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Role of the Perioperative Support Worker
A rapidly developing work force within healthcare this study day focuses on safe practice within the modern theatre complex and aims to improve understanding of skilled practice and communication. It will appeal to theatre managers, theatre professionals and support workers.
Course Content
Caring for patients in the immediate post-operative period
Communicating with patients, ward and theatre staff
Record Keeping, legal implications
Modern theatre techniques
Infection control in theatre
Principles of preoperative care and safe practice
Receiving, transfer and positioning patients for surgery / anaesthesia
Understanding the principles of anaesthesia
Aims/Outcomes
- Develop safe clinical skills for support workers in the operating theatre
This course will be attended by
- Healthcare Support Workers
- Nurses
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