Competency information
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Gain informed consent for each investigation.
Considerations
- The importance of explaining the procedure for each investigation to the patient and gaining informed consent.
- The relevant procedures and requirements for patient conformance.
- Clinical indications for and contraindications to each investigation.
- Principles, guidance and law with respect to informed consent.
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. |