Competency information
Details
Set up equipment for video urodynamics, UPP and ambulatory urodynamics ready for use.
Considerations
- Range of equipment used and principles of measurement.
 - 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 Plan and perform, under appropriate practitioner direction, video urodynamics tests to identify vesico-ureteric reflux, trabeculation, diverticulae and different types of incontinence. | 
| # 2 | Outcome Plan and perform ambulatory urodynamic monitoring to investigate patients referred for a range of situations, including indeterminate cystometry or unreproduced symptoms. | 
| # 3 | Outcome Plan and perform urethral pressure profile testing, maintaining awareness of the test’s limitations. |