Completion time: approximately 1 hour
This activity is available on the Heart Foundation’s Health Professional Learning Hub. It is designed for members of the health workforce who are involved in the delivery of intramuscular benzathine benzylpenicillin injections.
On completion of this program, participants will be able to
- define acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease.
- describe secondary prophylaxis within the context of acute rheumatic fever.
- describe best practice delivery of intramuscular benzathine benzylpenicillin for secondary prophylaxis.
- identify strategies available to manage pain and distress for the person receiving injections.
Topics include
- Introduction to acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease
- Physiology of rheumatic heart disease
- Secondary prophylaxis
- Injection sites
- Managing injection pain and distress