OPERATING ROOM TECHNICIAN/NON-CERT

OPERATING ROOM TECHNICIAN/NON-CERT

Responsibilities:

• Observing and interpreting patients' heart monitors and checking for abnormalities, including irregular heartbeats, arrhythmias, and cardiac arrest.
• Attaching electrodes to patients' bodies and recording electrical impulses from the heart to perform EKGs.
• Using hospital equipment and medical technology to perform various tests on patients' hearts, such as stress tests.
• Recognizing and responding to any abnormal conditions in patients' heartbeats.
• Interpreting test results and reporting any changes in heart readings or EKGs to the Doctor or Nurse in charge of the affected patient.
• Updating patients' records with all readings taken from the heart monitors or EKGs.

REQUIRED MINIMUM EDUCATION AND CREDENTIAL:

• Education Certificate Program
• Certificate Program
• Medical Assistant
• Nursing Aide
• EKG
• Medical Terminology