EKG Tech

The 2.8 Credit Units (32 clock hour) program provides an excellent foundation for course-work in Cardiovascular Technology. Graduates of the program are employable at hospitals and health care facilities throughout the country. As an EKG technician, you will work in hospitals, neighborhood health centers, private practices, clinics, nursing homes and emergency rooms as part of a medical team. This program is designed to instruct students in the structures and function of the cardiovascular system and the circulation of blood through the heart and lungs.

The program is designed to prepare the student(s) as follows:

• Describe terms, prefixes and suffixes associated with medical terminology of the body systems.
• Describe the role and responsibilities of the EKG Technician.
• Recognize normal and abnormal patterns in the EKG leads.
• Demonstrates how to prepare a patient for EKG testing.
• Performs the proper procedure for a 12 lead EKG and treadmill stress test.
• Successfully performs skills set learned in the EKG Program.
• Performs appropriate EKG skills within the scope of practice.
• Recognizes specific personal care for assigned clients and performs skills correctly.

The program is 1 week long which includes:

32 Hours of Theory