About the Course

This Oxygen Cylinder course provides an overview of oxygen cylinders. It covers their clinical use, operational guidelines, accessories and consumables, associated risks, maintenance procedures and common problems and solutions.

Target Audience

Doctors, nurses, biomed technicians and all other medical staff who may need to use oxygen cylinders. 

Learning Objectives

Describe the clinical use of oxygen cylinders.  

Differentiate between the flow and pressure in cylinder supply oxygen contexts. 

Categorize the different risks when using cylinder oxygen supply.

Identify good practices when using oxygen cylinder supply. 

Recognize user and technical maintenance procedures. 

Identify the accessories and consumables needed with oxygen cylinders.

Describe common problems when using cylinder oxygen supply.

List of Contents

Explanation, Clinical Use & Specifications

Flow & Pressure

Accessories & Comsumables

Duration of Cylinder & Oxygen Consumption

Risks & Safety

Maintenance

Problems with O2 Cylinders

Methodology

Self-learning

Evaluation

Learners need to complete an interactive eLearning activity and get at least 80% in the following quiz. 

Certification 

On successful completion, participants are awarded a certificate and a digital badge. 

Enrolment

Self-enrolment - no key required. 

OC Validation

OCB

Technical Considerations

This course has been designed so that it should also be possible to access it through a mobile browser. Beware, however, you will not be able to complete it on Firefox. Please use Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome.