Posted: January 5th, 2016
Describe the role of ECG in the health maintenance examination
Details for learning contract A Spend about 800 words on this.
Goal-1:
To understand clinical situations where an ECG will and will not provide useful clinical information.
Objectives:
- Describe the value of the ECG in the evaluation of the following situations
- Chest pain
- Palpitations
- Syncope
- Congestive heart disease
- hypertension
- Screening for asymptomatic coronary artery disease
- Describe the limitation of ECG in each of the above clinical situations
- Describe the role of ECG in the health maintenance examination
Goal-2:
To provide appropriate recovery of post-surgical patient.
Objectives can be based on:
- Pain
- Fluid in and out
- Vitals
- Wound site
Refer to the attached PDF to get more ideas
5 key points
- It is crucial to follow guidelines and policies on postoperative care
- Using evidence-based tools can make a stressful situation calmer and more controlled
- Proficiency and patient safety should be maintained by updating knowledge and understanding
- All vital signs, observations and assessments performed must be recorded
- Patients should be educated on how to prevent postoperative complications