Training activity: 17

Details

Adapt protocol and report to cater for critically unwell patients.

Type

Developmental training activity (DTA)

Evidence requirements

Evidence the activity has been undertaken by the trainee​.

Reflection on the activity at one or more time points after the event including learning from the activity and/or areas of the trainees practice for development.

An action plan to implement learning and/or to address skills or knowledge gaps identified.

Considerations

• Patient centred care and support
• Reference values
• History taking
• Current ventilation and circulatory support
• Diagnostic tests
• Referrals and information gaps
• Patient positioning and equipment set up
• Diseases and conditions
• Pathophysiology
• Machine settings and physical principles
• Image optimisation
• Local, national, and international guidelines and standards
• Scope of practice
• Escalating care based on clinical findings
• Communication skills
• Echo calculations
• Artefacts
• Further imaging recommendations
• Health and safety considerations
• Multidisciplinary team decision making and working

Relevant learning outcomes

#	Outcome
# 1	Outcome Acquire and interpret cardiac images for a range of normal and pathological conditions.
# 2	Outcome Explain imaging results to patients and other health care professionals.
# 3	Outcome Distinguish and justify actions based on clinical and ECG findings.
# 5	Outcome Appraise new guidelines and evidence to inform practice.
# 6	Outcome Demonstrate safe practice in line with local, British Society of Echocardiography (BSE), national and international guidelines, and standards.
# 7	Outcome Assess and evaluate a patient’s clinical presentation and make recommendations for cardiac imaging.
# 8	Outcome Evaluate cardiac care pathways.
# 9	Outcome Summarise complex information into concise and logical reports for specialist and non-specialist audiences.