Competency information
Details
Prepare the environment and set up equipment ready for use for each type of investigation, including resuscitation equipment.
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 |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Plan and perform a resting ECG in a range of patients in a variety of clinical settings, to current nationally accepted standards. |
| # 3 | Outcome Set up a patient for cardiac monitoring. |
| # 4 | Outcome Plan and perform BP measurement on a range of patients, using manual and automatic methods. |
| # 5 | Outcome Fit ambulatory ECG equipment, including patient instruction. |
| # 7 | Outcome Fit ambulatory BP equipment, including patient instruction, and produce the results in the appropriate format. |