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Procedures

​The Consultants will assess your ability and assist you with procedures as necessary.

Bendigo Health Directly Observed Procedural forms (DOPs) can be found under the Beyond Clinical>Education & Training>Procedure and Skills Competency Assessments, or here.

College of Intensive Care Medicine (CICM) training documents for CICM trainees are found on the CICM training portal, or via the same link above.

It is the Registrar’s task to allocate which procedures can be done by the residents and students and to supervise these situations.
 
Registrars are expected to become independent in –
•    Central line insertion (blind and US guided)
•    Arterial line insertion
•    Dialysis (Vascath) insertion
•    Chest tube insertion
•    Basic airway management
 
You will be exposed to the following procedures:
  • Percutaneous tracheostomy
  • Intubation
  • Bronchoscopy
  • Trans-thoracic echocardiography
 
Unit policy mandates that for all lines including arterial lines and invasive procedures such as thoracentesis and ICC insertion, FULL sterile procedure is required, including cap, mask, sterile gown and gloves.
 
For less invasive procedures such as peripheral lines and urinary catheters, sterile gloves must be worn.
 
All procedures including arterial and central lines must be documented in the DMR, even if the procedure failed.  
 
Please enter all procedures into the ICU procedural data base, this can be found at either -
  • URL  http://goo.gl/forms/ZpZEtqgTcN
OR
  • In the Bendigo Health ICU Manual via the link under Research/QI / Quality & Safety Audits / Procedure database
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