Caring for Community Patients Needing Non-Invasive Ventilation - JAN 13

Learn about the fundamentals of breathing and how to care for your home care patient requiring non-invasive ventilation (CPAP, BiPAP, HFNC etc). You will practice hands on skills and review scenarios to prepare you to manage non-invasive ventilation in the community for patients of all ages.

This course is intended for RN, RPN, RRT, or PSWs caring for patients in the community

Required Manual

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

Pre Requisites

1. Completion of the Fundamentals of Tracheostomy Care course within the past two years
2. Completion of pre-course reading

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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] with the date of the course you wish to transfer into. You may transfer 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 substitute 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.

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