The Medical Safety Gas Instructor Training (MGPS) course is ideal for senior Porters, Senior Nurses and In-house Trainers who require training on the Medical Gas Cylinder and Pipeline Systems Safety to enable them to deliver the required material, to ensure staff can safely work with medical gases, use and handle cylinders and take appropriate action in the event of an emergency. As required by HTM02-01. Staff should receive training and refresher training every year.
The session
Duration
- 2 days
Delegates
- 6 min – 10 max
Refresher
- 1 day, annually, as required by HTM02-01
Certificate
- Course test: multi-choice questions
Modules
- Introduction to HTM-02
- Medical Gas Theory
- Cylinder Identification and labelling
- Properties and their hazards
- Cylinder Use, Handling and Transportation and storage areas
- Main store
- Local ready to use stores
- Ward storage areas
- Safe cylinder moving and use of PPE
- Faulty Cylinder Reporting
- Fitting equipment to cylinders safely & cylinder operation
- Manifolds, Manifold Room & Alarm operation (Portering/Engineering Staff)
- Manifold overview & operation
- Manifold Location Identification and Alarm Conditions
- Theory of changing cylinders & Identifying faults
- Practical Session in the Manifold Room (Portering/Engineering Staff)
- Changing Cylinders
- Logbook requirements
- Safe manifold room practices
- Use of cylinders and associated equipment (Nursing Staff)
- Flowmeters
- Regulators
- Demand valves
- Cylinder replacement content levels
- Course Test – multi-choice questions
- Course content, presentations and supporting information
Annually
Medical Gas Safety Instructor Training (MGPS) Refresher Course
The MG Instructor Training (MGPS) refresher course is the annual refresher of the above course as required by HTM02-01. This course is for Instructors that have previously completed the above full 2day Instructor training course.
Duration
- 1 day
Delegates
- 6 min – 10 max
Training