This exciting interactive half day session aims to provide Social Care Assistants & Healthcare Support Workers with the relevant knowledge to care for people with stomas.
This training is open to staff working in Care Homes and Care at Home settings across Lothians’ Health and Social Partnerships.
This face to face training is delivered in Edinburgh College’s Digital Care Hub, where you will have the opportunity to practice practical skills in a safe and supportive learning environment.
What you will learn:
- The anatomy and surgery relevant to stoma formation
- The difference between a colostomy, ileostomy and urostomy
- What is a healthy stoma
- The psychological issues involved in stoma formation
- Roles and responsibilities when performing stoma care
- Practical skills of how to change a stoma pouch with manikin (medical dummy)
- The correct pouch for each type of stoma
- Problem solving and further sources of advice and support.
How you will learn:
- 1/2 day in person training at Edinburgh College, Digital Care Hub, Sighthill Campus.
- Includes theory and practical exercises.
