Oxygen Therapy and Medical Gas Cylinder Training

Course Aims and Objectives:

This training is aim to provide theory and practical skills in assessing people/residents/patients who require oxygen therapy as ongoing or intermittent use, including oxygen use on non-invasive ventilation for treatment of chronic lung condition.

Knowledge and Theory

• Understanding oxygen as a drug
• Benefits and complications of oxygen administration
• Assessment of patient who require oxygen
• Oxygen cylinder use
• Types of oxygen devices
• Pulse oximetry
• Effects of oxygen in the body
• Oxygen toxicity
• Guidelines in oxygen therapy
• Practical Skills

• Comprehensive patient/resident assessment - ABCDE
• Correct use of oxygen device
• Care and safety of medical gasses
• Titrating oxygen flow
• Initiation, monitoring and discontinuing oxygen
• Documentation and record-keeping
• Oxygen driven medication - nebulisers

National Recommendation

• British Thoracic Society (BTS) Guideline for use of oxygen in adult healthcare and emergency setting (2017)
• NICE Oxygen Therapy Guidelines
• Resuscitation Council UK