Job Description

Cardiology/ Echo technicians are responsible for preparing patients and diagnostic equipment for imaging procedures. Explain procedures to the patients. Positioning the patient, an echo tech applies gel that aids in sound transmission to the patient's skin before using the diagnostic equipment to create images of the patient's heart. Echo technician helps physicians interpret the data from the images and determines which images should be saved and which should be discarded. Echo technicians may also be responsible for ensuring that records are kept properly. Electrocardiogram technician performs an ECG by attaching electrodes to a patient and then pulling switches on an ECG machine to trace electrical impulses transmitted by the heart. A doctor then inspects these readings to analyze the patient's heart condition. ECG technicians also might perform stress tests. This involves hooking up a patient to an ECG monitor for a baseline reading and then monitoring the patient's heart while he or she exercises on a treadmill. During the monitoring period, the treadmill speeds up and slows down to produce ECG readings at multiple levels of physical exertion. ECG technicians can administer Holter monitoring tests. With this procedure, the technician attaches an ECG monitor to a patient, and then allows the patient to go about his or her normal routine for a 24-hour period. Next, the electrocardiogram technician removes the monitor and takes it to a scanner, from which he or she can print out the data recorded by the machine Responsible to check and Maintain Equipments and Consumables in the cardiac lab. Responsible to up keep All Technical Equipments i.e. imaging etc. Responsible to check and maintain Department and new technical inventory required for procedures in the department. Responsible for accurate patient billing and to keep the patient procedure data accordingly PCPNDT. Responsible to help in maintaining NABH standards in the noninvasive cardiac department.


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