Clinical Courses Content
Sharps Awareness
Basic Life Support
Sharps Awareness
- List the legislation associated with needlestick awareness
- Explain the term "Sharps"
- List the infections associated with needlestick
- Explain the importance of risk assessments in needlestick awareness
- Describe how to treat a needlestick injury
CoSHH
Basic Life Support
Sharps Awareness
- Gain an understanding of COSHH regulations.
- Risk assessment and safety procedures.
- Definition of hazardous substances.
- Compliance with relevant regulations.
- Different types of hazardous substances
- Health effects.
- European CLP Regulations.
Basic Life Support
Basic Life Support
- Demonstrate/describe correct emergency procedure.
- Demonstrate/describe how to perform a primary survey using DRABC.
- Demonstrate/describe how to perform a secondary survey.
- Demonstrate/describe how to place a person into the recovery position.
- Demonstrate/describe when and how to do CPR on adult.
- Demonstrate/describe how to use an AED.
- Understand differences between CPR on children and infants.
- Choking
- Minor wounds- contusions- grazes- lacerations- incisions- penetrating wounds- embedded wounds- splinters- stings- nose bleeds
- Bleeding
- Shock
- Control of bleeding
Catheter Care
Automated External Defibrillator
- To gain an understanding in what catheterisation is
- To explore the reasons for catheterisation
- To understand the causes and types of incontinence
- To understand what risks are involved with catheterisation
- To understand the different types of catheters
- To understand the theory of how to insert a catheter
- To understand the theory of male and female catheterisation procedure
- To explore the post procedure catheter positioning
- To understand the importance of record keeping
First Aid Awareness
Automated External Defibrillator
Automated External Defibrillator
- Definition
- Legislation that governs first aid
- Infection control
- First aid kit
- Accident reporting
- Initial scene survey
- Primary survey using DRABC
- Secondary survey
- Recovery position
- Monitoring and Observations
- CPR on adult/child/baby
- Automated External Defibrillator (AED).
- Choking
- Seizures
- Minor injuries
- Anaphylactic shock
- Shock
- Bandaging and slings
Automated External Defibrillator
Automated External Defibrillator
Automated External Defibrillator
- Describe what is meant by AED
- Understand the chain of survival
- Understand cardiac arrest survival rates
- Define DRABC
- Understand the differences between adult and child/baby CPR
- Understand normal, brady and tachy sinus rhythms
- Define the differences between Angina and a Heart attack
- Be able to accurately place pads for AED