Competency information
Details
Select the appropriate mode of ventilation related to the patient’s sedation level.
Considerations
- Factors involved in the decision to admit to critical care.
- Standard operating procedure (SOP) for choice of ventilation.
- How to set up appropriate equipment in preparation for each type of procedure, calibrating where necessary.
- Modes of ventilation.
- Clinical indications for and contraindications to ventilation.
- Methods of sedation and monitoring sedation level.
- Range of equipment used, relative merits and principles of measurement, including:
- recognition of the errors or potential risks of using defective equipment in clinical practice and the implications of use
- the application of relevant troubleshooting skills
- identification of common faults and remedial action
- current safety standards, including safety testing and routine maintenance
- requirements for set-up and calibration specific to that procedure.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome The trainee should produce evidence of completion of basic or intermediate life support training before undertaking any of the learning outcomes. |