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Critical Care Skills Checklist

The purpose of the following checklist is to assist in matching your skills with available assignments in order to meet both your needs and the needs of our client facilities. Please select the appropriate number for each skill level, patient care situation, or type of equipment.

Level of Experience:

Theory, No Practice
Intermittent Experience
One/Two Year Consistent Experience
Very Experienced, Able to Perform Without Supervision

Name:

Date:

AGE SPECIFIC CARE
Please indicate the level of experience with which you provide care for each age group in this specialty area.

	A	B	C	D
Infant (Birth to 1 year)
Toddler (1-3 years)
Pre-School (3-6 years)
School Age (6-12 years)
Adolescent (12-18 years)
Young Adult (18-30 years)
Mature Adult (30-60 years)
Elderly (>60 years)

SKILLS	A	B	C	D
CARDIOVASCULAR
1. Assessment
Abnormal heart sounds/murmurs
Auscultation (rate, rhythm)
Blood pressure/non-invasive
Pulses/circulation checks/doppler

2. Interpretation of lab results
Cardiac enzymes & isoenzymes
Coagulation studies

3. Equipment & Procedures
Assist with
Arterial line insertion
Central line insertion
Open chest emergency
PA catheter/ Swan-Ganz insertion
Pericardiocentesis
Transesophageal echocardiogram
Automatic internal cardioverter defibrillator
Cardioversion
CAVH-D
Hemodynamic monitoring
Cardiac index
Cardiac output
CVP monitoring
Femoral artery sheath removal
MAP
PA/Swan-Ganz
PCW pressure
PVR
Radial a-line
SVO 2/SVR
Intra aortic balloon pump
Monitoring
12 lead EKG interpretation
Arrhythmia interpretation
Lead placement
Rhythm strip assessment
Set up and run 12 lead EKG
Pacemaker
External
Permanent/Temporary
Transthoracic (epicardial)
Ventricular assist devise (RVAD or LVAD)

4. Care of the patient with:
Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
Acute MI / Arrest
Cardiac tamponade
Congestive heart failure (CHF)
EP study & ablation
Heart transplant
Immediate post open-heart surgery
Infective endocarditis
Myocardial contusion
Pericarditis
Post AICD insertion
Post arthectomy (DCA)
Post commissurotomy, valve repair, valve replacement
Post intracoronary stent placement
Post percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty
Post rotoblade
Pre/Post angioplasty
Pre/Post cardiac cath

5. Medications:
Amiodarone (Cardarone)
Atropine
Bicarbonate
Bretylium (Bretylol)
Digoxin (Lanoxin)
Dobutamine (Dobutrex)
Dopamine (Intropin)
Epinephrine (Adrenalin)
Inocor (Amrinone)
Lidocaine (Xylocaine)
Nitroglycerine (Tridil)
Procainamide (Pronestyl)
Rereplase recombinant (Retavase)
Streptokinase
TPA (Alteplase)