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2025 brings new opportunities for healthcare professionals to develop essential skills and stay at the forefront of patient care. We are excited to introduce our latest course, Mastering Skills in Arterial and Capillary Blood Sampling in Adults: Essential Skills for Healthcare Professionals. This course offers hands-on training to enhance your proficiency in blood sampling—an invaluable skill for improving clinical practice.
In addition to this new course, we are planning a series of online training opportunities throughout the year, subject to funding. While applications are not yet open, you can submit an expression of interest to be notified as soon as applications are open.
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Mastering Skills in Arterial and Capillary Blood Sampling in Adults:
Essential Skills for Healthcare Professionals
Wednesday 26th March, 2025
Are you ready to enhance your clinical skills and elevate your expertise in blood gas sampling? NIPC is thrilled to introduce our latest training programme, Mastering Skills in Arterial and Capillary Blood Sampling in Adults: Essential Skills for Healthcare Professionals.
Why This Course is a Must for Healthcare Professionals
This course is designed specifically for healthcare professionals looking to refine their knowledge and practical abilities in radial artery and capillary blood gas sampling and interpretation. With a focus on patients with respiratory disease, this course ensures that participants gain the confidence and competence needed to perform these critical procedures effectively.
This course will empower participants to:
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Understand the physiology of acid-base balance, ventilation, and oxygenation.
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Develop expertise in assessing a patient’s oxygenation status and recognising complications.
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Perform the Modified Allen’s Test with confidence.
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Accurately interpret blood gas results and implement appropriate patient care strategies.
Course Highlights:
This engaging programme consists of seven self-paced online modules, allowing participants to learn key concepts at their own convenience. The training culminates in a 1-hour live online practical session led by Peter O’Toole, Respiratory Advanced Nurse Practitioner.
Topics include:
- Pulse Oximetry
- Understanding Blood Gases
- Arterial Blood Sampling
- Capillary Blood Gas Sampling
- Oxygen Assessment, A Guide
Cost:
NIPC Alliance Members Rate: €130
Standard Rate: €150
Demystifying the ECG
Saturday 22nd March 2025
There is now just a handful of places left for our upcoming Demystifying the ECG course, Saturday, 22nd March 2025. Join expert tutor Paul Nolan for an engaging and informative virtual workshop as he simplifies ECG and rhythm recognition.
Paul Nolan is a Clinical Lecturer in the Atlantic Technological University and Cardiac Physiologist at Galway University Hospitals. He has been working in the field of Cardiology for over 20 years and has 15 years’ experience in delivering this type of ECG workshop to a range of healthcare professionals.
Paul will cover a wide range of topics including:
- Ventricular arrhythmias such as ventricular tachycardiac
- Atrial arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation
- Ischaemia and acute myocardial infarction
- SVTs
Cost:
NIPC Alliance Members Rate: €95
Standard Rate: €110
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