Useful training videos and guides

Learning how to provide care to your child with serious health needs at home for the first time can be daunting. Even once your child has been home from hospital for a long time, you still need to keep training to make sure you know how to use equipment and what to do in an emergency.

With the help of WellChild Nurses, we’ve collected some of the best free training resources available to parents and carers online.

These resources are great as refresher training for parents and carer.

Basic Life Support (BLS) videos and guides

Saint John’s Ambulance advice on CPR for infants and children.

Leeds Training Hospital has a simple guide for BLS for a child with a tracheostomy available here.

Tracheostomy and LTV resources

Tracheostomy change and emergency tracheostomy change guides from Great Ormond Street Hospital. Visit their website here. 

Watch a Tracheostomy change instructional video from Cardiff University Hospital here.

The National Tracheostomy Safety Project has developed online courses to help people understand Tracheostomies and how to care for someone with a Tracheostomy. These resources are aimed at health professionals, but many parents will find them helpful. Visit the NTSP website to find out more.

The NHS Long Term Ventilation (LTV) Service has a host of online resources to help parents, carers, and professionals look after children with tracheostomies or non-invasive ventilation equipment. Visit their website to browse and find a resource that’s helpful to you.

Equipment training videos

Training resources to help you learn how to use specific pieces of medical equipment.

Laerdal Suction Unit (LSU) – how to run a device test. Watch the video here.

Abbott Free Go Pump – a series of instructional videos. Watch the videos here.

Online healthcare courses

E-Learning for Healthcare (ELFH) offer online courses on a range of medical topics for children and adults. Most ELFH content is available to anyone. Users must make an account to access course content. Browse and search for courses that are relevant to you on their website.

The information in this article was correct at the time of publication but may be subject to change. 

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