Designed for Healthcare Assistants who are looking to improve their medical skills and knowledge and will enable them to be employed within hospital environments.

Why, when and how observations are conducted, the normal range for each observation and how to record as well as action to be taken outside the range are also covered.

Observations covered include: temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, blood sugar levels, observations of specimens, neurological observations, and how to care for an unconscious patient. A detailed and most invaluable course.

Course Structure:

Introduction and welcome

Explanation of course
Tutor introduction to delegates (background)
Delegate introduction to each other
Paperwork

Physical observations

Look
Listen
Feel
Smell

Vital signs

Temperature
Pulse
Respiration
Blood pressure
SPO2
BM
Glasgow Coma Scale

Specimens

Urine
Stool
Vomit
Sputum

Care of an unconscious patient

Routine procedures conducted on an unconscious patient
Pressure sores

Practice

Practice conducting vital signs

Written paper/course evaluation