• The course is aimed at educators and trainers in all professions who not only need a formal training qualification – for quality assurance and inspection reasons, perhaps – but who would like to consolidate their knowledge in providing more effective learning that empowers, motivates, engages and promotes deep learning in participants
• Our tutors are holders of postgraduate qualifications, and have had many years of experience in providing such courses to the public- and private sectors, from small organisations to ‘blue-chip’ companies and large public-sector organisations. SIA (Security Industry Authority) legislation requires that all trainers must have an approved training qualification, and this (general) course is an approved course

• The qualification is at ‘Level 3’
• It is ideal for existing or potential instructors, trainers and educators
• Progression to ‘Full Teacher Status’ is possible
• It may enable you to generate additional income by achieving a recognised teaching/training qualification, by either an increase in pay or by working for local education or training providers
• It is completed in 4 or 5 days

• On Request

• What is first aid?
• First aid in the workplace
• Responsibilities of the appointed person
• Action at an emergency
• Primary assessment and secondary assessment
• Breathing and circulation
• Principles of resuscitation
• Airway obstruction        
• Disorders of circulation (heart conditions)
• Bleeding, burns, fractures

This course:

• Is for persons selected to be the recognised first-aider in the workplace
• Meets the standards required by the HSE to achieve the First Aid at Work (FAW) Certificate
• Meets the requirements of the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 (SI 1981 No 917)

Notes

• Moving and handling courses are offered only at your place of work with your own equipment
• Course participants should be free of injury or any medical condition that may place them at risk of injury

Duration

½ day: morning or afternoon

Cost

• On Request

Outcome

This course:

• Carries a CodeBlue Education Certificate

Content

• Manual handling law and how it applies in the workplace
• Conducting a personal or dynamic risk assessment to avoid, reduce or eliminate risks, Looking after your back, Gaining a better understanding of spinal mechanics, Communicating when handling in a team
• Moving and handling inanimate loads safely with and without the use of equipment.

Notes

• Moving and handling courses are offered only at your place of work with your own equipment
• Course participants should be free of injury or any medical condition that may place them at risk of injury

Duration

One day

Cost

• On Request

Outcome

This course:

• Carries a CodeBlue Education Certificate

Content

• Manual handling law and how it applies in the workplace
• Applying ELITE assessment to manual handling
• Applying guidelines for pulling and pushing
• Recording and revisiting assessments
• Safer techniques for moving and handling
• Anatomy of the spine

Duration

4 hours

Cost

• On Request

Aims and  outcome

This course:

• Increases awareness and provide learners with the knowledge that they need to reduce the chance of incurring an injury while moving loads in the work environment
• Carries a CodeBlue Education Certificate, valid for 12 months
  
  

Content

• Moving and Handling Regulations (the law)
• The spine and back care
• Risk assessments
• PUWER
• LOLER
• Moving and handling objects
• Equipment
  

• Legislation “The LAW”
• Duties and responsibilities
• Risk assessment
• Accidents (RIDDOR)
• Untoward incidents
• First aid
• Safe handling
• Chemicals (COSHH)
• Fire
• Medication
• Infectious illness
• Food hygiene
• Equipment
• Protective equipment (PPE)
• Waste
• Welfare
• Water Safety

• Whistle blowing 
• Bullying
• Stress
• Pregnancy
• Smoking
• Gas safety
• Legionnaire's disease
• Lifts
• Ladders and steps
• Electrical safety
• Display screens (DSE)
• Outdoor safety
• Vehicle accidents
• Vehicle breakdowns
• Hot Surfaces
• Window Restriction
• Working alone (lone working)
• Basic overview of “permit to Work”

Note

• As this course is an update, candidates must have a previous manual and handling certificate as well as a BLS certificate

c.7 hours (1 day)

Cost

• On request

Content

• Health and Safety including COSHH, RIDDOR risk assessments
• Fire Safety
• Infection Control
• Manual handling refresher, including legislation, spinal anatomy, ergonomics, bio-mechanics, unsafe practices and small handling aids and information on principles of hoist training
• Handling violence and aggression and the lone worker
• Caldicott Protocols (Data Protection Act 1998)
• Handling complaints                              
• Basic Life Support (BLS): adult and paediatric (UK Resuscitation Council Guidelines)
• Mental Health Acts 1983 and 2007
• POVA and the Protection of Children Act 1999

Notes

• All applicants should hold a current clinical appointment and professional healthcare qualification
• Candidates should wear comfortable, loose clothing and closed shoes
• Candidates must be physically fit and inform us of any special requirements

Duration

2 days

Cost

• On Request

Aims and  outcome

This course:

• Teaches the theory and practical skills to effectively manage cardio-respiratory arrest, peri-arrest situations and special circumstances, and to prepare senior members of a multidisciplinary team to treat the patient until transfer to a critical care area is possible
• Is designed for healthcare professionals who would be expected to apply the skills taught as part of their clinical duties, or to teach them on a regular basis. Appropriate participants include doctors and nurses who work in critical care areas, such as A&E, CCU, ICU, HDU, operating theatres, medical admissions units) or on the cardiac arrest/medical emergency team and paramedics
• Carries a 3-year Australian Resuscitation Council and CodeBlue-approved Certificate (UK Resuscitation Council Guidelines approved)
  

Content

Lectures on the following subjects:

• Advanced life support in perspective
• Causes and prevention of cardiac arrest
• Acute coronary syndromes
• ALS treatment algorithm
• Post-resuscitation care
• Skill stations and workshops 
• Airway management
• Monitoring, rhythm recognition and 12-lead ECG
• Initial assessment and resuscitation
• Tachycardias and bradycardias
• Blood gases
• Cardiac arrest in special circumstances
• Cardiac arrest management (CASTeach)

Discussion of: 

• Ethics/legal aspects/DNAR

Demonstration: 

• An experienced faculty will give a teaching demonstration. This introduces the concept of role-play and simulated cardiac arrest management, assessment of the critically ill patient, shockable/non-shockable algorithms, positive critiquing, and team leadership skills

Assessments:

• Based on clinical scenarios which allow the candidate to effectively demonstrate the core competencies that have been taught on the course

An MCQ paper is taken on the last day

Notes

• All applicants should be able to show, as a minimum, evidence of first-aid training undertaken (First Aid at Work or equivalent standard)
• The maximum number of candidates is 10
• Candidates should wear comfortable, loose clothing and closed shoes
• Candidates must be physically fit and inform us of any special requirements

Duration

1 day

Cost

• On Request

Aims and  outcome

This course:

• Has been developed to standardise much of the in-hospital training undertaken already by Resuscitation Officers
• Aims to train healthcare personnel in cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, simple airway management and safe defibrillation (manual and/or AED), enabling them to manage patients in cardiac arrest until arrival of a cardiac arrest team and to participate as members of that team

Content

Lectures on the following subjects:  

• Causes and prevention of cardio-respiratory arrest
• The ALS algorithm
• Practical Stations 
• The ABCDE approach
• Initial resuscitation and defibrillation
• Airway (with optional LMA)
• Optional targeted training
• CASTeach

Demonstration:

• There is one CASTeach demonstration. Emphasis is placed on managing patients until the arrival of the cardiac arrest team and on participating as members of that team

Duration

3 hours

Cost

• On request

Aims and  outcome

This course:

• Is aimed at nurses and healthcare assistants/support workers
• Is assessed and certificated in line with UK Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2006 (HSE-recognised)
• Carries a CodeBlue Education Certificate (HSE-recognised)

Requirements

All candidates who participate in this course must demonstrate practically their competence at performing the sequence of basic life support on the adult and paediatric resuscitation manikins

Content

• Definition of basic life support
• DRSABC: danger, response, shout, airway, breathing, circulation
• Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation
• The care of an unconscious casualty
• The recovery position
• Dealing with choking and asphyxia
• Practical demonstration and use of resuscitation manikins

For delegates working towards a National Vocational Qualification (NVQ’s) in Child Care and Education, will be able to use their certificate to give evidence towards their qualifications.

Duration

4 to 6 hours

Cost

• On Request

Aims and  outcome

This course:

• Teaches first responders and emergency medical personnel the skills to use an AED safely in and outside the workplace
• Carries a CodeBlue Education Certificate (Resuscitation Council UK and Australia recognised) valid for 6-12 months

Content

• Chain of survival
• Basic life support
• Protocols and procedures
• Treatment of an unconscious casualty
• Heart attacks
• Getting to know the AED (any type)
• Operating the AED
• AED safety precautions
• Reporting

Duration

4 hours

Cost

• On Request

Aims and  outcome

This course:

• Provides the necessary training in the safe administration of oxygen by emergency medical personnel and rescue personnel as part of their first aid, first response, rescue or medical role
• Carries a CodeBlue Education Certificate, valid for 12 months

Content

• Identifying the clinical need of oxygen
• Hypoxic drive
• General guidelines on oxygen administration
• Care and safety of medical gases
• Oxygen therapy equipment
• Potential hazards
• Medicines Act 1968; Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 2000
• Use of oxygen during CPR

Duration

3 hours

Cost

• On Request

Aims and  outcome

This course:

• Teaches the appropriate emergency management of acute anaphylactic reactions by first medical responders and community nurses who are unlikely or likely to have specialised knowledge
• Carries a CodeBlue Education Certificate, valid for 12 months

Content

• Aetiology of anaphylactic shock: causes and origins of anaphylactic shock
• Recognition of anaphylactic and anaphylactoid reactions
• Considerations in relation to treatment, Documentation and record-keeping
• Assessment and management of a collapsed patient
• Recommendation for management, First-line treatment: securing the airway
• Restoration of blood pressure
• Administration of adrenaline (epinephrine) injection (epipen)
• Oxygen administration, Antihistamines Continuing deterioration and overview of ongoing management, Cautions

Duration

4 or 6 hours

Cost

• On Request

Aims and  outcome

This course:

• Enables practitioners to acquire a level of knowledge that will support them in achieving competence in venepuncture and IV cannulation
• Carries a CodeBlue Education Certificate, valid for 1 year
  
  On successful completion, candidates are required to gain competency under clinical supervision in their own workplace
  
  

Content

• Legal and professional issues
• Venous and vascular anatomy and physiology
• Vein selection criteria
• Nursing management
• Fluid and electrolytes
• Types and uses of IV therapy
• Drug Interactions and adverse reactions,
• IV Flow rate calculations,
• Equipment available: vacuumed systems, 'butterflies'
• Demonstration of techniques: hints and tips
• Practical workshop: instruction and supervision, e.g. complications of IV therapy, etc., haematoma, extravasation, needlestick injury, etc.

Duration

3-4 hours

Cost

• On Request

Aims and  outcome

This course:

• Discusses the function and structure of veins; identifies the names and locations of the veins most suitable for phlebotomy
• Lists the equipment and supplies needed to collect blood, and discusses its correct use
• Describes the steps in performing a venipuncture procedure
• Discusses the techniques and equipment used to minimise biohazard exposure
• Identifies the procedural errors, and discuss remedies for them
• Identifies the complications associated with blood collection and discusses how to respond appropriately when each occurs
• Enables recognition of suboptimal specimens and their effect on the quality of laboratory test results

Content

• Introduction: overview, learning objectives, anatomy
• Equipment: tubes, needles, tourniquets, other equipment
• Venipuncture: patient introduction, prepping, blood draw
• Procedural complications: needle insertion, other problems
• Quality assurance: patient complications, suboptimal specimens

• The principles of good record keeping
• Knowing the use of records
• Making sure information is understandable
• Ensuring relevance
• Being clear and concise
• Facts
• Accountability
• Using records appropriately
• Working with reading/writing difficulties

• Making sure records are useful                                                          
• Legal requirements of records
• Access to records
• Different levels of recording
• Care plans
• Using black ink and why
• When to use red ink
• Open and closed records
• Dealing with mistakes correctly

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Dementia care

• What is Dementia?
• Types of Dementia
• Alzheimer’s Disease
• Multi-infarct dementia (M.I.D)
• Lewy body dementia
• Pick’s disease
• Korsakoff’s syndrome
• The stages of Dementia
• Aphasia
• Apraxia
• Agnosia
• Medication
• Behavioural difficulties
• Managing risks
• Activities

• Continence care and Promotion

  • What is Continence?
  • The Urinary System
  • Urinary incontinence
  • Urinary Stress incontinence
  • Urinary urge incontinence
  • Bladder Training
  • Neurogenic incontinence
  • Nocturia
  • Prostate problems
  • Feelings and Emotions about incontinence
  • Cleaning up
  • The intestines
  • Bowel incontinence
  • Constipation
  • Diarrhoea
  • Unpleasant smells
  • Pressure management
  • Personal care
  • Equipment and products
  • Infection control