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A&A Training & Consultancy is an experienced provider of adult and paediatric complex care training. Complex Care Training courses can be tailored to fit the medical and social needs of your patient, including:

Aim: To understand the care and management of a spinal injured patient.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Increased knowledge in the normal anatomy of the spinal cord and its function
  • Understanding of the effects of spinal cord injury (physical and psychological)

Aim: To introduce knowledge and skills in relation to maintaining a healthy bladder and bowel.

Learning outcomes:

  • Principles of maintaining a health bladder and bowel
  • Increased knowledge of anatomy and physiology of the bowel in relation to spinal cord injury
  • Understand the principles and concepts of bowel management programme for a client with a spinal cord injury
  • Key components of a healthy diet
  • What constitutes a high fibre diet?
  • How to assist spinal injured clients to maintain a healthy bladder
  • Documentation and consent

Aim: To introduce knowledge and skills in relation to maintaining a healthy bowel.

Learning outcomes:

  • Principles of maintaining a health bowel
  • Increased knowledge of anatomy and physiology of the bowel in relation to patients with neurological problems
  • Understand the principles and concepts of bowel management programme for a client with a spinal cord injury
  • Key components of a healthy diet
  • What constitutes a high fibre diet?
  • How to assist a neurological patient to maintain a healthy bowel
  • Documentation and consent

Aim: To introduce and update skills in relation to digital stimulation and manual removal of faeces.

Learning outcomes:

  • To safely and competently perform digital stimulation and manual removal of faeces as part of a bowel management plan
  • Understand the principles of maintaining privacy and dignity
  • Practise new knowledge and skill on manikin
  • Principles of utilising Bristol stool chart
  • Documentation and informed consent
  • Attitudes to bowel care

Aim: To introduce and gain an understanding of what Autonomic Dysreflexia.

Learning outcome:

  • Increased knowledge in anatomy and physiology relevant to spinal injured patients and autonomic dysreflexia
  • Understand the mechanisms of autonomic dyresflexia
  • Explain the signs and symptoms of autonomic dysrelexia
  • Understand how to treat autonomic dysreflexia and maintain patients safety

Aim: To understand the principles of infection control and how best practice is maintained.

Learning outcome:

  • Types and carriers of infection
  • Chain of infection
  • Features of the six links
  • Breaking the links
  • Seven stage hand washing technique
  • Understanding the principles of infection control in relation to catheter care and bowel management
  • Reducing cross infection

Aim: To understand the principle of valid consent and the 2005 Mental Capacity Act including Liberty Protection Safeguards.

Learning outcomes:

  • The meaning of Consent
  • Principles of Mental Capacity Act and associated assessments
  • What constitutes valid Consent?
  • Key components (time, cognition and information)
  • Legislation and case law
  • Professional ethics and moral dilemmas
  • Case studies covering the following issues:
    • Emergency treatment when a person lacks capacity
    • Acting in the best interest of a patient
  • Parental responsibility for children and children’s Consent
  • Local policy and practice for obtaining Consent
  • Principles of MCA and associated assessments
  • Roles in relation to Liberty Protection Safeguards

Aim: To understand the importance of risk assessment in relation to moving and handling of patients with spinal cord injuries.

Learning outcome:

  • Increased knowledge of anatomy and physiology of spinal injured patients
  • Understand the risks associated with manual handling of a spinal injured patient
  • Competent and safe practise of manual handling of a spinal injured patient
  • Documentation and consent
  • Good communication

Aim: To understand the principles of skin care and pressure sore management.

Learning outcome:

  • To understand the anatomy and physiology of the skin
  • To understand the principles of skin and wound care
  • Risks of pressure sores to patients with spinal injuries
  • To understand the principles and prevention of pressure sores
  • Explain how to care for a client’s skin with spinal cord injuries

Aim: To introduce and gain an understanding of what Poikilothermia is.

Learning outcome:

  • Increased knowledge in anatomy and physiology relevant to spinal injured patients and Poikilothermia
  • Understand the mechanisms of Poikilothermia
  • Explain the signs and symptoms of Poikilothermia
  • Understand how to treat Poikilothermia and maintain patients safety

Aim: To develop the knowledge and skills to care for a spinal injured patient that has an indwelling catheter.

Learning outcome:

  • Purpose of indwelling catheter in a spinal injured patient
  • Risks and complications
  • Safety and infection control
  • Anatomy and physiology of male and female urinary system
  • Care of indwelling catheter
  • Explain the management of catheter care drainage systems
  • Adhere to local policy and procedures
  • Documentation and consent

Aim: To introduce and gain an understanding of Orthostatic Hypotension.

Learning outcomes:

  • Increased knowledge in anatomy and physiology relevant to spinal injured patients and Orthostatic Hypotension
  • Understand the mechanisms of Orthostatic Hypotension
  • Explain the signs and symptoms of Orthostatic Hypotension
  • Understand how to treat Orthostatic Hypotension and maintain patients safety

Further Information

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