We have produced a series of educational packages covering medical device topics that have been reported as areas of concern or as problems through our Adverse Incident Centre. Most of the packages come with a quiz to assess knowledge gained and are certified and a number are recognised by Royal Colleges.
Some packages contain video of operations and may not be for the squeamish. These training aids are free to use and require no passwords.
They include the following modules:
- Basic observations
- Devices in practice (basic principles of device purchasing and management)
- Electrosurgery (diathermy)
- Anaesthetic machines
- Operating table
- Defibrillators.
Devices in practice
Devices in practice covers advice on procurement, safe use, record keeping, maintenance and repair, and sets out guidance for reporting device related adverse incidents.
Anaesthetic machines
This educational package looks briefly at the history of the anaesthetic machine and then covers the basic principles involved in the safe use of anaesthetic machines.
The operating table
Basic observations
Electrosurgery
This educational package has been developed by the MHRA with the help of the Royal College of Surgeons and is intended to be a guide through electrosurgical history, explaining the background, how and why the basic system works.
Defibrillators
This educational package looks briefly at the history of external defibrillators, the various manual and automatic devices available and how they operate.
This module does not cover implantable defibrillators and it is not a resuscitation training programme.
