Competency information
Details
Gain appropriate consent for each investigation/consultation as appropriate to the individual patient in the critical care setting.
Considerations
- The importance of explaining the procedure for each investigation to the patient and gaining informed consent.
- Importance of introducing yourself and your role as a clinical scientist trainee as part of the process of introduction and consent.
- The relevant procedures and requirements for patient conformance.
- Clinical indications for and contraindications to challenge testing.
- Principles, guidance and law with respect to informed consent, including the unconscious patient.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Perform and interpret assessments of blood gas status and identify the requirements for supplemental oxygen therapy. |
| # 2 | Outcome Observe and assist during full cardiopulmonary exercise testing in the investigation of respiratory, vascular and cardiac disease. |
| # 3 | Outcome Perform the selection the appropriate mode and pattern of ventilation with respect to the patient’s sedation level and lung pathology and pathophysiology. |