Management of Ventilation for Patients in the Community
Course Overview
Building on the knowledge and skills from the Fundamentals of Tracheostomy Care course, this full-day course aims to provide home health care providers with up-to-date knowledge and skills regarding community-based invasive and non-invasive ventilatory support. This course will cover ventilatory support of infants, children and adults, and will address essential care considerations for those who are medically fragile and technology dependent.
This course will involve a combination of didactic, skills stations, scenario-based learning, and multiple-choice examination.
Course Prerequisites
1) RN, RPN, RRT, or GRT
2) Completion of the Fundamentals of Tracheostomy Care course within the past two years
3) completion of pre-course reading
It is mandatory to have the Tracheostomy course before the Ventilation course to build on the knowledge and expertise. Please note that digital or hard copy proof of having the Tracheostomy course taken in the last two years is a requirement to attend this in-person session.
Course Materials
1) The reference book for this course is “Optimizing Respiratory Therapy Services: A Continuum of Care from Hospital to Home”. It is available as a PDF file free of charge through the College of Respiratory Therapists of Ontario. Please follow this link to access this resource:
http://www.crto.on.ca/pdf/ProfPractice/HFO_Training_Manual.pdf
2) For more details, kindly visit the following link:
McMaster Children's Hospital Simulation, Resuscitation, and outreach Center (SiROC)
SiROC Cancellation Policy
The SiROC Cancellation Policy applies to this course. Requests for transfer, substitution, or refund will be assessed on a case-by-case basis. Please provide any documentation to support your request.
Course Transfer:
If you cannot attend the course, you may substitute your registration to a colleague at no additional charge. Please email outreach@hhsc.ca with your name and the name of the colleague who will be taking the course in your place. Your replacement must meet the prerequisites for the course.
To transfer to an alternate course date, please email outreach@hhsc.ca with the date of the course you wish to transfer into. You may tranfer your registration to an alternate date up to one week before the start date of the course you are transferring out of.
Only substitutions will be granted less than one week prior to the course start date.
Course Refund:
Refund requests will be assessed on a case-by-case basis and depend on the date of the request. Please use the Eventbrite registration system to request a course refund. You can manage your registration at www.eventbrite.ca/mytickets.
Please note that a registration processing fee was paid to Eventbrite and is subject to their refund policy. The following refund policy applies:
- More than 3 weeks before the course start date = 100% of tuition will be refunded.
- Between 2-3 weeks before the course start date = 75% of tuition will be refunded.
- Between 1-2 weeks before the course start date = 50% of tuition will be refunded.
- Within one week of the course start date = No refund. If you cannot attend the course, you may transfer your registration to a colleague at no additional charge.
No refunds will be given for "no-shows."
SiROC reserves the right to cancel or reschedule the course due to unforeseen circumstances. If this happens, you will be rescheduled to the next available session and given the option to choose from future classes if the rescheduled date does not work for you. No refunds will be issued.
