Competency information
Details
Correctly store medical gases for use in a critical care environment.
Considerations
- Categories of medical gases and the associated risks and hazards associated with their use and handling.
- Legislation, regulation, policy and procedures applied to working with medical gases, including:
- Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
- The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations
- Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1985 (RIDDOR)
- Medicines Act (1968) (and the role of The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency [MHRA])
- defect, failure and incident reporting (DATIX)
- the trust medical gases operational policy.
- Supply and storage of medical gases and sizing systems, including within a critical care environment and during patient transportation.
- Types of pressure regulators, selection of correct type of regulator, maintenance and calibration.
- Correct methods for handling medical gases.
- Piped gases, protocols for maintenance and fault recognition and reporting.
- Connecting to medical gas outlets: wall outlets or cylinder Schrader valves.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 5 | Outcome Store medical gases correctly, ensuring adherence to the safety issues in the context of the critical situation. |