Ear Care Workshop for HCAs

Duration: 1 Day - Start Time: 09:15 End Time: 16:30 - CPD Hours: 8 - Price: £170.00

A list of available dates can be found at the foot of this page.

Course Overview

A practical ear care course for Healthcare Support Workers. Develop safe practice in ear irrigation (syringing) which attracts a high level of litigation.

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Course Content

Review of anatomy and physiology

Examination of the ear using an otoscope

Common ear problems

foreign bodies
earache
infection
earwax blockage (cerumen impaction)

Ear irrigation (formally known as Ear Syringing)

Risk assessment

Practical workshop

Complications

Course Aims and Outcomes

Be able to correctly use an otoscope for examining the ear.
Understand treatment of minor ear problems using best practice rationales.
Correctly irrigate an ear for cerumen impaction and be aware of the complications.

Course Attended By

Healthcare Assistants - view related courses

Course Venues and Prices

Edinburgh - Hilton Edinburgh Carlton - £170.00 - 28/02/2020 book online
London - British Orthodontic Society - £170.00 - 09/03/2020 book online
Durham - Durham Marriott Hotel Royal County - £170.00 - 27/03/2020 book online
Chester - Venue to be confirmed, - £170.00 - 12/06/2020 book online
Manchester - Venue to be confirmed, - £170.00 - 15/06/2020 book online
Sheffield - Venue to be confirmed, - £170.00 - 10/07/2020 book online
York - Venue to be confirmed, - £170.00 - 02/10/2020 book online
Southampton - Venue to be confirmed, - £170.00 - 09/11/2020 book online