Pre-Operative Assessment

Course Content
Definitions & documentation
Professional & legal considerations
Guidelines for day surgery
Anaesthetic risk assessment - problems & management
Taking a history and informed consent
Systems review
Physical examination
Management of clinical problems
Understanding of haematology and biochemistry results
Pre-operative investigations
Service development and clinical audit

Learning objectives, training objectives
To develop and understand pre-operative assessment and patient management skills
The fundamentals of taking a patient history and performing a social and psychological assessment
Develop competent physical examination skills (selection)

Target Audience
Nurses, operating department practitioners

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