Competency information
Details
Complete and annotate evoked potential recordings.
Considerations
- How to remove electrodes and clean electrode sites avoiding discomfort to the patient.
- Importance of continued information and reassurance for the patient.
- Importance, methods and techniques for cleaning equipment in line with infection control policy.
- Correct annotation of recordings and other patient documentation and the importance of accuracy, legibility and completeness.
- How to identify the degree of urgency with which the investigation needs reporting.
- Information needs of the patient following evoked potentials.
- The range of hospital and community-based services available to patients.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Measure visual, auditory or somatosensory evoked potentials in a normal subject. |
| # 2 | Outcome Measure and label, using the correct nomenclature, the major components of a patient evoked potential (visual, auditory or somatosensory). |