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Neurodiagnostic Technologists
District Of Columbia

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Conduct electroneurodiagnostic END tests such as electroencephalograms, evoked potentials, polysomnograms, or electronystagmograms. May perform nerve conduction studies.

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Currently Employed: 378

Yearly Projected Openings: 20

Typical Hourly Wage: $16.40 - $26.79

Typical Annual Salary: $34,100 - $55,700

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Typical education needed for entry: Postsecondary non-degree award

Typical work experience needed for a job in this occupation: None

Typical on-the-job training once you have a job in this occupation: Short-term on-the-job training

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typical job duties

  • Measure patients' body parts and mark locations where electrodes are to be placed.
  • Attach electrodes to patients using adhesives.
  • Monitor patients during tests or surgeries, using electroencephalographs (EEG), evoked potential (EP) instruments, or video recording equipment.
  • Conduct tests or studies such as electroencephalography (EEG), polysomnography (PSG), nerve conduction studies (NCS), electromyography (EMG), and intraoperative monitoring (IOM).
  • Indicate artifacts or interferences derived from sources outside of the brain, such as poor electrode contact or patient movement, on electroneurodiagnostic recordings.
  • Explain testing procedures to patients, answering questions or reassuring patients as needed.
  • Adjust equipment to optimize viewing of the nervous system.
  • Set up, program, or record montages or electrical combinations when testing peripheral nerve, spinal cord, subcortical, or cortical responses.
  • Measure visual, auditory, or somatosensory evoked potentials (EPs) to determine responses to stimuli.
  • Conduct tests to determine cerebral death, the absence of brain activity, or the probability of recovery from a coma.

tools & technology


Tools:
  • Amplifiers
  • Electroencephalography EEG units or accessories
  • Hot air blowers
  • Low voltage alternating and direct current AC DC panelboards
  • Signal generators

Technology:
  • Calendar and scheduling software
  • Data base user interface and query software
  • Internet browser software
  • Medical software
  • Operating system software