Program Details
Take the leap and empower your healthcare career with our specially curated program, “The Management of the Altered Airway (Tracheostomy & Laryngectomy)”. This program has earned the stamp of approval from the esteemed Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, equating to 40 CPD Hours, and is recognised by the Global Tracheostomy Collaborative (GTC).
Who Should Apply?
This program is perfect for Healthcare Professionals, including Nurses, Speech & Language Therapists, Physiotherapists, Surgeons (ENT, Max Fax), Anaesthetists, Intensivists, and Community Nurses, caring for patients with Tracheostomy or Laryngectomy. It’s brought to you by the Rila Institute of Health Sciences, co-created with a dedicated team of Healthcare experts.
What’s In It For You?
By completing our program, you’ll earn an accredited qualification that employers and healthcare organisations recognise and respect. Furthermore, you’ll join our esteemed community at the Rila Institute of Health Sciences. We reward your hard work with a well-deserved “Certificate” and a Transcript showcasing your accomplishments.
How Will You Learn?
Our experts, including clinicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals, will guide you throughout your learning journey. You’ll gain theoretical knowledge and practical skills under the watchful eyes of a Programme Director, ensuring quality education at every step.
Course Delivery:
The programme is delivered entirely online.
Your First Steps:
Kickstart your journey with a 1-day online workshop. This will lay the groundwork for managing patients with tracheostomy & laryngectomy.
Next, delve into 14 online reading topics and their associated assessments. These cover the core knowledge needed to manage patients with altered airways.
Along the way, you’ll participate in a series of engaging webinars. Plus, with a local mentor, you’ll gain hands-on skills through clinical sessions recorded in a structured logbook.
Culminating Your Journey:
The program concludes with a comprehensive half-day Final Examination held online. Upon satisfactory completion of all components, including the final examination, you’ll earn your “Certificate in The Management of the Altered Airway (Tracheostomy & Laryngectomy)”. You will have one opportunity to re-sit the final exam for an additional fee.
Course Syllabus:
You’ll gain a broad understanding of key aspects such as anatomy, physiology, surgical techniques, key bedside equipment, emergency kit usage, tube changing, and much more. You’ll also understand the vital roles of various healthcare professionals and handle special cases like paediatric and neurological.
Core Knowledge:
- Anatomy, physiology
- Indications for tracheostomy/laryngectomy
- Surgical techniques
- Airway tubes
- Key bedside equipment and its use
- Emergency kit and its use; tube changing.
- Role of the Physiotherapist
- Role of the nurse practitioner
- Role of the speech and language therapist (humidification, aspiration, communication, swallowing, stoma care, weaning, decannulation)
- Special cases (paediatric and neurological)
- Above cord vocalisation
- Silicone tubes
- Discharge into the community
Core Competencies
- Demonstrates the function/component parts of a tracheostomy tube
- Assesses cuff inflation/pressures
- Change and clean inner tubes
- Clean & dress a tracheostomy site
- Change and fasten ties..
- Able to safely deliver oxygen via a trachy tube
- Application of humidification
- Changing and removal of a trachy tube
- Identify when and how to safely suction a trachy tube and take a specimen
- Demonstrate the features of a blocked tube and its management
- Plus more
Technology Requirements:
You’ll need a computer with internet access. We’ll provide you with a dedicated username and password to access our course content online.
Admission Criteria:
In their professional practice, applicants must be actively involved in the Management and Care of the Altered Airway (Tracheostomy and/or Laryngectomy). An appropriate professional qualification in your healthcare expertise is required. You should also identify a suitable local mentor/supervisor to aid in the Practical Skills.
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