Saturday, March 24, 2012

EKG, Electrocardiogram Milestone In Cardiac Field

By Terry B Winsor


Advancement in science and technology has blessed human civilization. It has revolutionized every field especially medical and business fields. In past decade a lot of useful equipments are introduced in medical field. These equipments have transformed medical field. EKG is one of these equipments.

Electrocardiogram EKG stands for electrocardiogram. This equipment is utilised in cardiac field to measure the electric impulses generated by heart. For this objective electrodes are placed on opposite sides of chest. These electrodes gave the electric impulse lead to the form of graph.

Why EKG Is Done? For heart patients, who have to undergo major operations such as bypass, open heart surgery and heart transplant etc, it is compulsory to check their heart beat on daily basis. EKG report tells that either the patient heart is capable of undergoing a major operation or not. The rhythmic movement of heart evaluated by EKG tells about the exact situation of heart as weak heart muscles produce abnormal impulses while healthy heart muscle produces periodical impulses. In addition to heart disease increased heart beat is also symptom of high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity and many other diseases. Doctors prefer all patients suffering from these diseases to undergo EKG test in order to properly diagnose their disease.

EKG Technicians To operate EKG equipment skilled EKG technicians are expected. EKG technician's job is exigent as they have to take care of patients suffering from various severe diseases. Any mistake performed by them can have an effect on the wellness of the patient. That's why particular coaching is expected to come to be EKG technician. The qualification required to grow to be EKG technician is high school diploma. In addition to this in case you have any operating expertise with physicians or in any lab it a assists you a good deal in getting a job. EKG technicians are necessary in hospital at the same time as labs. Moreover private cardiologist also prefers to have EKG technicians in their hospital.

Field Duties Of EKG Technician Following are the duties of EKG technicians:

Performance of EKG Test Along with other Test EKG technicians have to perform the EKG test. They have to place the electrodes and have to check the heart beat rate. In addition to this in many hospitals Holter test can also be performed by EKG technicians. In holters test electrodes are placed on patient's physique for full day. It helps to evaluate overall heart beat rate of patient.

Identification Of Wave Form If the patient's heart is normally beating then the wave occurs in the form called sinus arrhythmia. But in case of heart disease or heart failure abnormal rise and fall of peak in graph takes place. It is duty of EKG technician to difference between healthy heart beat and abnormal heart beat.

Assist Physician EKG technician's major duty is to help out the physician in diagnosing different cardiac illness. They have to evaluate the progression in patients heart beat and have to maintain patient's files.

Patient Care Most important duty of EKG technician will be to correctly manage the patient. It consists of cautious transportation of patient to lab, correct implanting of electrodes and provision of friendly environment to patients.

EKG test present helpful information regarding the patient's heart. Hence EKG test and technicians play vital function within the cardiac field as they help the medical doctors in diagnosing the ailment.




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