Course Description
This course will provide information that will ensure that all workers deployed to support enteral feeding has knowledge of:
- Basic anatomy of the digestive system
- Equipment components, function, cleaning and maintenance procedures
- Stoma care requirements and procedures
- Awareness of risks associated with departing from plan and ability to explain these risks to others including carers
Providers will ensure that all workers deployed to provide high intensity support has knowledge of:
- The impact of associated health conditions and complications that interact with enteral feeding e.g. related cardiac or respiratory disorders; very complex physical disability; severe epilepsy; symptoms that indicate the need for intervention e.g. poor chest health, dehydration, reflux
- Factors that may require immediate adjustment e.g. rate, flow and quantity of food
- When working with people who have very complex physical disability, workers also need training in positioning and turning to maintain airway safety and avoid choking risk and in pressure care.
