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Program Codes
10295
Employment Percentage
7.76119403
SOC ID
29-2098
SOC Title
Medical Dosimetrists, Medical Records Specialists, and Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other
ONET ID
29-2099.01
ONET Concat ID
29209901
Median Salary
48940.39
EMSI Interest Area Term
Kinesiology, Health and Athletics
Ed Level High School
9.09
Ed Level Certificate
12.12
Ed Level Some College
3.03
Ed Level Associates
54.549999
Ed Level Bachelors
21.209999
Ed Level Masters
0
Ed Level Doctors
0
Typical Ed Level
an Associate degree
Career Description
Conduct electroneurodiagnostic (END) tests such as electroencephalograms, evoked potentials, polysomnograms, or electronystagmograms. May perform nerve conduction studies.
Core Tasks
  • Conduct tests or studies such as electroencephalography (EEG), polysomnography (PSG), nerve conduction studies (NCS), electromyography (EMG), and intraoperative monitoring (IOM).
  • Indicate artifacts or interferences derived from sources outside of the brain, such as poor electrode contact or patient movement, on electroneurodiagnostic recordings.
  • Monitor patients during tests or surgeries, using electroencephalographs (EEG), evoked potential (EP) instruments, or video recording equipment.
  • Explain testing procedures to patients, answering questions or reassuring patients, as needed.
  • Attach electrodes to patients, using adhesives.
  • Conduct tests to determine cerebral death, the absence of brain activity, or the probability of recovery from a coma.
  • Measure patients' body parts and mark locations where electrodes are to be placed.
  • Calibrate, troubleshoot, or repair equipment and correct malfunctions, as needed.
  • Measure visual, auditory, or somatosensory evoked potentials (EPs) to determine responses to stimuli.
  • Summarize technical data to assist physicians to diagnose brain, sleep, or nervous system disorders.
  • Set up, program, or record montages or electrical combinations when testing peripheral nerve, spinal cord, subcortical, or cortical responses.
  • Collect patients' medical information needed to customize tests.
  • Adjust equipment to optimize viewing of the nervous system.
  • Submit reports to physicians summarizing test results.
  • Assist in training technicians, medical students, residents, or other staff members.
  • Participate in research projects, conferences, or technical meetings.
Start Annual Earnings
32967.38
Top Annual Earnings
84318.68
EMSI Career Title Slug
neurodiagnostic-technologist