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COVID-19 Respiratory Equipment (WHO)

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About Course

In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, health workers have had more demands placed on them than ever before, especially in caring for patients with respiratory disease. This course was developed to teach health workers how to manage key respiratory medical equipment safely. The course is targeted toward health workers who may have to manage new respiratory devices; these may include clinicians in some settings or maybe dedicated biomedical staff in other settings. The equipment focused on in this course are:

  • Oxygen concentrator
  • Oxygen cylinder
  • Pulse oximeter
  • High-flow nasal cannula
  • CPAP and BiPAP
  • Patient Monitor
  • Mechanical ventilator

What Will You Learn?

  • Describe considerations for selecting appropriate respiratory equipment for your facility;
  • Describe and demonstrate how to get each of the following respiratory equipment ready to use safely on a patient;
  • Describe and demonstrate how to clinically use each of the following respiratory equipment;
  • Describe and demonstrate how to decontaminate the following respiratory equipment and its consumables;
  • Describe proper preventive maintenance, troubleshooting and repair tactics for each respiratory equipment;
  • Describe how to decommission respiratory equipment.

Course Content

Module 0: Career Development

  • Career Assessment
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Module 1: Intro to Course

Module 2: Course Assessment

Module 3: Certification and Ranking

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