Cardiovascular technician vs cardiac catheterization technician

Differences between cardiovascular technician and cardiac catheterization technician duties and responsibilities

Cardiovascular technician example responsibilities.

• Assist with placement and manage intra-aortic balloon pumps.
• Certify in CPR and ACLS.
• Scrub and monitor implant and EP Carto and basic ablation procedures.
• Collect data with a GPS handheld receiver and map it in the office using GIS.
• Provide continuous ECG and blood pressure monitoring for secondary medical cardiac beds as a cardiopulmonary monitor technician.
• Perform hook-up and scanning of holter monitors.
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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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