Since 2012, Northwest Response has provided courses from Northern Washington to Southern Oregon. Here are a few of our clients.
• Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife
• US Forrest Service
• Pacific Maritime Association
• The Boat Company
• National Parks Service
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Gig Harbor Police Department
• The City of Port Townsend
• Physicians Insurance Group
• US Department of Transportation
• Washington State Department of Agriculture
• West Fork Environmental
• Raytheon
• Kitsap Transit
• Behavioral Health Resources
•City of University Place
• SafeBoats
• Washington State Health Care Authority
Intended Audience
This course is for adult First Aid and adult and child CPR AED providers and/or Basic Life Support (BLS) trained healthcare providers, professional rescuers, or public safety providers working in a wide variety of occupational settings who desire or are required to be certified in the emergency use of medical oxygen.
Certification Period
2 Years
Course Length
1.75 - 2.5 hours
Student / Instructor Ratio
12/1
Student / Equipment Ratio
1/3
Class Delivery Types
Traditional Classroom or Blended Learning.
Required for Successful Completion
Written Evaluation
Optional
Skills Evaluation
Students must perform required skills competently without assistance.
Successful completion is based on achievement of the core learning objectives rather than a prescribed instruction time.
Student certification requirements
• Written evaluation: ONLY Required when specified by organizational, local, or state regulation. It is recommended for designated responders with a duty or employer expectation to respond in an emergency and provide first aid care.
• Performance evaluation: All students must perform required skills competently without assistance.
Facility Training Requirements
It is important that the facility provide One (1) charged Medical Grade O2 Cylinder with regulator for every 4 students and provide the following delivery devices for training.
Two (2) resuscitation mask with O2 inlet
Two (2) non-rebreather mask (NRB)
Emergency Use of Medical Oxygen
Course overview
Serious and life-threatening medical emergencies often cause oxygen to be depleted in the body. The HSI Emergency Use of Medical Oxygen program focuses on how to administer emergency medical oxygen to breathing and non-breathing persons using oxygen delivery systems.
Using updated 2020 Guidelines, Emergency Use of Medical Oxygen training is useful for First Aid | CPR AED and/or BLS providers who may find themselves treating hypoxia in emergency situations such as the depressurization of an aircraft cabin, decompression illness in scuba divers, drowning, carbon monoxide poisoning, or other critical illnesses and injuries, including cardiac arrest.
HSI Emergency Use of Medical Oxygen is an excellent supplement to our First Aid | CPR AED and BLS programs.
The HSI Emergency Use of Medical Oxygen program teaches participants how to:
- Assess for oxygen deficiency in an emergency situation
- Observe the signs and symptoms of mild, moderate, and severe hypoxia
- Correctly use a pulse oximeter
- Set up an emergency medical oxygen delivery system and monitor SpO2
- Help responsive and unresponsive persons
- Provide medical oxygen in an emergency to an adult/child and infant using an appropriate bag-mask device (BLS providers only)
HSI Emergency Use of Medical Oxygen has been approved by the HSI Medical Advisory Board and reviewed by the HSI Advisory Council. It reflects the latest resuscitation science and treatment recommendations published by the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) and conforms with the 2020 American Heart Association (AHA) Guidelines Update for CPR and ECC and the annual Guidelines Update.
Course Fee
Onsite training has a minimum fee of $450.00, the fee covers the first 6 students, each additional student is $75.00. Twelve (12) students is our cut off point for a single instructor.
Course Timeline
Emergency Use of Medical Oxygen class runs 1.75 to 2.5 hours.
Practical skills and scenario based training requires an open space/indoor.
Emergency Use of Medical Oxygen program
Topics Covered
- How to assess for oxygen deficiency in an emergency situation
- The signs and symptoms of mild, moderate, and severe hypoxia
- Correct use of a pulse oximeter
- How to set up an emergency medical oxygen delivery system
Appropriate oxygen saturation levels - How to monitor SpO2
- Helping responsive and unresponsive persons
- How to give medical oxygen in an emergency to an adult/child and infant using an appropriate bag-mask device (BLS providers only)
Training Site & Course Fees
Client Training Site
Providing the client has appropriate facilities, we can conduct the entire training program on your site.
Classroom facilities must ensure student comfort, be spacious enough to accommodate all students, the instructor, and associated training gear.
$75 /per student.
6 student minimum or $450 minimum on site training fee covers first 6 students.
Course is 1.75 -2.5hrs
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