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Safe Device Use: Clinical Staff Competency:Theatre

Anaesthesia machines, electrosurgery, warming and the other devices of the operating theatre.

For: Theatre educators who must document competence of scrub, anaesthetic and recovery staff on electrosurgery, fire safety, anaesthetic machines, theatre power, monitoring and staplers.

Before you start: Safe Device Use (core) completed or in progress: this branch assumes the core's competencies and builds the Operating Theatre specialism on them.

Start free: week 1 of a trackBook a demo for your team
Your mentor, a character in the trackRosa MartinTheatre Lead and senior ODP
Length
6 modules
Time
About 1 hour a week
Levels
Easy, Medium, Hard
Certificate
Certificate of Completion
On your own
$149, 12 months
Safe Device Use: Clinical Staff Competency: Theatre: Device Lab, anaesthesia workstation
Device Lab · anaesthesia workstation

The arc · 6 modules · Ward Ready: Theatre

What you'll be able to do

The job, done properly.

  • Uses electrosurgery with correct return electrodes and REM
  • Prevents surgical and airway fires
  • Completes the anaesthetic machine check and the cylinder drill
  • Uses IPS and UPS sockets correctly and responds to LIM and battery alarms
  • Selects stapler reloads by height
  • Recognises monitoring interference

The story

BMEssentia Medical City Hospital, Operating Theatres and Day Surgery.

Rosa MartinTheatre Lead and senior ODP · your mentor (a character in the track)
“Never solve a REM alarm by using a pad the generator cannot monitor.”

Inside the track

What you actually use, every week.

The real screens: My track, a step with your mentor, a simulation, your skills map and the certificate.

My track
My trackThe arc of 6 modules, this module's case, your mentor and your next step, in Safe Device Use: Clinical Staff Competency: Theatre's own colours.
A step with your mentor in the Device Lab
A step with your mentor in the Device LabThe step names what to look at on the real device, with hints that never give the answer away.Shown: Electrosurgical Unit with Rosa Delgado, this track's mentor
A simulation
A simulationReal hospital work in Medical City, scored and debriefed, at your level.
Your skills map
Your skills mapThis track's own competencies, from your baseline to mastery. They move only on evidence.Shown: a sample learner's progress
The certificate
The certificateA Certificate of Completion in the track's colours, with the work behind it.Shown: a sample for Yuki Tanaka, a fictional learner

The arc

6 modules, one ward at a time.

Each week is one working shift: learn, see inside, do, work, think, check, reflect. Open a week to see its real steps.

Module by module, ward by ward

  1. Module 1Electrosurgery and the return electrode
  2. Module 2Bipolar electrosurgery and surgical fire
  3. Module 3The anaesthetic machine check
  4. Module 4Theatre power and intra-operative monitoring
  5. Module 5Powered staplers and reloads
  6. Module 6The theatre list (all devices)
  1. Module 1Electrosurgery and the return electrode3.9 h

    Two halves, one patient.

    • DoGo deeper: Patient Safety case The Burn Under the Pad15 min
    • See insideGuided learning, day 1: Monopolar, checkpoints 1-24 of 7525 min
    • WorkUse studio: ESU walk-through for theatre5 min
    • LearnDevice Library, Electrosurgical Unit: Safety, 'Return pad burns'5 min
    • + 10 more steps
  2. Module 2Bipolar electrosurgery and surgical fire3.4 h

    Oxygen under the drapes.

    • See insideGuided learning, day 1: Bipolar, checkpoints 1-21 of 7225 min
    • WorkUse studio: fire risk walk-through5 min
    • LearnDevice Library, Electrosurgical Unit: Safety, 'Surgical fires'5 min
    • CheckWhat would you do? Seven fire and bipolar scenarios7 min
    • + 9 more steps
  3. Module 3The anaesthetic machine check3.8 h

    The crossed pipe.

    • DoGo deeper: Patient Safety case The Crossed Pipe15 min
    • See insideGuided learning, day 1: Electronic anaesthesia workstation, checkpoints 1-24 of 7425 min
    • WorkUse studio: anaesthesia workstation walk-through5 min
    • LearnDevice Library, Anaesthesia Machine: Safety, 'The pre-use check, and what skipping it actually means'5 min
    • + 10 more steps
  4. Module 4Theatre power and intra-operative monitoring4.2 h

    The white socket.

    • DoGo deeper: Patient Safety case The White Socket15 min
    • See insideGuided learning, day 1: Bedside monitoring, checkpoints 1-28 of 7930 min
    • WorkUse studio: theatre power and monitoring walk-through5 min
    • LearnDevice Library, Anaesthesia Machine: Safety, 'Power and supply failures'5 min
    • + 10 more steps
  5. Module 5Powered staplers and reloads3.7 h

    The gold reload.

    • DoGo deeper: Patient Safety case The Gold Reload15 min
    • See insideGuided learning, day 1: Linear cutting, checkpoints 1-26 of 7730 min
    • WorkUse studio: stapler walk-through5 min
    • LearnDevice Library, Surgical Stapler: Safety, 'A cut with no staples' and 'Single-use means single-use'5 min
    • + 9 more steps
  6. Module 6The theatre list (all devices)1.5 h

    The full list.

    • DoTech Detective: Only When They Cut25 min
    • CheckInterleaved: the list's devices10 min
    • ReflectTheatre educator sign-off: a full list10 min
    • + 3 more steps

Proof

Only evidence counts.

A step is done when there is evidence: a simulation score, a saved work document, a passed check or a signed observation. Opening a page never ticks anything.

  • Before and afterThe same baseline check on day one and in the final week, scored per competency.
  • Mastery, not attendanceA competency below threshold routes to its remediation and a re-check before sign-off.
  • The audit packYour weekly work documents and capstones, ready for a supervisor, an employer or an inspector.

The certificate

BMEssentia Certificate of Completion: Safe Device Use, Operating Theatre

It names the track and the level you completed. Your portfolio holds the work behind it.

  • Every module of this ward branch completed with its quiz at or above the level's pass mark
  • Each ward device signed off by the ward educator (institutions) or self-assessed with evidence (individuals, shown as such)
  • Final check at or above the pass mark
  • Capstone graded 60 or above
  • The certificate lists each device with its sign-off date and its renewal date (12 months)

Theatre device readiness walk

Walk every theatre before a list for a week: machine checks, sockets, pads, fire kit, reload shelves.

Evidence it gives: Theatre equipment readiness.

Fire drill

Run an airway or surgical fire drill with a theatre team.

Evidence it gives: Fire safety training in procedural areas.

Teach one theatre device

Teach one theatre device to two new staff using your quick card and observe them.

Evidence it gives: Peer teaching on theatre devices.

Three levels

Easy, Medium or Hard.

A baseline check on day one places you, or you choose. The competencies are the same at every level; the support and the pressure change.

Easy

Baseline under 50% · simulations at Foundation

Worked examples first, then guided practice. Simulations at Foundation difficulty with the coach on and marking as you go. Fewer cases per week (the extra and hard-only cases are hidden). Mastery thresholds 10 points lower.

Medium

Baseline 50% to 74% · simulations at Practitioner

Guided to independent: the standard track. Simulations at Practitioner difficulty, the coach hidden but available, the extra cases each week from the middle of the track, mastery thresholds as stated.

Hard

Baseline 75% and above · simulations at Expert

Independent and interleaved: every simulation at Expert difficulty, all extra and hard-only cases, stricter mastery thresholds (+5), and time pressure.

Ways to get this track

On your own, with a plan, or with your organisation.

Deep Dive

This Deep Dive

$149for 12 months

  • The track's lessons, labs and Medical City scenarios
  • The certificate when you finish
  • The track mentor: 100 questions for the track, more with credit top-ups
  • Or the Safe Device Use: Clinical Staff Competency Full family: $799

General Essentia, the Studios and Design are not included. Subscribe within 30 days and what you paid counts toward your plan.

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