Course: Basic Clinical Observations Training - Level 3

This course has been written to introduce its reader to the requirements and competency surrounding baseline investigations. It is not designed to act as a means by which competency in undertaking these competencies are assessed. It aims to introduce the reader to the required competency surrounding the tasking of baseline investigations (clinical observations).

This includes:

• Understanding of effective communication among multidisciplinary professionals
• Gaining consent
• Interpreting test results
• Conditions that require more frequent monitoring
• When to report anything abnormal
• Hand hygiene and 'bare below the elbow' requirements

Course Contents:

• Learning Objectives
• Using Clinical Observations
• Why Understanding Clinical Observations is Essential
• Taking Regular Observations
• Post-Operative Observations
• Gaining Patient Consent
• The World Health Organisation's guide to Hand Hygiene
• Checking Respiration
• Signs of Abnormal Breathing
• Commonly seen Respiratory Conditions
• Breathing
• Measuring Pulse Rates
• Understanding Pulse Rate and Findings
• Recording a Patient's Temperature
• How to check Body Temperature
• Taking Blood Pressure
• Identifying Normal or Abnormal Blood Pressure
• Understanding and Redoing Blood Pressure Readings
• Testing for Peak flow
• Checking for Blood Glucose
• Urine Tests
• Understanding Urinalysis Findings
• Body Mass Index (BMI)
• Skin Assessment
• Administering Medication
• About Sepsis
• Infectious Diseases
• Course Summary

This course includes videos.