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Job Description

Conduct tests on pulmonary or cardiovascular systems of patients for diagnostic purposes. May conduct or assist in electrocardiograms, cardiac catheterizations, pulmonary functions, lung capacity, and similar tests. Includes vascular technologists.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-2031.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 57,100.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 27.00
Currently, there are 53,760 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians”.

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Tasks for “Pulmonary Function Technologist”

Supervise or train other cardiology technologists or students.
Set up 24-hour Holter and event monitors, scan and interpret tapes, and report results to physicians.
Activate fluoroscope and camera to produce images used to guide catheter through cardiovascular system.
Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.
Monitor patients' blood pressure and heart rate using electrocardiogram (EKG) equipment during diagnostic or therapeutic procedures to notify the physician if something appears wrong.
Assist surgeons with vascular procedures, such as preparing balloons and stents.
Monitor patients' comfort and safety during tests, alerting physicians to abnormalities or changes in patient responses.
Adjust equipment and controls according to physicians' orders or established protocol.
Perform general administrative tasks, such as scheduling appointments or ordering supplies or equipment.
Obtain and record patient identification, medical history, or test results.
Assist physicians in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac or peripheral vascular treatments, such as implanting pacemakers or assisting with balloon angioplasties to treat blood vessel blockages.
Assess cardiac physiology and calculate valve areas from blood flow velocity measurements.
Inject contrast medium into patients' blood vessels.
Explain testing procedures to patients to obtain cooperation and reduce anxiety.
Check, test, and maintain cardiology equipment, making minor repairs when necessary, to ensure proper operation.
Enter factors such as amount and quality of radiation beam, and filming sequence, into computer.
Operate diagnostic imaging equipment to produce contrast enhanced radiographs of heart and cardiovascular system.
Compare measurements of heart wall thickness and chamber sizes to standard norms to identify abnormalities.
Prepare and position patients for testing.
Observe ultrasound display screen and listen to signals to record vascular information, such as blood pressure, limb volume changes, oxygen saturation, or cerebral circulation.
Attach electrodes to the patients' chests, arms, and legs, connect electrodes to leads from the electrocardiogram (EKG) machine, and operate the EKG machine to obtain a reading.
Conduct electrocardiogram (EKG), phonocardiogram, echocardiogram, stress testing, or other cardiovascular tests to record patients' cardiac activity, using specialized electronic test equipment, recording devices, or laboratory instruments.
Observe gauges, recorder, and video screens of data analysis system during imaging of cardiovascular system.
Transcribe, type, and distribute reports of diagnostic procedures for interpretation by physician.
Conduct tests of pulmonary system, using spirometer or other respiratory testing equipment.

Related Technology & Tools

Pressure injectors
Heart probes
Caval filters
Contrast power injectors
Personal computers
Notebook computers
Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty PTCA equipment
Sterile blood lancets
Miller catheters
NIH catheters
Film processing equipment
Over-the-needle intravenous IV catheters
Hemodynamic monitors
Medical picture archiving computer systems PACS
Suture devices
Blood collection syringes
Transseptal sheaths
Pacemaker analyzers
Mechanical stethoscopes
Cardiovascular catheter sheaths
Indeflators
Angiojets
Intravenous IV tubing
Wave wires
Brockenbrough needles
Coronary stents
Vena caval filters
Lasers
Arterial line stop-cocks
Lead collars
Radi pressure wires
Fluoroscopes
Physiological monitoring and analysis systems
Oximeters
Electrocardiography EKG electrodes
Holter monitors
Ventricular demand pacemakers
Electronic blood pressure units
Lead aprons
Electrocardiography EKG tape reading scanners
Grollmann catheters
Electrocardiography EKG units
Defense digital imaging network-picture archiving and communications systems DIN-PACS
Intra-aortic balloon pumps IABP
Intravenous IV locks
Scan converters
Desktop computers
Activated clotting time ACT lab equipment
Distal embolic protection devices
Computerized lung analyzers
Central venous catheters
Glucometers
Nitric oxide administration equipment
Ultracentrifuges
Rheolytic thrombectomy systems
Surgical trays/tables
Cardio-page writers
C-clamps
Therapeutic treadmill exercisers
Dual chamber pacemakers
Medrad injectors
Bird's nest inferior vena caval filters
Microscopes
Mercury sphygmomanometers
Radiofrequency ablation catheters
Image storage systems
Oxygen therapy systems
Tourniquets
Mechanical thrombolytic devices
Brachial artery needles
Digital Imaging Communications in Medicine DICOM system equipment
Automated external defibrillators AED
Light meters
Balloon catheters
Silicone lead end caps
Image capturing and transmission systems
Evacuated blood collection tubes
Thermodilution cardiac output computers
Myocardial biopsy forceps
Light and sound machines
Coagulation testing equipment
3, 4, and 5 stopcock manifolds
Heart catheters
Electronic stethoscopes
Pressure tubing
Intravenous IV syringes
Thermal printers
Portable electrocardiography EKG machines
Tablet computers
Vector-cardiographs
Laser printers
Automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator AICD implants
Transluminal extraction catheters
Chemical sterilizers
Laboratory microscopes
Defibrillators
Spirometers
X ray machines
Blood gas analyzers
Plethysmography machines
Pacemakers
Guidewires
Venipuncture needles
Pacing generators
Swan Ganz artery catheters
Rotoblators

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MEDITECH software
Electronic medical record EMR software
Microsoft Excel
Cardinal Health Pyxis CII Safe
Database software
Smart Digital Holter Monitor
Microsoft Office
Information systems integration software
Microsoft Word
Structured data entry software
Practice management software PMS
Web browser software
Internet or intranet image distribution software
Digital Imaging Communications in Medicine DICOM-compatible image acquisition and integration software products
Diagnostic image review software