Competency information
Details
Set up a cardiac monitor on adult patients, interpreting and responding to trends in physiological variables.
Considerations
- SOP for setting up a cardiac monitor.
- Electrode sites for cardiac monitoring to achieve optimum electrocardiogram (ECG) waveform.
- Choice of monitor and monitor settings and rate alarm.
- How to minimise patient discomfort in relation to monitoring devices.
- How to recognise technical artefacts.
- Routine maintenance and cleaning of cardiac monitors.
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.) |