Cardiac catheterization technician vs cardiology technician

Differences between cardiac catheterization technician and cardiology technician duties and responsibilities

Cardiac catheterization technician example responsibilities.

• Assist with placement and manage intra-aortic balloon pumps.
• Monitor patient's blood pressure and heart rate with EKG equipment and notify the physician of possible irregularities.
• Assist physician during balloon angioplasty by inflating the balloon catheter to the specified atmospheres with a special handheld syringe pump.
• Utilize escalation process to notify appropriate staff when communication barriers are occurring between the CMU and nursing unit for arrhythmia notification.
• Work at multiple boat launches with the decontamination unit to pressure wash all infest boats and educate boaters.
• Perform programmed stimulation, cardioversion, defibrillation and radiofrequency lesion generation.
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Cardiology technician example responsibilities.

• Assist with placement and manage intra-aortic balloon pumps.
• Perform stress testing, holter monitoring, and pulmonary function testing.
• Prepare schedules for the next day, prepare patient charts for appointments using EMR system.
• Attend all training including, CPR and arrythmia course and staff meetings.
• Administer stress testing, pulmonary function testing, ECG's, pacemaker and AICD testing and general patient management.
• Conduct thousands of ECG's, plus Holter monitoring, signal average ECG's, computer editing of ECG reports.
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