Job description
Conduct tests on pulmonary or cardiovascular systems of patients for diagnostic purposes. May conduct or assist in electrocardiograms cardiac catheterizations pulmonary functions lung capacity and similar tests.
Job Responsibilities:
- Prepare and position patients for testing.
- Obtain and record patient identification medical history or test results.
- Adjust equipment and controls according to physicians orders or established protocol.
- Explain testing procedures to patients to obtain cooperation and reduce anxiety.
- Monitor patients comfort and safety during tests alerting physicians to abnormalities or changes in patient responses.
- Check test and maintain cardiology equipment making minor repairs when necessary to ensure proper operation.
- Monitor patients blood pressure and heart rate using electrocardiogram (EKG) equipment during diagnostic or therapeutic procedures to notify the physician if something appears wrong.
- Attach electrodes to the patients chests arms and legs connect electrodes to leads from the electrocardiogram (EKG)
machine and operate the EKG machine to obtain a reading.
- Supervise or train other cardiology technologists or students.
- Perform general administrative tasks such as scheduling appointments or ordering supplies or equipment.
- Transcribe type and distribute reports of diagnostic procedures for interpretation by physician.
- Assess cardiac physiology and calculate valve areas from blood flow velocity measurements.
- Compare measurements of heart wall thickness and chamber sizes to standard norms to identify abnormalities.
- Observe gauges recorder and video screens of data analysis system during imaging of cardiovascular system.
- Observe ultrasound display screen and listen to signals to record vascular information such as blood pressure limb volume changes oxygen saturation or cerebral circulation.
- Operate diagnostic imaging equipment to produce contrast enhanced radiographs of heart and cardiovascular s
📌 Technician (Howrah)
🏢 Narayana Health (NH)
📍 Howrah
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