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PERITORUM SHORT COURSES:

MEDICAL TRAINING AND

ACADEMIC SUPPORT

1 PERITORUM SHORT COURSES: MEDICAL TRAINING AND ACADEMIC SUPPORT

1. Academic Writing and Study Skills

Course Content • What is Academic Writing • Setting a Title • Essay Structure • Case Studies • Writing in the 3rd Person • Making your Point • Assertions • Arguments • Knowledge Vs Beliefs • Avoiding Plagiarism • Reference Sources • Referencing • Harvard Referencing • British Standard Referencing • Assignment Proposals • Common Mistakes in Academic Writing Who is it for? Anyone needing to write at a University Level Duration 1 Day Total Cost £100

2. ALS (Pre-Hospital/ Ambulance) Refresher

Course Content

Current ALS Protocol for the Pre-Hospital/ JRCALC environment

Who is it for?

Paramedics and similar Acute Unit (Registered) Personnel

Duration

1 Day

Total Cost

£100

3. Ambulance Emergency Preparedness

Course Content • Major Incident Definition • First Crews on Scene • Reconnaissance • METHANE Report


• CSCATTT Process • Command Role • Staff Briefing • Sieve Triage • Sort Triage • Children • Incident Zones • Officer Roles • Communication • Terrorism and Extreme Threat Awareness • Taking Cover • EH20 Escape Hoods • Electronic Personal Dosimeter • Radiation Doses • Nerve Agent Antidote Kits • Chemical Suicide • Flooding and Water Rescue. Who is it for? All Ambulance Personnel and Associated Professional

Duration 3 hours Total Cost £30

4. Anatomy and Physiology – major body systems for Carers

Course Content • Introduction to the Human Body • Respiratory System • Oxygen and Nebulisation • Cardiovascular System • Nervous System • Skeletal System • Nutrition. Who is it for? Developing ECAs or other Care Assistants

Duration 2 and ½ days Total Cost £250


5. Assisting the clinical practitioner

Course Content • Assisting with Stepwise Airway Management • Cannulation • Fluids and Infusions • Drug Administration Who is it for? Developing Emergency Care Assistants

Duration 1 Day Total Cost £100

6. Back Care Leads Course

Course Content

Legislation

Anatomy of the Spine

Golden Rules of Lifting

Dynamic Risk Assessment

Mechanics of Lifting

Kinetics of Lifting

Patient Handling Equipment

Safer Manual Handling

Techniques that are no longer and why. Who is it for? All levels of Healthcare Professionals Duration 2 Days or 12 hours. Total Cost £200

7. Cleaning, Decontamination and Waste Management in Health and Social Care

Course Content • Care Quality Commission • Compliance and Regulatory Frameworks • Role of Clinicians • IP&C • Management Responsibilities • Staff Responsibilities • Infection Transmission and Your Protection • Protecting Patients and Yourself


• Hand Hygiene • Decontamination of Medical Equipment and Vehicles • National Colour Coding System • Segregation of Cleaning Materials and Mops • Cleaning and Decontamination • Sharps Disposal • IPC Auditing • COSHH • RIDDOR • Chemex Cleaning Agents • Personal Protective Equipment • Manual Handling • Golden Rules • Dynamic Risk Assessment • Kinetics of Lifting Who is it for? All HCPs and Domestic Staff

Duration 3 hours and 30 minutes Total Cost £30

8. Clinical Safety Netting

Course Content • Case Studies and Discussion Scenarios • Duty of Care • Proving Negligence • Safety Netting • Patients’ requirements • Full History • Base Line Observations • Additional Observations • Patient Advice • Documentation • SBAR Communication Tool. Who is it for? All HCPs

Duration 1 hour

Total Cost £20


9. Clinical Supervision (Ambulance Model)

Course Content • Need for Clinical Supervision • Requirements of Clinical Supervisors • Types of Supervision • The Ambulance Model of Clinical Supervision • Human Elements • Knowledge Vs Beliefs • Behaviours • Big 5 Trait Theory • Bataris Box • Decision Making • Minor, Serious and Critical Errors • Giving Feedback • Reflective Practice • Setting Scenarios • Writing Developmental Action Plans

• SMART Plans

• Setting Objectives

• Instructional Vocabulary

• SWOT Analysis

• Zones of Proximal Development

• Red Flagging and practical scenarios

Who is it for? Ambulance Providers and other non-static healthcare providers seeking to establish a robust process of clinical supervision

Duration 1 and ½ day. Total Cost £150

10. Community Paramedic

Course Content • Ethics & Law • Evidence Base Practice • Professional Role of the Community Paramedic • Medical Model of Enquiry • Respiratory Assessment • Cardiovascular Assessment • Central Nervous System Assessment • Clinical Safety Netting • Abdominal Assessment • Pharmacology • Pain Management


• Wounds and Skin Tears • Musculoskeletal Assessment • Wounds Paper & OSCEs. Who is it for? Paramedics but is of interest to Paramedic Students & Technicians.

Duration 6 Days Total Cost £800

11. Conflict Resolution (NHS)

Course Content • Causes of conflict • Reasons for Conflict • Communication • Verbal, Non-Verbal and Non-Vocal Communication • Communication Models • Patterns of Behaviour • Warning Signs • Danger Signs • Psychological affects • Impact Factors • Proxemics • Common Law • Reasonable Force • Break techniques (Discussion) • Dealing with conflict situation • Common influences leading to Compromised Safety • Your safety away from work. Who is it for? All NHS Personnel

Duration 1 day initial course 3 hours and 30 minutes refresher Total Cost £100

12. Dementia Awareness

Course Content • Definition of Dementia • Anatomy of the Alzheimer’s Brain • Types of Dementia • Practical Exercises in helping Dementia Patients


• Mental Capacity • Support Pathways. Who is it for? All Healthcare Professionals and Retail and Private Sector


13. Domestic Violence Awareness

Course Content

Domestic Abuse

Responsibilities

Key National Facts

Recognising Domestic Abuse

How To Respond

Best Practice

MARACs

Care of Colleagues

Domestic Homicide Reviews

Signposting to Further Support Who is it for? All Healthcare Professionals Child Minders Duration 2 hours Total Cost £30

14. Emergency Care Assistant

Course Content • Professionalism and the role of the Emergency Care Assistant • Infection Prevention & Control in the Pre-Hospital Care • Principles of Safeguarding Children and Adults • Moving & Lifting Patients • Anatomy, Physiology & Pathophysiology of the Key Body Systems in Emergency Care • Observing and Monitoring Patients in Emergency Care • Basic Life Support and Automated External Defibrillation • Supporting the Care of the Pregnant Patient, Babies, Children and their Families • Supporting the Care of the Elderly • Supporting the Care of Patients with Mental Health Problems and Learning Disabilities • Supporting the Care of the Trauma Patient, Extrication and Light Rescue


• Assisting the Paramedic • Major Incidents and on Hazardous Environments. Who is it for? ACA up Skill and Direct Entrants to A&E Ambulance work

Duration 10 weeks Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) + 750 hours placement Practical lessons on Week 5 (Serious Illnesses) and Week 10 (Serious Injuries) Total Cost £2400

15. Emergency Trauma Life Support Refresher

Course Content • The Golden Hour and the Platinum 10 Minutes • Patient Assessment • Scene Size Up • Mechanism of Injury • 3 Collisions • Clues to Injury • Falls • Penetrating Injuries • Blast Injuries • Rapid Trauma Survey • Secondary Survey • Major Trauma Centre Divert. Who is it for? All HCPs involved with Pre-Hospital Care


16. End of Life Care Awareness (Pre-Hospital/ Hospice)

Course Content • Complexity of the issue • DNACPR • Duties of Staff • Reporting Mechanisms • Caring for the Patient and Family • Discussion Scenarios • Where to get more help.


Who is it for? All Healthcare Professionals (Can be tailored to client)


17. Elderly Patient Awareness

Course Content • Definition of Getting Old • Statistics • Discussion Scenarios • Geriatric Anatomy & Physiology • Common Age Related Diseases • Scene Assessment • Mental Capacity & Consent • Environment and Social Needs • Patient Assessment • Medication and Poly Pharmacy • Trauma Assessment • Mini Mental Test • Vulnerable Adult Assessment • Pressure Sores Classification

Who is it for? All HCPs


18. Equality & Diversity Awareness

Course Content • Definitions of equality and diversity • Attitudes and behaviours • Legislation • Case studies.

Who is it for? Everyone

Duration 1 hour


Total Cost £20

19. Equality & Inclusion in Health in Social Care

Course Content • What is Equality and Diversity? • Attitudes & Behaviours • Legislation • Legislation Case Studies • NHS Strategies • Public Sector Equality Duty & Expectations • Ethics – Professional Accountability • Moral Theories • Values, Moral and Non-moral Theories • Key Principles of Medical Ethics • Consequentialism • Deontology • Bioethics • Confidentiality • Law – Legal Rules • Functions of Law • Where our Law comes from • Criminal Law • Civil Law • Tort • Relationship Between Law and Ethics • Consent – What is Consent • Refusal of Consent • Informed Consent • Functions of the Law of Consent • What is an Autonomous Person • Mental Capacity Act • Children and Consent • Gillick Competency • Basic Sociology • Behaviours • Social Policy Discussion • Expectations of Society • Socialisation • Culture • Social Norms • Diversity • Prejudice • Stereotyping • Discrimination • Equality • Emotional Intelligence • Health & Wellbeing • Human Needs


• Factors Contributing to Health and Well Being • Health Inequalities • Sensitive Patient Care Who is it for? Developing Health Care Professionals or Healthcare Professionals CPD


20. Falls Assessment

Course Content • Definition of a fall • Statistics • Physiological Changes of Aging • Common Pathologies Associated with falls • Multifactorial process • Fall Predictors • Nation Service Framework • Changes in Gait • Abnormal Gait • Medications Associated with Increased Risk of Falling • Complications of Falling • Assessment of Patients and Management. Who is it for? All Healthcare Professionals


21. First Person on Scene – Basic

Course Content

The Pre-Hospital Environment The role of FPOS Scene Safety Minimising risk of Infection Post Incident Procedures

Patient Assessment Communicating with Patients Examination and Assessment


Respiration & Airway Management Recognition of Respiratory Problems Common Breathing Difficulties Basic Airway Management

Basic Life Support Perform basic life support Recovery position

AED (Automated external defibrillation)

Circulation & Shock Recognition and initial care of haemorrhage

Medical Related Emergencies Recognition and initial care of heart attack, diabetes, stroke etc.

Trauma Related Emergencies Recognition and initial care of injuries to bones, joints, tendons etc. Recognition & initial care of burns and scalds Recognition & initial care of other trauma related injuries Skeletal stabilisation

Who is it for? Everyone Duration 2 days Total Cost £250

22. First Person on Scene – Intermediate

Course Content

The Pre Hospital Environment The role of FPOS Scene Safety Minimising risk of Infection Post Incident Procedures Scene Management – Safety, Triage

Patient Assessment Communicating with Patients Examination and Assessment Primary Survey and Assessment Safe Moving and Handling

Respiration & Airway Management Recognition of Respiratory Problems Common Breathing Difficulties Basic Airway Management Use of Suction Removal of Crash Helmets Use of Oro-Pharyngeal Airways Oxygen Supplementation Ventilation Support Bag/Valve/Mask


Basic Life Support Perform basic life support Recovery position Perform child & infant basic life support

AED (Automated external defibrillation) & Normal/abnormal heart rhythms

Circulation & Shock Recognition and initial care of haemorrhage

Medical Related Emergencies

Recognition and initial care of heart attack, diabetes, stroke etc.

Assisting the Paramedic

Trauma Related Emergencies

Recognition and initial care of injuries to bones, joints, tendons etc.

Recognition & initial care of burns and scalds

Recognition & initial care of other trauma related injuries

Skeletal stabilisation

Who is it for? Everyone

Duration 4 days

Total Cost £400

23. Hazardous Substances Awareness

Course Content • Chemicals • UKHIS and HAZCHEM • CIMAH Regs. 1984 • Decontamination • Radioactive Substances • Biological Substances • Poisoning • Entry to the Body • Types of Poison • Management of Poisoning Who is it for? All Healthcare Professionals Duration 3 hours and 30 minutes Total Cost £50


24. How to build a CPD portfolio

Course Content • Completion of a CPD Portfolio to HCPC Standards • Reflective Cycles • Activity Reviews • Academic Writing. Who is it for? All Health & Care Professions Council Registrants and any other interested parties Duration 2 hours Total Cost £50

25. IHCD Paramedic Refresher – Return to Practice Course and Developmental

Action Plans

Course Content • Tailored to need Who is it for? Paramedics on corrective action plans including HCPC action plans, returning to practice or simply in need of a refresher.

Duration 1 week for A&P and Pharmacology Possible 1 week for Trauma, Paediatrics and Obs/Gynae – Tailored to need Total Cost £500 per week

26. Infection Prevention and Control

Course Content • Infection Transmission and your Protection • How to Protect your Patients • Blood Borne Viruses • MRSA • Clostridium Difficile • Your Responsibilities • Legislation • Policies and Procedures • Six Golden Rules • Hand Hygiene • Personal Protective Equipment • Accidental Exposure to Blood or Body Fluids • Discussion Scenarios


• Correctly Setting Up a Sharps Container • First Aid. Who is it for? All HCPs and Domestic Staff


27. Introduction to Law and Ethics for Paramedics

Course Content

Ethical Theories

Moral Frameworks

Moral & Non Moral Values

Consequentialism

Deontology

Bioethics

Basis of Law

Difference between Law and Ethics Who is it for? Paramedics Duration 4 hours Total Cost £50

28. IV Cannulation & Fluid Therapy

Course Content

IV Equipment

Hazards

Anatomy of the Hand and Arms

Cannula Sizes

Fluids

Osmolarity

Indications for Use

Circulatory Overload

Cannulation Technique

IP&C

Hazards of Cannulation

Tips and Tricks

Safety and Safe Disposal of Sharps


Who is it for?

Paramedics & Nurses

Duration

1 Day

Total Cost

£100

29. IGel & Stepwise Airway Management

Course Content • Insertion of a Supraglottic Airway as part of a stepwise airway management process

(JRCALC)

Who is it for?

Technicians, Paramedics and other Registered HCPs

Duration

3 hours and 30 minutes

Total Cost

£50

30. Information Governance (NHS)

Course Content • Legislation • Data Protection Act • Freedom of Information Act • NHS Constitution • Good Record Keeping • Your Responsibilities. Who is it for? All Health Service Staff

Duration 30min Total Cost £10


31. Intermediate ECG (Paramedic Level) Refresher

Course Content • Basic Concepts of the ECG • Lead Placement • Technician Need to Know Rhythms • 41 Paramedic Dysrhythmias • 12 Lead ECG interpretation Who is it for? All Healthcare Professionals


32. Introduction to Pharmacology

Course Content • Homeostasis • What are Drugs? • Drug Sources • Liquid Drug Forms • Solid Drug Forms • Osmolality • Action of Drugs • Pharmacokinetics • Absorption • Distribution • Metabolism • Elimination • Pharmacodynamics • Receptors • Beta Blockers • Beta Blocker Overdose • Agonists • Antagonists • Ion Channels • Enzymes • Blood Clotting • NSAIDS • Carriers • Fluid Therapy • Crystalloids Vs Colloids • Circulatory Overload • Hypertension • Water Toxicity & Hyponatremia.


Who is it for? All Healthcare Professionals Duration 1 Day (Theory only) 3 hours and 30 minutes (Practical can be added as an extra) Total Cost £100 (Theory only) £150 (Theory & Practical)

33. Introduction to Evidence based Practice, Research and Values based Practice

for Paramedics

Course Content

Evidence based practice in Healthcare

Positivist & Interpretivist Research

Meta-analysis

Value based Practice Who is it for? Paramedics


34. Introduction to Law, Ethics, and Evidence based Practice, Research and Values

based Practice for Paramedics

Course Content

Ethical Theories

Moral Frameworks

Moral and Non Moral Values

Consequentialism

Deontology

Bioethics

Basis of Law

Difference between Law and Ethics

Evidence based Practice in Healthcare

Positivist & Interpretivist Research

Meta-analysis

Value based Practice Who is it for? Paramedics



35. JRCALC Primary Survey

Course Content • Primary Survey to the standards described in JRCALC 2013 Who is it for? All Ambulance Personnel


36. LP 15 incl. Capnography

Course Content

Complete instruction on how to use a LP15 Who is it for? Emergency Care Assistant, Technician, Paramedic & Nurse


37. Law & Ethics Awareness.

Course Content • Ethics – Professional Accountability • Moral Theories • Values, Moral and Non-moral Theories • Key Principles of Medical Ethics • Consequentialism • Deontology • Bioethics • Confidentiality • Law – Legal Rules • Functions of Law • Where our Law comes from • Criminal Law


• Civil Law • Tort • Relationship Between Law and Ethics • Consent – What is Consent • Refusal of Consent • Informed Consent • Functions of the Law of Consent • What is an Autonomous Person? • Mental Capacity Act • Children and Consent • Gillick Competency. Who is it for? All Healthcare Professionals


38. Mental Capacity Awareness and Assessment

Course Content • Right to Refuse Treatment • Capacity • What is Lack of Capacity? • Assessing Capacity • Best Interests • Emergency Situations • Discussion Scenarios • Types of Restraint Who is it for? All Healthcare Professionals

Duration 1 hour Total Cost £30

39. Moving and Handling of Patients

Course Content

Legislation






Kinetics of Lifting

Patient Handling Equipment

Safer Manual Handling

Techniques that are no longer permitted and why.

Who is it for? All levels of Healthcare Professionals Duration 1 Day Total Cost £100

40. Manual Handling of Inanimate Objects

Course Content

Legislation





Kinetics of Lifting Who is it for? Any person who lifts inanimate objects e.g. Office, Warehouse etc.

Duration 3 hours 30 minutes Total Cost £50

41. Medical Model of Enquiry History Taking, Respiratory & Cardiovascular

Assessment

Course Content

Context of the Medical Model of Enquiry to Paramedic Practice

History Taking

Focused Respiratory

Cardiovascular Examination Who is it for? All Healthcare Professionals



42. Pain Management

Course Content • Factors Effecting Pain • Pharmaceutical Management of Pain • Entonox • Morphine • Opiates and Opioids • Special Patient Groups • Measuring Pain • Abbey Pain Scoring • Discussion Exercises • Non-pharmacological pain relief • Gate control theory • Psychological mediators of pain. Who is it for? All Healthcare Professionals


43. Paramedic Level Anatomy and Physiology of the Nervous System Course

Course Content

Anatomy of the Nervous System

Subdivisions of the Nervous System

Common Neurological Diseases

Synapses and Neurotransmitters Who is it for? Everyone – Paramedics/Student Paramedics/Technicians/First Aiders etc.


44. Paramedic Level Anatomy and Physiology of the Cardiovascular System

Course Content

Anatomy of the Cardiovascular System

Circulatory Systems

Cardiac Cycle

Coronary Circulation


Sodium Potassium Pump

Shock and Common Cardiovascular Diseases Who is it for? Everyone – Paramedics/Student Paramedics/Technicians/First Aiders etc.


45. Paramedic Level Anatomy and Physiology of the Respiratory System

Course Content

Anatomy of the Respiratory Tract

Chemical Control of Respiration

Neurological Control of Respiration

Respiratory Capacities and their relevance to care

Bicarbonate Buffering System

Capnography Who is it for? Everyone – Paramedics/Student Paramedics/Technicians/First Aiders etc.


46. Paramedic Level Neurological Assessment

Course Content

Context of the Focused Neurological Examination Who is it for? Everyone – Paramedics/Student Paramedics/Technicians/First Aiders etc. Duration 1 Day Total Cost £100


47. Paramedic Level Paediatric Assessment (Medical & Trauma)

Course Content

Anatomy and Physiological Variances and Values for Paediatric

Medical Presentations

Mechanisms of Injury Who is it for? Everyone – Paramedics/Student Paramedics/Technicians/First Aiders etc.


48. Paramedic Level Pharmacology

Course Content

Introduction to the Origins of Drugs

Pharmacokinetics

Pharmacodynamics

Drug Dosage calculations

Practical Element on drawing up Drugs Safely and Correctly Who is it for? Everyone – Paramedics/Student Paramedics/Technicians/First Aiders etc.


49. Patient Experience

Course Content • Definition of the Patient Experience • NHS Being Open Policy Who is it for? All Healthcare Professionals Duration 30min Total Cost £10


50. Personal Development in Health and Social Care

Course Content • What is competence • Reflective Practice • Models of Reflection • Case Studies • SWOT Analysis • Zone of Proximal Development • Reflective Diaries • Knowledge Skills Framework • Personal Development Reviews

Who is it for? All Healthcare Professionals


51. Patient Monitoring and Observation

Course Content • What Will I Observe? • What Will I Measure? • Why do we Measure these Things? • What is Homeostasis? • Patient Report Forms • Primary & Secondary Survey • History Taking • Vital Signs • Glasgow Coma Scale • Assessment of the Skin • Pre-Alerting Hospital • Taking Observations – Blood Pressure • Pulse oximetry • Blood Glucose • Pulse • Respirations • 3 & 12 Lead ECG • Life Pak 15. Who is it for? Developing ECAs or other Care Assistants

Duration 2 Days Total Cost £200


52. Role of the Health and Social Care Worker

Course Content • What is expected of HCPs? • Code of Conduct • Duty of Care • Integrity & Reliability • Personal Standards • Conduct Towards Patients • Conduct Towards Others • Sense of Responsibility • Honesty • Role of the ECA • ECA working in Conjunction with Paramedics and Technicians • Clinical Hierarchy • Common Standards of a HCP Code of Conduct • Fitness to Practice • Professional Misconduct • Interprofessional Working • Overcoming Barriers to Interprofessional Working • Introduction to Ethics • Basic Conflict Resolution. Who is it for? Developing HCPs Duration 1 Day Total Cost £100

53. Safeguarding Adults and Paediatrics

Course Content • Why do we need to Safeguard Children? • Types of Abuse and their Signs and Symptoms • Fabricated Illness • Indicators of a Non Accidental Injury • Who is a Vulnerable Adult? • Types of Abuse and their Signs and Symptoms • Domestic Abuse • Responsibilities • Key National Facts • Recognising Domestic Abuse • How to Respond • Best Practice • MARACs • Care of Colleagues • Domestic Homicide Reviews


• Signposting to Further Support • How to General Scenarios of Abuse • National and Local Policies on Abuse • Whistleblowing and Reducing Unsafe Practice.

Who is it for? All Healthcare Professionals, Child Minders


54. Support the emergency care of Children

Course Content • Anatomy and Physiology of the Paediatric Airway • Recognition of the Sick Child • Recognition of the Seriously Ill Child Who is it for? Developing ECAs or other Care Assistants

Duration 3 and ½ hour Total Cost £50

55. Support the emergency care of Pregnant Patients

Course Content • Gestation • Imminent Delivery Indicators • Stages of Labour • Management of the Second Stage of Labour • Complications of Labour • Ectopic Pregnancy • Eclampsia and Pre-Eclampsia • Prolapsed Cord • Transportation Positions • Cervical Shock • Placenta Praevia • Placenta Abruption • Shoulder Dystocia • Breech Birth • Post-Partum Haemorrhage • Uterine Inversion • Pre-Term Babies • Incubators


Who is it for? Developing ECAs or other Care Assistants


56. Support the emergency care of people with Learning Disabilities

Course Content • What is a Learning Disability? • Historical Terminology • Health Issues • Diagnostic Overshadowing • Communication • Valuing People Who is it for? All HCPs and the Private Sector e.g. retail


57. Transcutaneous Pacing

Course Content

Using Transcutaneous Pacing to manage bradycardic patients with the Lifepak 15.

Who is it for?

Paramedics and similar Acute Unit (Registered) Personnel

Duration

3 hours and 30 minutes

Total Cost

£75

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PERITORUM SHORT COURSES: MEDICAL TRAINING AND ACADEMIC … CO… · • Common Mistakes in Academic Writing Who is it for? Anyone needing to write at a University Level Duration 1