Competency information
Details
Set up non-invasive blood pressure (BP) monitoring equipment in adult patients, interpreting and responding to trends in physiological variables.
Considerations
- Importance of using only validated BP monitors.
- SOP for setting up a non-invasive BP monitor, including choice of cuff size and positioning.
- Acute pharmacological treatment of hyper and hypotension.
- Choice of programmes/settings for BP monitoring.
- How to minimise patient discomfort in relation to monitoring devices.
- Normal BP ranges.
- Routine maintenance, calibration and cleaning procedures.
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.) |