Cardiac Monitor Technician

Overview

Under general supervision, follows established policies, procedures, and professional guidelines. Responsible for monitoring and identifying basic normal cardiac rhythms, dysrhythmias, and lethal arrhythmias; reporting these findings to the appropriate personnel, and rhythm documentation and labeling per policy. Promotes and maintains patient support including but not limited to: interprets and post rhythm strips and protocol, performs 12 lead EKGs. Maintain and clean portable telemetry monitors between patient use according to manufacturer's guidelines.

• Accurately interprets changes in rhythms.
• Records rhythm strips as required.
• Demonstrates arrhythmia recognition skills.
• Communicates lethal arrhythmias to nursing staff and documents strips as requested.
• Maintains alarms at all times with rates set safely to minimize false alarms.
• Identifies individual EKGs with proper patient identifiers.
• Works with the computer system, including maintains flow through the ER and facilitates transfers, admissions and discharges timely.
• Answers telephone and intercom in a pleasant and professional manner and relays messages accurately and quickly.
• Reports any malfunction of monitoring equipment to the Biomedical Technicians, Charge Nurse, and Nursing Director.

Education

• High School Diploma or GED

Certification

• Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association or American Red Cross

Work Experience and Additional Information

• Basic EKG class and demonstration of competency through testing.