Back Module: SPS131

Competency: 6

This is a compentency for the module "Peripheral Arterial Screening and Microvasculature Diagnostics".

Competency information

Details

Obtain transcranial Doppler spectra of the intracranial cerebrovascular circulation identify the middle cerebral artery (MCA), anterior cerebral artery (ACA) and posterior cerebral artery (PCA).

Considerations

  • Anatomy of intracranial arteries.
  • Examination technique, patient positioning and scanning protocol.
  • NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme.
  • Haemodynamics and normal physiology of the intracranial arteries.

Relevant learning outcomes

# Outcome
# 3 Outcome Obtain transcranial Doppler (TCD) spectra of the intracranial cerebrovascular circulation.
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