Enteral Feeding (PEG Feeding)

Assisting customers often means supporting not only their daily needs, but also their nutrition and overall health. When eating and drinking by mouth isn’t safe or possible, enteral feeding becomes essential. Rocky Bay’s enteral feeding training aims to provide the skills and confidence needed to safely support feeding tube use.

What is Enteral Feeding?

Enteral feeding is a safe and effective way to give the body the nutrition it needs when eating or drinking by mouth isn’t safe or possible. Through a small tube that goes directly into the stomach or small intestine, this method helps to provide the body with all the essential nutrients it needs to stay healthy, comfortable and energised.

What You’ll Learn in Our Enteral Feeding Course

Our Enteral Feeding course equips you with the knowledge, confidence and practical skills to safely support with enteral feeding management and feeding tube use. You’ll learn how to manage several types of tubes, support feeding regimes and take care of the insertion site and PEG/PEJ tube. With this training, once a PEG tube has been inserted by a health professional, you’ll be able to manage the day-to-day care and maintenance with confidence, which will help keep your client safe and comfortable.

Key topics include:

• Anatomy of the gastrointestinal system
• Overview of gastrostomies including low profile feeding devices and PEG tubes
• Understand indications for gastrostomy
• Care of the client and your responsibilities with a gastrostomy & jejunostomy
• Stoma care and infection prevention control
• Complications of a PEG
• Care of the stoma site
• Feeding via a gastrostomy tube, including bolus and continuous pump feeds
• Medication administration via PEG-Tube

Why Choose Rocky Bay’s Enteral Feeding Training in Perth?

At Rocky Bay, we know how valuable your time is as a carer or support worker. That’s why our PEG training is delivered in a practical, two-hour session that gives you all the essential skills and confidence you need without taking up your whole day. With affordable pricing, small group classes, and convenient training locations across Perth, we make it easy for you to upskill and meet competency requirements in just one session. Enquire online today to secure your spot.

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