Competency information
Details
Take appropriate action to respond to the specific needs of the patient, as defined by department protocol.
Considerations
- Recognition of the contraindications to testing prior to the test, as defined by department protocol.
- The range of needs of people with disabilities within a typical care pathway for patients with diseases affecting the lower cardiovascular system.
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. |