RRT/CRT Skills Checklist

RRT/CRT Skills Checklist
Answer Key:

1. No Experience 2. Requires Supervision 3. Proficient 4. Can Teach Others

Age of Patients Cared For:*

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Newborn/Neonate (birth to 30 days)
Infant (1 month to 1 year)
Toddler (1 year to 3 years)
Preschooler (3 years to 5 years)
School Age Child (5 years to 12 years)
Adolescents (12 years to 18 years)
Young Adults (18 years to 39 years)
Middle Adults (39 years to 64 years)
Older Adults (64+)

General Skills*

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Standard Precautions
Isolation Precautions
Patient Head to Toe Assessment
Infant/ Neonatal Cardiac/ Respiratory Arrest
Adult Respiratory/ Cardiac Arrest
Prep and Administration of Emergency Meds
Crash Carts
Defibrillators
Care of Patient in Restraints
Automated Med Dispensing Systems
Electronic Documentation
Care Planning & Discharge Planning

Care of Patients With:*

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Acute/ chronic bronchitis
ARDS (adult respiratory distress syndrome)
Aspiration Asthma
Status Asthmaticus
Bronchoscopy
Bronco-Pulmonary dysplasia
CHF (congestive heart failure)
COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
Croup
Cystic fibrosis
Epiglottis
Guillain Barre`
Hemopneumothorax
Myasthenia Gravis
Pneumonia
Pulmonary edema
Pulmonary embolism
Smoke inhalation
TB (tuberculosis)
Tension pneumothorax
Thoracotomy
Tracheal-esophageal fistula
Tracheotomy
Failure to thrive
Fem-pop bypass
Laryngospasm
Meconium aspiration
Near drowning
Persistent pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonary interstitial emphysema
RSV (respiratory syncytial virus)
Transient tachypnea of newborn

Medications*

Knowledge of Effects of:*

Equipment*

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Achieva
Siemens
Bi-Pap
PB7200
Sechrist IV 100B
Servo V60
Assist control
CPAP
Flow-by
High frequency ventilator
IMV
Inverse ratio vent
Pressure support
Pressure vents
SIMV
Troubleshooting high and low alarms

Oxygen/Air Delivery Systems*

Medication Delivery: Nebulizer*

Procedures:*

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Postural drainage
Chest percussion therapy
Sputum collection/ sampling
ABG’s (arterial blood gas)
Allen test
Femoral
Arterial
Set up and calibrate arterial lines
Radial
Analyzing ABG’s
Interpreting ABG’s

Teaching:*

Setting:*

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