This QA qualification is for people who have a specific responsibility to be able to safely administer and monitor the effects of emergency medical gases within their scope of practice in a prehospital environment.
This includes (but is not limited to) the following roles/personnel:
• A first aider operating in a high risk workplace such as:
– In welding, flame cutting and similar processes;
– For helping people with breathing difficulties;
– In hyperbaric chambers as a medical treatment;
– For food preservation and packaging;
– In steelworks and chemical plants
• Community first responders
• Fire, police and other emergency services personnel
While achievement of this qualification confirms Learners have met both the theoretical and practical
requirements, this does not imply a ‘license to practice’ – the scope of practice will be determined by
the organisation responsible for medical gases provision. This qualification does not allow a Learner
to obtain, store or administer medical gases without clinical governance.