An EEG technician operates and maintains medical equipment to measure brain or nervous system activity. They administer the test, explain it to patients, and provide stimuli. They may also be responsible for maintenance and repair.
An electroencephalogram (EEG) technician operates, maintains, and sometimes maintains this medical equipment. He administers the EEG test, which involves placing electrodes on the patient’s scalp and generating the necessary stimulus to capture and measure the activity of the patient’s brain or nervous system as a whole. Explanations about what happens during this test are given to the patient and his family by the EEG technician responsible for the procedure. These technicians are responsible for gathering a patient’s medical history, helping them relax during the procedure, and delivering the results to doctors.
There are several reasons why an EEG technician is asked by a physician to measure a patient’s brain or nervous system activity. Doctors require test results to help them make a diagnosis. Signs and symptoms that may prompt a physician to order an EEG include, but are not limited to, any type of seizure, migraine headache, blurred vision, fainting, amnesia, and any form of paralysis. If the development of Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, amnesia, the presence of a brain tumor, epilepsy, or injury to the brain or any section of the spinal cord is suspected, doctors may have an EEG technician test the brain activity.
There are several ways in which an EEG technician provides stimuli for the test. He or she can use lights of various colors and brightness or lights that flash. Different types of breathing exercises can also be used. Most patients have at least some apprehension before and during the procedure, which is why it is the responsibility of the EEG technician to thoroughly explain in plain language the various aspects of the test. The technician also answers any and all questions the patient may have and helps to calm the patient down because it is important for the patient to be as relaxed as possible during the test.
Depending on an EEG technician’s training, he or she may be in charge of EEG maintenance and repair. If he or she does not have the necessary knowledge to repair this medical equipment, it is vital to know when to arrange for repair services so that tests can be performed without delay. An EEG technician almost always has at least a high school diploma, but he or she may not have a college degree if clinical training is acquired. Some EEG technicians, however, hold an Associate of Applied Sciences degree in Electroneurodiagnostic Technology.
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