CHCCCS013
Provide Basic Foot Care
Do you realise what your feet are going through?
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to determine foot care requirements and prepare and use basic equipment and medicaments for those people not requiring services of a professional podiatrist.
The unit applies to workers who provide care to older people and follow an established individualised plan in a range of residential and community service contexts.
During this one-day course you will gain knowledge of the basic anatomy and physiology of the foot. You will also learn:
- nail filing
- skin care
- biological waste disposal
- foot and nail pathology
- structure and functioning of skin and integuments
- indicators suggestive of need for podiatry assistance
- ways to minimise risk from manual task risk factors, for both the individual and the worker
- principles of basic foot hygiene and infection control
- nature of common foot and nail complaints and ways to address them
- function of medicaments, including; emollients, astringents, moisturisers and antiseptics
- personal care record-keeping requirements: types of documentation and information required
If you would like more information on this course please submit an . Alternatively you can contact our Training Manager, Veronica, on 0409 831 198 or email at veronica@chace.org.au