Back Module: SPS320

Competency: 4

This is a compentency for the module "Lower GI Physiology and Endoanal Ultrasound".

Competency information

Details

Set up equipment ready for use for each type of investigation.

Considerations

  • Range of equipment used, relative merits and principles of measurement, including:
    • Pressure  measuring equipment:
      • water-perfused catheter, air or water-filled balloon
      • solid state system
      • the properties and selection of transducers, considering:
        • range 
        • linearity
        • hysteresis
        • drift compliance
      • data storage
      • default settings including sampling rates and number of channels enabled
      • calibration procedures.
    • Endoanal ultrasound equipment and its application in lower gastrointestinal investigations:
      • principles of ultrasound imaging
      • types of probe
      • scanner controls, including frequency setting and Time Gain Control (TGC).
  • Recognition of the errors or potential risks of using defective equipment in clinical practice and the implications of use.
  • Identification of common faults and remedial action.

Relevant learning outcomes

# Outcome
# 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).
# 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.
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