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Oxygen Therapy
This e-learning will give you an understanding on the theory of Oxygen Therapy, why the administration of supplemental oxygen is essential and the importance of maintaining target saturation range.
PLEASE NOTE – The target saturation ranges mentioned in this course will differ to the COVID-19 range, please refer to COVID -19 guidelines for this.
Objectives
By the end of the course you will know:
- What oxygen therapy is
- Why and when oxygen is prescribed, taking into account target saturations
- The different devices used to administer oxygen
- The importance of monitoring patients
- About oxygen therapy with the home
Resource details
Contributed by: | COVID-19 - A directory of resources |
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Licence: | More information on licences |
First contributed: | 20 January 2021 |
Audience access level: | Full user |
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