Occupation information for Neurodiagnostic Technologists District Of Columbia

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Typical education needed for entry: Postsecondary certificate

Typical work experience needed for a job in this occupation: No work experience

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• Conduct tests or studies such as electroencephalography (EEG), polysomnography (PSG), nerve conduction studies (NCS), electromyography (EMG), and intraoperative monitoring (IOM).
• Monitor patients during tests or surgeries, using electroencephalographs (EEG), evoked potential (EP) instruments, or video recording equipment.
• Collect patients' medical information needed to customize tests.
• Explain testing procedures to patients, answering questions or reassuring patients, as needed.
• Set up, program, or record montages or electrical combinations when testing peripheral nerve, spinal cord, subcortical, or cortical responses.
• Summarize technical data to assist physicians to diagnose brain, sleep, or nervous system disorders.
• Conduct tests to determine cerebral death, the absence of brain activity, or the probability of recovery from a coma.
• Measure patients' body parts and mark locations where electrodes are to be placed.
• Attach electrodes to patients, using adhesives.
• Submit reports to physicians summarizing test results.

Tools:

• Amplifiers
• Desktop computers
• Digital camcorders or video cameras
• Electroencephalograph EEGs
• Electromyograph electrodes or sets

Technology:

• Calendar and scheduling software
• Data base user interface and query software
• Internet browser software
• Medical software
• Word processing software

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