Electrocardiograph technician

Electrocardiograph technician

Responsibilities and duties: There are regular procedures performed by an electrocardiograph technician on a daily basis when running an ECG. The ECG tech must know how to insert and remove catheters and know how to operate ultrasound equipment. The ECG tech attaches 3 to 12 electrodes to a patient’s chest, arms and legs and begins the test.

Salary: annual salary is about $34, 385

Education: Requires a high school diploma and is a graduate of an accredited EKG program. Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field. Relies on limited experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.

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Reflection: I wouldn’t mind being this, but preferably would like to work with the knives. It’s all a big responsibility because it separates and leaves you the choice of life and death for another person. Their life in your hands, are you willing the go through a default heart.

CARDIOLOGIST

CARDIOLOGIST

Duties and responsibilities: cardiologists are physicians with extra training to prevent and diagnose cardiovascular disease. They focus on the heart and the blood vessels

Salary: $370,000 - $530,000 annually

Education: graduate medical school, complete a residency, get board certified in internal medicine then complete a fellowship in cardiology.

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Reflection: my sister actually wants to a cardiologist because she has steady hands and really like the heart but on the other hand I think the heart is too complex to handle and I don’t have steady hands.