Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners
HLTCA401D Mapping and Delivery Guide
Perform electrocardiography (ECG)
Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024
Qualification | - |
Unit of Competency | HLTCA401D - Perform electrocardiography (ECG) |
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Description | This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to use an electrocardiograph (ECG) machine and to provide a client's ECG trace | ||
Employability Skills | This unit contains Employability Skills | ||
Learning Outcomes and Application | Work will be performed within a prescribed range of functions involving routine and non-routine methods and procedures which require the exercise of some discretion and judgementAll procedures are carried out in accordance with organisation policies and procedures, occupational health and safety policies and procedures, current infection control guidelines and Australian and New Zealand Standards for maintaining infection control All tasks are carried out in accordance with State or Territory legislative requirements | ||
Duration and Setting | X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting. |
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Prerequisites/co-requisites | Not Applicable | ||
Competency Field |
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners | Student Learning Resources | Handouts Activities |
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Assessment 1 | Assessment 2 | Assessment 3 | Assessment 4 | |
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Elements of Competency | Performance Criteria | |||||||
Element: Prepare electrocardiography machine for use |
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Element: Prepare client for ECG procedure |
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Element: Attach ECG electrodes |
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Element: Produce an ECG trace | ||||||||
Element: Produce trace and check for interference, wandering baseline and amplitude |
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Element: Complete ECG process |
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