Competency information
Details
Prepare the environment and set up equipment ready for use for monitoring, therapy or measurement.
Considerations
- Range of equipment used, relative merits and principles of measurement.
- Requirements for the investigation environment to ensure the privacy, dignity and comfort of the patient.
- Recognition of the errors or potential risks of using defective equipment in clinical practice and the implications of use.
- Identification of common faults and remedial action.
- Current safety standards, including safety testing and routine maintenance.
- Preparation and calibration of equipment.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 2 | Outcome Perform a range of bedside monitoring techniques and be able to interpret acute events and actions required, differentiating between physiological and technical abnormalities in patient monitoring techniques. (This should include ECG monitoring, oxygen saturation monitoring and non-invasive BP monitoring.) |
| # 3 | Outcome Administer oxygen therapy across a range of delivery systems to critically ill patients. |
| # 4 | Outcome Perform a blood gas measurement and describe its clinical relevance. |