Syringe Driver – eLearning

Description

By the end of the course, candidates will be able to:

• Discuss legal and professional responsibilities associated with administering medication via a syringe driver
• Follow procedures for gaining consent and correct documentation
• List indications for continuous subcutaneous infusion as well as advantages and disadvantages
• Identify the required equipment to set up an infusion
• Understand the need to manage health and safety risk and follow procedures to minimise infection
• Discuss the safe administration of medication including cautions related to their preparation for use with a syringe driver
• Programme a McKinley T34 syringe driver
• Discuss observation and monitoring requirements
• Identify potential problems and necessary interventions

Course Content

• Legal and professional considerations and responsibilities
• Consent for care and treatment
• Introduction to syringe drivers and rationale for use
• Indications
• Advantages and disadvantages
• Anatomy
• Preferred infusion sites and those to avoid
• Cannula insertion and care
• Required equipment including syringe sizes
• The McKinley T34 – features, setting up and troubleshooting
• Medications – drug additive labelling, diluents and combining
• Using licenced drugs in an unlicensed way
• Considerations at commencement of treatment
• Documentation