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Broad aim of event:
This course
aims to ensure that the individual
practitioners realise that each test
they perform is of equal importance and
reflects the best effort (in terms of
co-operation) that the client can
achieve. It is just as important that
the practitioner appreciates the need
for calibration, quality control and
cleaning. (without these results are
unreliable and inaccurate), enabling the
practitioner to recognise and correct
faults in their own and colleagues
techniques
This one day course following the
Guidelines of the National Certificate
of Competence in Electrocardiography,
the "Gold Standard" set by the "The
Society for Cardiological Science and
Technology (SCST) which all
practitioners of ECG's should be working
towards, in the Primary and Secondary
Care arena.
Learning Outcomes:
- Understand the use of ECG
recording in the workplace
- Be aware of the need to
standardize procedures
- Appreciate how disease can
effect results
- Have sufficient knowledge of the
principles of measurement and
physiology to be able to explain the
test and the results to lay people
correctly
- Keep and maintain quality
control records
- Be competent and confident
practitioners
- Feel motivated to maintain the
highest possible professional
standards
Target Groups:
Any Health Care professionals who are
undertaking ECG
Outline Content:
Electrocardiography is only useful as
a screening technique where uniformity
and quality of practice exist. Without
thorough understanding of the principles
involved, the methodology, the effects
of the disease on heart and the
interpretation of results, it is
difficult for practitioners to be
competent and confident in practice |
