Oxygen Provider - Level 2 (VTQ)
This course is designed to give learners the skills, knowledge and confidence to administer oxygen in an emergency situation.
Using oxygen within first aid by trained rescuers can provide an effective way of saving a life or promoting recovery.
The course will cover administering oxygen to a responsive casualty with a medical emergency, through to the use of oxygen as part of the resuscitation protocols.
This course will cover the use of bag valve masks (BVM) to deliver breaths without direct mouth contact as well as being able to deliver the breaths using 100% oxygen.
To meet the latest guidelines, pulse oximetry is also covered in the course.
This course can be combined with Basic Life Support for those with no prior first aid training.
All our first aid courses fully meet the UK and European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2021 as per the HSE requirements and are endorsed by Training Qualifications UK (TQUK).
Certificates are valid for 3 years.
Contact us now for more details and a special group rate for your practice.
Course content -
- Basic Life Support
- Barriers and gloves
- How to use face shields
- Initial assessment
- Adult CPR Introduction
- Adult CPR
- CPR hand over
- Compression only CPR
- Child CPR
- Infant CPR
- Oxygen and Why we Need it
- Contra Indication of Oxygen
- Hazards of using oxygen
- When oxygen is used
- Hypoxia
- Pulse oximetry
- Oxygen Equipment
- Storage of oxygen
- transport of cylinders
- Standard Oxygen cylinder
- PIN INDEX cylinder
- Oxygen regulators
- BOC Oxygen Kit
- Portable Suction Units
- Providing Oxygen
- Pocket Mask
- Non-rebreather Mask
- Demand Valves and MTV's
- Nasal Cannula
- Adult Bag Valve Mask
Oxygen Provider Learning outcomes:
- LO1. Explain the ABCDE approach to patient care
- LO2. Understand the hazards and risks associated with caring for a patient and the correct personal protective equipment required
- LO3. Explain basic life support for adults, children and infants
- LO4. Explain when Oxygen is used, the hazards of using Oxygen and the contraindications of oxygen use
- LO5. Explain what Hypoxia is and how it can be controlled and monitored
- LO6. Explain how to check oxygen saturation using a pulse oximeter
- LO7. Explain how to store and transport Oxygen cylinders safely
- LO8. Explain the difference between PIN index and standard oxygen cylinders with combined regulators
- LO9. Understand how long an oxygen cylinder will last
- LO10. Understand when suction is used in basic life support
- LO11. Explain the different types of an oxygen mask and how they deliver oxygen to the patient
- LO12. Explain how to use a bag valve mask (BVM) in basic life support
- LO13. Understand special considerations when giving Oxygen to patients with Anaphylaxis and COPD