Back Module: S-N-S4

Training activity: 1

This is a training activity for the module "EEG in the Intensive Care Setting".

Training activity information

Details

Plan and prepare to conduct an EEG recording in adults for the following conditions:

  • Hypoxic brain injury
  • Status epilepticus
  • Altered mental state of unexplained cause
  • Subarachnoid haemorrhage
  • Encephalitis
  • Traumatic brain injury

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
  • Local, national and international guidelines/consensus statements for EEG recordings in intensive care
  • Infection control
  • Patient safety, risk and hazards of the environment
  • Patient referrals, history and urgency of EEG
  • The purpose and justification of EEG in intensive care
  • Effective communication
  • Data and technological requirements
  • Equipment and consumable selection
  • Complex conditions
  • Pathophysiology
  • Multidiciplinary team working

Relevant learning outcomes

# Outcome
# 2 Outcome

Prepare patients and environments for testing, maintaining safety and patient dignity.
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