Table 1.

Advanced respiratory care training: modules and primary objectives

Module	Objectives
1. Case report forms	Introduce hospital and COVID-19 standardised case management forms
2. Hypoxaemia detection and oxygen delivery	Ensure competency in detecting hypoxaemia and administering conventional low-flow oxygen
3. Severe COVID-19	Introduce and review severe and critical COVID-19 and evidence-based treatment
4. Respiratory anatomy and gas exchange introduction	Introduce and review respiratory anatomy and gas exchange principles
5. Mechanics of breathing: parts 1 and 2	Introduce and review breathing mechanics principles Part 1: lung volumes and pressures. Part 2: lung compliance.
6. Blood gas analysis: parts 1 and 2	Introduce and review arterial blood gas analysis Part 1: acid–base physiology, pathology and arterial blood gas collection. Part 2: evaluating compensation and anion gap.
7. Introduction to advanced respiratory care	Continue introduction to advanced respiratory care Conventional oxygen. Heated high-flow nasal cannula. Non-invasive ventilation. Invasive mechanical ventilation.