EKG Technician Skills Checklist

EKG TECHNICIAN
SKILLS CHECKLIST

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Fill out the following checklist so that it properly reflects your skill level in each category. Please refer to the following key for your assessment:

0 = No experience

1 = Minimal experience (performed at least once), needs review and supervision

2 = Comfortable performing with resource available

3 = Competent to perform independently and safely

4 = Expert, able to act as a resource for others

CARDIOVASCULAR

	0	1	2	3	4
Heart Sounds
Coronary Circulation
Vascular System
Conduction System
CHF (Congestive Heart Failure)
Ischemia
Pulmonary Hypertension
Systemic Hypertension
Diseases of the Aorta

ELECTROCARDIOGRAM

	0	1	2	3	4
Application of Leads
Interpretation
Monitoring
Arrythmias

STRESS EKG WITH TRADMILL TESTING

	0	1	2	3	4
Preparation of equipment
Monitoring
Complications

EQUIPMENT / INSTRUMENTATION

	0	1	2	3	4
Temporary Pacemakers
Permanent Pacemakers
Defibrillators
Event monitors

ECG, Holter, and Stress Testing Instrumentation

	0	1	2	3	4
Hemovac
Jackson Pratt
Patient/Family Teaching

HOLTER MONITORING

	0	1	2	3	4
Preparation of equipment
Application of leads
Monitoring

PATIENT CARE

	0	1	2	3	4
Vital signs
Normal lab values
Emergency procedures
Pulse oximetry
Documentation

CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

	0	1	2	3	4
Cardiac cycle
Electrical conduction system
Refractory
Transmembrane potential
Polarization
Depolarization
Repolarization
Action potential
Phase 0 – Phase 4

EKG INTERPRETATION

	0	1	2	3	4
Ventricular tachycardia
Ventricular fibrillation
Atrial tachycardia
Atrial fibrillation
Atrial flutter
Junctional escape rhythms
Asystole
PEA (pulseless electrical activity)
Normal sinus rhythm
Sinus Tachycardia
Sinus Bradycardia
Acute myocardial infarction patterns
Cardiac pacemakers
Wolff-Parkinson-White
Heart blocks
First degree heart block
Second degree heart block
Type I
Type II
Third degree heart block

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