Competency information
Details
Set up for invasive blood pressure monitoring for a range of patients interpreting and responding to trends in physiological variables and calibrating as necessary.
Considerations
- 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.
- Preparation of life support equipment, where appropriate.
- SOP for invasive blood pressure monitoring.
- Indications for invasive blood pressure monitoring.
- Advantages and disadvantages.
- Principles of invasive pressure monitoring devices and optimisation to maximise accuracy:
- catheter
- tubing
- transducer
- amplifier and display unit
- zero and calibration techniques
- system dynamics, including damping, natural frequency, effect of air bubbles.
- How to avoid extensive invasive procedures or monitoring.
- How to minimise patient discomfort in relation to monitoring devices circumstances.
- Identification of abnormalities requiring urgent intervention.
- How to differentiate real change from artefact and respond appropriately.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 7 | Outcome Perform invasive pressure monitoring, recognising and responding to trends in physiological variables. |