airways
• Identify common asthma triggers and risk factors
• Recognise mild, moderate, and severe asthma symptoms, including the signs people commonly miss
• Respond correctly to an asthma attack, including when to escalate and call 999
• Support the safe and effective use of inhalers and spacers
• Work within individual care plans and medication protocols
• Promote good asthma management in everyday settings
• Know when and how to escalate concerns to a GP, nurse, or emergency services

What the Day Covers

All content reflects NHS guidance on asthma and the NICE/BTS/SIGN Joint Guideline NG245 throughout. Topics covered include:

• What asthma is and how it affects breathing
• Types of asthma and individual differences
• Common triggers and risk factors
• Signs and symptoms of worsening asthma, including the subtle early signs
• Asthma medication: relievers, preventers, and spacers, how each works and how to support correct use
• Step-by-step response to an asthma attack
• When to call emergency services and what to tell the operator
• Supporting people with asthma safely within their care plan
• Reducing risk through awareness and good day-to-day practice

Every course is also built to include your industry-specific common risks and your organisation’s incident reporting systems as standard.

How the Course Is Delivered

This course is available face-to-face at your workplace or chosen venue, or live online via Zoom or Microsoft Teams. Both formats are fully interactive. Online delivery is a live session with the same discussion, scenarios, and trainer engagement as the room-based version. It is not a pre-recorded module.

Sessions are delivered at your workplace or chosen venue. Groups are capped at 15 to ensure every learner gets sufficient time for discussion and questions. Every session is built around your working environment, your sector’s risks, and your internal reporting procedures. We also design each course to incorporate your specific workplace hazards, your organisation’s layout, and the findings of your needs assessment. If you haven’t carried out a needs assessment yet, we can guide you through what’s involved during the enquiry process.

Delivery includes:

• Real-world scenarios drawn from care, education, and workplace environments
• Practical guidance on inhaler types, technique, and how to support correct use
• Alignment with your medication protocols and individual care plans
• Discussion of the habits and assumptions that cause staff to hesitate when they shouldn’t
• Time for questions. Asthma generates them, particularly in settings supporting children or people with complex needs

Why Asthma Awareness Training Matters

Under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, every employer has a legal duty to take reasonable steps to protect the health and safety of employees. In any workplace where a member of staff, a client, or a visitor has asthma, awareness training is a straightforward part of meeting that duty. Knowing how to respond to an asthma attack is not optional for care and education settings. It is part of your duty of care.

For schools and early years settings, the DfE’s Supporting Pupils at School with Medical Conditions statutory guidance (2017) is clear: schools must ensure that pupils with medical conditions, including asthma, are properly supported so that they can access education safely. That includes ensuring staff have the awareness to recognise symptoms and respond appropriately. A pupil’s individual healthcare plan only works if the staff responsible for it know what they are dealing with.

The clinical case is equally direct. Asthma attacks are often preventable. Not always, but often. Early recognition, correct use of medication, and knowing when to call for help are what make the difference. The problem is that asthma does not always look like people expect. Symptoms can be subtle at first. By the time it is obvious, it has already gone further than it needed to. The NICE/BTS/SIGN Joint Guideline NG245 and NHS guidance on asthma management provide the clinical framework around which this course is built.

Certification and Validity

On completion, learners receive a CPD-accredited Asthma Awareness and Management Certificate. There is no formal expiry, but an annual refresher is recommended to maintain confidence and ensure knowledge stays current, particularly given that clinical guidance and medication options continue to develop. Many organisations align this with their mandatory training cycle.

Where We Deliver

We deliver in-house training at your workplace or chosen venue across Manchester, Greater Manchester, and the wider North West. We also deliver nationally across England, including North England, South England, London, and Surrey. All sessions are led by experienced Prima Cura Training instructors. Every trainer holds an Enhanced DBS certificate. Groups are capped at 15 per trainer to protect the quality of hands-on learning.

FAQs

Related Courses

• Emergency First Aid at Work
• Paediatric First Aid
• Anaphylaxis Awareness
• Safe Medication Administration
• Anaphylaxis Awareness Training

Book or Enquire

To book this course or request a quote for your team, use the enquiry form on this page or contact us directly. Tell us your team size, your sector, and your preferred dates. We’ll come back with a quote and any advice on qualification level if you need it.

We respond to all enquiries within one working day.

Our Commitment to Quality and Compliance

At Prima Cura Training, all courses reflect current UK guidance and best practice. All trainers are experienced professionals with relevant qualifications and ongoing CPD. Because many of the organisations we support work with vulnerable individuals, all trainers hold Enhanced DBS checks.

This course is reviewed against updates from the NHS, NICE, the British Thoracic Society, Asthma and Lung UK, and current UK legislation, including the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and the DfE’s Supporting Pupils at School with Medical Conditions statutory guidance (2017). You can read more on our Quality Assurance and Compliance page.

Reviewed by Stephanie Austin, Owner and Lead Trainer, Prima Cura Training | 25+ years in health and social care | 15+ years as a trainer | Last reviewed: April 2026 | Next review: April 2027

This page is for general guidance only and reflects current UK legislation and clinical guidance as of the date of review. It does not constitute legal or clinical advice. This course provides awareness-level training and does not replace individual care plans, clinical assessment, or medical advice. Employers remain responsible for ensuring their arrangements comply with the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and, where applicable, the DfE’s Supporting Pupils at School with Medical Conditions statutory guidance. In all cases of suspected serious asthma attack, emergency services must be called without delay.

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