Scientific Basis of Cardiovascular Respiratory and Sleep (Part 2)

Learning Outcomes

Application of safe and effective clinical practice in physiological measurement - Risk management - Infection control - Team working - Partners in the management of disease - Patient-centred care - Disability including learning disabilities - Children and adults - Communication skills Introduction to Cardiology and Vascular Science - Cardiac embryology and foetal developments - Cardiac and vascular pathophysiology Investigations and procedures carried out in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac and vascular disease - Contextualise diagnostic data with respect to cardiac pathology - Characteristics of recording equipment and their evaluation Development of a framework for interpretation of ECG's - The Normal ECG from birth to old age - Anatomy - Physiology - Leads - Rate - Rhythm - Cardiac Axis - Terminology - Sinus Rhythms Identification of common arrhythmias - Ventricular fibrillation - Ventricular tachycardia - Atrial fibrillation - Sinus bradycardia - Sinus tachycardia - Common abbreviations and units Introduction to Respiratory and Sleep Science - Investigations and procedures carried out in the diagnosis and treatment of respiratory disease including sleep disorders - Characteristics of equipment and their evaluation - Calibration and quality control procedures - Pathophysiology of lung diseases in the context of diagnostic data - Infection control in the respiratory laboratory - Physiological measurement systems in the evaluation of lung function - Physiological measurement systems used to measure respiration during sleep - Calculation of reference values - Pharmacology and therapeutics of bronchodilators - Introduction to common sleep disorders and treatment

Students will learn by exploring material in seminars and laboratory practicals in conjunction with directed learning. Students will be encouraged to take responsibility for the development of their own learning by utilising a variety of means such as multimedia resources, and the library, and by self-directed development of the study skills necessary to access these resources.