Neurodiagnostic Technologists

Tasks

Core Tasks Include:

• Attach electrodes to patients, using adhesives.
• Summarize technical data to assist physicians to diagnose brain, sleep, or nervous system disorders.
• Conduct tests or studies such as electroencephalography (EEG), polysomnography (PSG), nerve conduction studies (NCS), electromyography (EMG), and intraoperative monitoring (IOM).
• Calibrate, troubleshoot, or repair equipment and correct malfunctions, as needed.
• Conduct tests to determine cerebral death, the absence of brain activity, or the probability of recovery from a coma.
• Measure visual, auditory, or somatosensory evoked potentials (EPs) to determine responses to stimuli.
• Indicate artifacts or interferences derived from sources outside of the brain, such as poor electrode contact or patient movement, on electroneurodiagnostic recordings.
• Measure patients' body parts and mark locations where electrodes are to be placed.
• Monitor patients during tests or surgeries, using electroencephalographs (EEG), evoked potential (EP) instruments, or video recording equipment.
• Set up, program, or record montages or electrical combinations when testing peripheral nerve, spinal cord, subcortical, or cortical responses.
• Adjust equipment to optimize viewing of the nervous system.
• Collect patients' medical information needed to customize tests.
• Submit reports to physicians summarizing test results.
• Assist in training technicians, medical students, residents, or other staff members.
• Explain testing procedures to patients, answering questions or reassuring patients, as needed.
• Participate in research projects, conferences, or technical meetings.

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