Specialist Clinical Topics - Coming Soon
Each of the Specialist Clinical Topic courses listed below deliver information and skills associated with providing comprehensive and quality care. These skills are frequently not taught unless the Health Carer has a client with them and learns on the job, which can lead to providing poor and even incorrect service to the client.
Attending these courses will upskill the learner with knowledge that is necessary for the complex environment in which many Health Care Assistants are now working, making this a safer place for both the client and the caregiver.
Delivery: Either face to face or Zoom
Duration: Each course is a maximum of 1 day
Ostomy Care:
- Tracheostomy
- Colostomy
- Ileostomy
- Urostomy
Catheter Care:
- Indwelling catheter
- Suprapubic catheter
- In and out catheter
- Incontinence care
Mucosal Care:
Care of the Hands and Feet:
- Identification of issues
- Skin care
- Massage
Comfort Cares Including Oral Hygiene:
- Positioning and turning
- Pressure area care
- Moistening and cleaning of the gums, lips, mucosa, eyes
- Cleaning dentures and teeth
Hydration:
- Supplemental hydration including IVL
- Subcutaneous and preferred fluids
Bed Bathing:
- Hair and body when the client is bed bound
Moving and Handling:
- Transferal of the client
- Safe movement and lifting including use of hoists
Bed Making:
- Changing linen with and without a client in bed
Wound Care:
- Skin tears
- Wound management
- Care of the amputee
Assessment Skills:
- Vital signs including:
- Manual and digital blood pressure
- GCS
- Pupils
- Blood sugar levels
- Urinalysis
- Skin
