Anaesthesia Workstation Service — Level 1
Gas circuit, leak tests and preventive maintenance
Part of the program: Anaesthesia Workstation Service Engineer — full program (40 h) →
An anaesthesia workstation is a gas system, a ventilator, a monitor and a set of safety interlocks in one cart. This course teaches the engineer to follow the gas path, run leak and checkout tests properly, maintain the machine and verify it before it goes back to theatre.
A leak you did not find is anaesthetic in the theatre and a patient who wakes up.
- An anaesthesia workstation sits between high-pressure gas and an unconscious patient: a leak, a wrong mixture or a failed oxygen protection reaches the patient and the theatre air directly.
- Machines pass their morning self-test while a sensor has drifted, a vaporiser delivers the wrong concentration or the scavenging pulls gas from the circuit - and nobody checks with an independent instrument.
- Manufacturer courses are expensive and model-specific; the gas path, leak tests and verification that every workstation shares are rarely taught on their own.
After the course you can
Curriculum
Understand what the anaesthesia workstation does for a patient during induction, maintenance and low-flow anaesthesia, and why every design decision in the machine starts from one rule: the patient must always receive oxygen.free
20 min02The whole gas path, from wall outlet to scavenging
Follow a molecule of gas through the workstation, from the pipeline outlet or cylinder to the scavenging system, and name for every stage what it does, how it fails and which test proves it works.22 min03Gas supply, cylinders and the theatre around the machine
Check everything the workstation depends on from outside: pipeline connectors and hoses, pin-indexed cylinders and the back-up oxygen supply, scavenging, electrical supply and the theatre environment, and separate a supply problem from a machine fault.22 min04Safety: fire, gas identity, pressure, vaporisers and waste gas
Work on an anaesthesia workstation without creating a fire risk, a wrong-gas or hypoxic-mixture risk, a high-pressure injury, a vaporiser hazard or an exposure to waste anaesthetic gas, for yourself or for the next patient.22 min05The pre-use checkout: what the morning test proves and what it does not
Know what an automated anaesthesia workstation checkout tests - high- and low-pressure leaks, breathing system leak and compliance, sensors and supplies - what it cannot see, and how to run the same checks by hand on a mechanical machine section by section.25 min06Planned maintenance by the manufacturer's kit
Plan and carry out an anaesthesia workstation PM: identify the kit and intervals for the model, replace seals, vaporiser port o-rings, flow sensors, the O2 cell and batteries, inspect the absorber, valves, bellows or piston, and leave the machine ready for checkout and verification.25 min07Verification with analysers: flows, ventilator, oxygen protection, vaporiser and gas module
Verify an anaesthesia workstation with independent calibrated instruments - fresh gas flow accuracy, ventilator volume, pressure and PEEP, O2 failure protection and the hypoxic guard, vaporiser output with an agent analyser, and the gas module with certified calibration gas - and judge each result only against the manufacturer's limits.25 min08Scavenging, battery, electrical safety and the service report
Check the anaesthetic gas scavenging interface, the backup battery and electrical safety per IEC 62353, and write a service report with measured values that proves the workstation is fit to return to theatre.25 min—Exam
30 · 45 min · 75 %
The certificate
Pass the exam and get a certificate of course completion with your name, hours and score. Every certificate has a unique number and a public verification page, so an employer or a customer can check it in one click. It confirms completion of the course; it is not an educational document (diploma) and not a manufacturer authorisation.
Who it is for
Who it is for
- Hospital biomedical / clinical engineering teams
- Field engineers in independent service companies
Who teaches
Written by a service engineer working with medical equipment since 2014, including 6.5 years at GE Healthcare and service supervision at Mindray, together with the engineers of Service Engineer.
FAQ
Is this manufacturer training?
No. It is independent, vendor-neutral training. It does not replace the manufacturer's procedures or grant authorisation or access to service software.
What does the certificate say?
Your name, the course, the hours, the date and your exam score, with a unique number and a public verification page.
Can my company buy seats for a team?
Yes: five seats and a progress overview for the manager.
Languages?
English and Russian.