accordance with national Routine maintenance and calibration guidance), if a suitable recording procedures. cannot be made and re-record if Choice of machine settings appropriate to necessary. the ECG recording requested/required. Identification and rectification of equipment faults/defects. How to check and annotate recordings to ensure accuracy, completeness, legibility and suitability for analysis and reporting. KEY COMPETENCES KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING SUGGESTED EVIDENCE LEARNING OUTCOMES 2 Measure ECG amplitudes and Derivation of the ECG and the intervals and recognise a normal relationship between the ECG and the ECG. cardiac cycle. Normal ECG findings and variations related to patient age, gender, activity and ethnic origin. Effect of exercise on the normal ECG. 2 Identify life-threatening/serious Life-threatening/serious ECG changes atrial and ventricular arrhythmias. and their relationship to cardiac anatomy, physiology and pathology. 2 Identify the ECG changes ECG changes associated with myocardial associated with myocardial ischaemia and infarction and their ischaemia and infarction. relationship to cardiac anatomy, physiology and pathology. 2 Identify the ECG changes ECG changes associated with sinus associated with arrhythmia. arrhythmia and their relationship to
accordance with national guidance), if a suitable recording cannot be made and re-record if necessary. Routine maintenance and calibration procedures. Choice of machine settings appropriate to the ECG recording requested/required. Identification and rectification of equipment faults/defects. How to check and annotate recordings to ensure accuracy, completeness, legibility and suitability for analysis and reporting. KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES COMPETENCES KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING SUGGESTED EVIDENCE 2 Measure ECG amplitudes and intervals and recognise a normal ECG. Derivation of the ECG and the relationship between the ECG and the cardiac cycle. Normal ECG findings and variations related to patient age, gender, activity and ethnic origin. Effect of exercise on the normal ECG. 2 Identify life-threatening/serious atrial and ventricular arrhythmias. Life-threatening/serious ECG changes and their relationship to cardiac anatomy, physiology and pathology. 2 Identify the ECG changes associated with myocardial ischaemia and infarction. ECG changes associated with myocardial ischaemia and infarction and their relationship to cardiac anatomy, physiology and pathology. 2 Identify the ECG changes associated with arrhythmia. ECG changes associated with sinus arrhythmia and their relationship to
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