Competency information
Details
Minimise risks and hazards in compliance with health and safety policies.
Considerations
- The relevant health and safety regulations specific to the cardiac procedure.
- The potential hazards and risks and the actions to be taken to minimise these.
- Relevant guidelines.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Perform transthoracic echocardiographic examination to assess the size and function of the left ventricle. |
| # 2 | Outcome Perform transthoracic echocardiographic examinations on patients with suspected mitral valve disease. |
| # 3 | Outcome Perform transthoracic echocardiographic examinations on patients with suspected aortic valve disease. |
| # 4 | Outcome Perform transthoracic echocardiographic examination to assess the size and function of the right ventricle. |
| # 5 | Outcome Perform transthoracic echocardiographic examinations on patients with suspected infective endocarditis, pericardial effusion and cardiac masses. |
| # 6 | Outcome Perform transthoracic echocardiographic examinations on adult patients with congenital heart disease. |
| # 7 | Outcome Perform an appropriate transthoracic echocardiographic study in a critically unwell patient and identify any significant clinical findings. |