Competency information
Details
Factually report the recorded EEG, recognising the effects of sedation, and evaluate the findings in the clinical context of the intensive care patient
Considerations
- Correct annotation of recordings and other patient documentation and the importance of accuracy, legibility and completeness
- Normal and abnormal features in EEG, awake and asleep
- Manipulation of data
- Drug therapy used in the intensive care patient
- Identification of the degree of urgency of clinical report
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 2 | Outcome Report on a range of EEGs recorded from patients in ICU, for example status epilepticus, anoxic/hypoxic brain injury |