Competency information
Details
Obtain a suitably completed request form, greet the patient, and check patient ID and recent clinical history.
Considerations
- Referral routes for respiratory/sleep investigations.
- The pathophysiology of the respiratory system and the appropriate choice of investigation considering the findings from the history and clinical examination.
- Contraindications to testing.
- Requirements for correct completion of request forms and how to validate.
- How to communicate with patients in a way that respects their dignity, rights, privacy and confidentiality.
- The importance of checking patient identity.
- The importance of explaining the procedure to the patient and gaining consent.
- How to take and record a patient history and key information required.
- Common pharmacological treatments used by patients referred with respiratory disease and disorders of sleep.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Perform, analyse and develop skills in the interpretation of routine spirometry in patients referred for routine investigation. |
| # 2 | Outcome Perform, analyse and develop skills in the interpretation of the measurement of lung volumes in patients referred for routine investigation. |
| # 3 | Outcome Perform, analyse and develop skills in the interpretation of the measurement of gas transfer. |
| # 4 | Outcome Perform, analyse and develop skills in the interpretation of overnight oximetry studies. |
| # 5 | Outcome Perform a limited multichannel sleep study. |