Venepuncture and Cannulation
Duration

Up to 4 Hours

Validity

N/A

Description:

The aim of the course is to explore the concepts of venepuncture and cannulation including the indications, complications and the management of patients undergoing these procedures. The course will also include the guidance for best practice and safe medication management as applicable.

The venepuncture and cannulation course is designed to equip learners with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills to be able to do these procedures. The course will also cover the following topics:

  • Professional Responsibilities
  • Anatomy and Discussion of Suitable Veins in the Arms and Hands including the sites to avoid
  • Infection Control
  • Types of Cannula
  • Types of Blood Bottles and Order of Draw
  • How to label bottles
  • Safe Disposal of Sharps
  • Complications of Cannulation and Venepuncture

Group Bookings Available

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Frequently Asked Questions

We are an accredited by the Resuscitation Council UK as a course centre for Immediate Life Support, Paediatric Immediate Life Support, Advanced Life Support, European Paediatric Life Support and Generic Instructor Courses. Our first aid courses are provided in association with QualSafe. All of our other courses are internally quality controlled to ensure the highest educational standards. As an organisation we have Skills For Health Quality Mark accreditation.

We have a dedicated training facility located in Archway, North London. However the vast majority of training we deliver is provided at client sites across the UK. We are able to undertake training at your venue as long as it is suitable for the booked course. We are also able to assist with securing a venue should this be required.

Where pre-course materials are required (ILS/PILS/ALS/EPALS/GIC) these will be dispatched in accordance with RCUK regulations. For ILS & PILS this is at least 2 weeks before the course date and for ALS/EPALS/GIC this will be at least 4 weeks before the course date.

We aim to have all certificates issued within 5 working days of course completion. In most cases we are able to issue these within 24 hours.

We are able to offer both group bookings and individual course spaces for courses being run at our course centre in London.

There is a Premier Inn only 5 minute walk away from the course centre. There are a number of other hotels nearby and it the course centre is only 15 minutes from Central London by underground

All of our team are qualified clinicians and subject matter experts in their own right. All of our team have real life clinical experience of the subject matter which they are teaching. We have a robust professional development programme in place and all of our team are or are working towards instructorships recognised by the Resuscitation Council (UK)

We take a consultative and creative approach to every client

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