Competency information

Details

Take appropriate action to respond to the specific needs of the patient, as defined by the department protocol for each procedure

Considerations

  • Recognition of the contraindications to testing prior to the test, as defined by department protocol/national guidelines
  • The range of needs of people with disabilities within a typical care pathway for a patient with diseases affecting the heart

Relevant learning outcomes

# Outcome
# 1 Outcome The trainee should produce evidence of completion of immediate or advanced life support training before undertaking any of the learning outcomes.
# 3 Outcome Under supervision, technically interpret the data and produce high-quality reports with respect to echocardiography, and be able to differentiate between artefact and physiological occurance