Care of the Anaesthetised Patient

Course overview

This module as part of the Post Qualifying Framework aims to identify and develop the skills and knowledge required by practitioners in order to safely assist in providing care before, during and whilst patients are emerging from anaesthesia.

Module content includes:

• Airway management
• Mechanical ventilation
• Regional and local anaesthetic techniques
• Pharmacology of anaesthetic agents
• Haemodynamic monitoring
• Managing anaesthetic emergencies.

Entry requirements 

You must be on either the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register or the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) register and must be working in a clinical area relevant to the module content.

You must seek support from your manager for 18 hours per week of supernumerary and supervised practice to enable completion of the module competencies.

Academic expertise

The module is led by:

Mike Huntington
Lecturer in Operating Department Practice

Mike teaches across a range of modules in the BSc Operating Department Practice degree, having had a long career in clinical practice in both the NHS and Independent sector and has been a member of UCLan staff since 2010.

Mike’s main interests are in Leadership, Patient Safety and Airway Management.

Being a member of the Difficult Airway Society, Guidelines Writing Group and an advisory member of PUMA, the Project for Universal Airway Management.