Competency information
Details
Take appropriate action to respond to the specific needs of as defined by department protocol.
Considerations
- Recognition of the contraindications to testing prior to the test, as defined by department protocol.
- The range of needs of people with disabilities within a typical care pathway for a patient with diseases affecting the lower gastrointestinal tract.
Relevant learning outcomes
# | Outcome |
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# 1 | Outcome Continue to perform and produce reports on non-invasive breath tests (hydrogen, methane – if there is a methane analyser available – and urea breath testing). |
# 2 | Outcome Perform rectal digital examination to ensure safe rectal intubation with manometric and ultrasound equipment. |
# 3 | Outcome Perform anorectal manometry procedures in patients presenting with a range of conditions, for example obstetric trauma, pre- and post-surgical defaecatory problems, slow transit constipation, obstructive defaecation, neurological disorders. |
# 4 | Outcome Perform endoanal ultrasound investigations in patients presenting with a range of conditions, including obstetric and surgical trauma, sepsis, fissures, faecal incontinence and obstructive defaecation. |