Paramedic Training in Adrenal Crisis Management

Our Paramedic Training Sessions

Make our Paramedic Training Sessions for trusts, services and individuals in managing adrenal crisis part of your continuous professional development (CPD).

The sessions are FREE to attendees (subsidised by the charity) and take place on Zoom. They are an educational session on Addison’s and adrenal insufficiency set in context with the JRCALC guidelines for emergency management. Each session is complemented by members’ own experiences, so alongside the theory you hear real-life accounts from real people.

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Who are these sessions for?

Ambulance trusts and services looking to run CPD sessions for their teams
Individual paramedics
Students and people studying to work in the emergency services
Members of voluntary organisations that provide emergency services

What do the sessions cover?

Adrenal insufficiency and Addison's disease - what are they and how likely emergency services teams are to encounter adrenal crises.
An overview of adrenal crisis - why it's important to get early treatment right, how to spot it, and how to manage it set in context with the JRCALC guidelines.
The ways patients can prevent and prepare for emergencies and how this could help you - an overview of various medic alerts, NHS steroid emergency card and information patients might carry.
A chance to discuss experiences with and ask questions of people with adrenal insufficiency for real life perspectives.

How much do the sessions cost?

Our paramedic training sessions are FREE to attendees! However, for this to be possible, our charity relies upon the kind support of donors. We always gratefully receive donations. Please consider donating. Every penny and pound makes a difference - even if you could donate the cost of a coffee we would hugely appreciate it!

If you would like to send us a donation, thank you very much!

Donate to cover the charity costs to host our training

How long are the sessions?

1 hour and 15 minutes. To obtain your certificate following the session you must attend for the whole session.

When are the sessions running?

Tuesday 23 June 2026, 1 - 2.15pm - Click here to register This session is supported by The Hospital Saturday Fund.
Wednesday 9 September 2026, 3 - 4.15pm - Click here to register This session is being run on Emergency Services Day (also known as 999 Day). The session is supported by JADA.
Thursday 19 November 2026, 2 - 3.15pm - Click here to register This session is supported by JADA.

Please visit our Events page to see all events run by the charity, including injection training. If you are interested in an individual or bespoke session to suit your Trust, please get in touch so we can discuss this with you.

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Feedback from previous attendees

If you're wondering what you can expect from these sessions, please read below the feedback from previous attendees. Thank you to the paramedics who kindly got in touch to let us know how they found the sessions and for your time in attending these sessions.

“Incredibly engaging, information was pitched at the right level and showed a good understanding of the ambulance service and what we need to know. Personal experiences made it even more tangible and realistic to us. The feedback from staff who attended the sessions has been overwhelmingly positive”
“Absolutely brilliant. I learnt so much. Having professional and personal experience was great and really aided my understanding. Just wanted to say a HUGE THANK YOU. It was truly awesome! I have never seen a group so engaged in a session before! The feedback has been enormously positive from everyone.”
“A very well-presented session, efficient yet human, about a subject I knew too little about. Lots of useful, practical information.”
“I did not know a lot about Addison’s disease, so this really helped develop my understanding of the disease and how ambulance crews can assess and treat people with it.”

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If you have attended one of our training courses - please complete our feedback form to let us know what you thought about the content and presentation, and any improvements we could make. It should just take you a couple of minutes. Thank you!

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