Competency information
Details
Explain the procedure to the patient, if they are fully cognitive, or the relative if present, address any procedure-related questions and gain appropriate consent.
Considerations
- The importance of explaining the procedure for each investigation to a patient or their relatives and gaining informed consent as appropriate to critically ill patients.
- The importance of introducing yourself and your role as a clinical scientist trainee as part of the process of introduction and consent.
- The relevant procedures and requirements for patient conformance.
- Clinical indications for and contraindications to each investigation.
- Principles, guidance and law with respect to informed consent, including the unconscious patient.
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. |