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Electrocardiograph Technician

Electrocardiograph Technician. Electrocardiograph Technician. Education Certificate 15 weeks. Electrocardiograph Technician. License No license required. Electrocardiograph Technician Employment. Hospitals Clinics. Electrocardiograph Technician.

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Electrocardiograph Technician

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  1. ElectrocardiographTechnician

  2. Electrocardiograph Technician • Education • Certificate 15 weeks

  3. ElectrocardiographTechnician • License • No license required

  4. Electrocardiograph TechnicianEmployment • Hospitals • Clinics

  5. Electrocardiograph Technician • Connecting leads fro an ECG machine to appropriate locations on patient • Moving chest electrodes to record specific actions • Conducting stress test • Identifying abnormal heart rhythms • Recognizing and responding to emergencies • Computing graph areas

  6. Electrocardiograph Technician

  7. Electroneurodiagnostic Technician

  8. Electroneurodiagnostic Technician • Education • Certificate 6 weeks

  9. Electroneurodiagnostic Technician • License • No license is required in South Carolina

  10. Electroneurodiagnostic TechnicianEmployment • Hospitals • Clinics • Private Office

  11. Electroneurodiagnostic Technician • Applying electrodes to appropriate sites on scalp • Observing patients behavior and noting the activity on the graph • Choosing instrument settings to obtain good graph • Adjusting and repairing equipment • Preparing report of findings

  12. Monitor Surveillance Technician

  13. Monitor Surveillance TechnicianEducation • OJT

  14. Monitor Surveillance TechnicianLicense • No license required in South Carolina

  15. Monitor Surveillance TechnicianEmployment • Hospitals

  16. Monitor Surveillance TechnicianDuties • Observing monitor screens • Identifying heart rhythms and abnormalities • Posting accurate reports of activities • Recognizing changes and reporting them to the nurse • Operating patient monitoring equipment

  17. Operating Room Surgical Technology Surgical Assistant Perfusionist

  18. Surgical TechnologyEducation • Diploma in Health Science • 1 year

  19. Surgical TechnologyLicense • No license is required in South Carolina

  20. Surgical TechnologyEmployment • Hospitals • Clinics • Day Surgery • Labor & Delivery

  21. Surgical TechnologyDuties • Helping surgical team in putting on gloves and gown and mask • Arranging sterile set-up for procedures • Wash, shave, and disinfecting surgical sites • Passing instruments, sponges, sutures, & needles • Holding retractors and cutting sutures

  22. Surgical TechnologyDuties • Operating lights, sterilizers, suction & diagnostic machines for surgeries • Preparing operating room and instruments • Conducting suture and instrument inventories before & after surgery

  23. Surgical Assistant

  24. Surgical AssistantEducation • Associate in Health Science • 2 years • Or • Diploma in Surgical Technology • + OJT

  25. Surgical AssistantLicense • No license is required in South Carolina

  26. Surgical AssistantEmployment • Hospitals • Clinics • Private Office

  27. Surgical AssistantDuties • Assist surgeon as a second pair of hands • Cauterizing bleeders • Retracting and holding organs during surgery • Operating surgical equipment such as cystoscopes • Sees patients after surgery

  28. PerfusionistEducation • Bachelor’s Degree • 4 years

  29. PerfusionistLicense • No license required in South Carolina

  30. PerfusionistEmployment • Hospitals • Sales

  31. PerfusionistDuties • Operating heart lung machine to provide circulation/oxygen during surgery • Monitoring patients circulation/pO2 during surgery • Provide long term support after surgery

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