Diagnostic tests

Decide, order and undertake appropriate tests within agreed protocols (ECG, x-ray, haematological and biochemical analysis, blood-gas analysis, request blood for transfusion, analysis of urine, stools, sputum and swabs) Order (but not perform) microbiological and virology analyses Examine and interpret the results of the tests

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