Courses
Module 5 - Introduction to Anaesthetic & Theatre Equipment
10 days
- Introduction to theatre
- Pressure reducing regulators
- Monitoring transducers
- Ventilators
- History of anaesthesia
- Entenox regulators
- Vaporisers
- Minor equipments
- Respiration physiology
- Vacuum
- Absorbers
- Scavenging systems
- Boyle's gas laws
- Gas hoses
- Gas delivery system
- Test equipment
- Anaesthetic gasses
- Flow meters
- Patient circuits
- Measuring devices
- Patient connections
- Operating tables
- Medical gas cylinders
Objectives:
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:
- Understand the principles of anaesthesia.
- Understand the principles of ventilation.
- Understand the principles of pressure reducing regulation.
- Understand Boyle's Gas Law.
- Understand and be able to describe all relevant and current legislative and statutory requirements relating to the module.
- Understand the basics of the physiology relating to the module.
- Understand the theoretical principles of the module.
- Understand the principles and operation of all equipment relating to this module.
- Test medical equipment to the latest standard using the latest test equipment.
- Practice basic fault finding techniques.
