Monitor Surveillance Technician

Duties and Responsibilities:
Monitor surveillance technicians observe the electrical activity of heartbeats which is graphically displayed on a series of monitors in cardiac care units of hospitals.  They examine these patterns and provide the results to physicians and nursing staff.  They: 

• Gather and report heart pattern information on patients.
• Operate monitoring computers that simultaneously display multiple patient results. 
• Identify heart pattern changes and abnormalities.
• Clean and maintain equipment, battery packs, and wiring systems.

Salary: $21,000- $50,000

Education: Students wanting to become Monitor Surveillance Technicians should take math,science, and computer technology courses in high school. 

  

I would not like to be one because you need to be very patient for that job and im inpatient. Im not really that much into the salary.