Who Should Attend?
This qualification is for people who have a specific responsibility to be able to safely administer and monitor the effects of emergency oxygen within their scope of practice.
Duration
½ Day
Location
Ipswich / Essex / In-house Availability
Certifications
Provided on completion
Course PDF
View course details as PDFCourse Aims and Objectives
The objective of the qualification is to benefit Learners by enabling them to attain the knowledge and practical competencies needed to administer emergency oxygen.
By the end of the course delegates will:
- Understand the principles of administering oxygen in an emergency
- Be able to administer oxygen in an emergency
Course Outline
- Use of oxygen, including:
- Health and safety principles for use of oxygen
- Benefits of oxygen administration
- Indications and contra-indications for emergency oxygen
- Dangers of compressed gas
- The use of emergency oxygen during:
- CPR
- AED usage
- Pre-operational inspections of emergency oxygen equipment
- When emergency oxygen is required
- Clinical need for the administration of emergency oxygen
- Oxygen delivery devices, including:
- Nasal cannula
- Venturi mask
- Non re-breather mask
- Bag valve mask
