Monitor Surveillance Technician

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

Salary: $26,000 – 41,000

Education: students wanting to become monitor surveillance technicians should take math, science, and computer technology courses in high school. Upon graduation from high school they may enroll in training programs at vocational schools, community colleges, or hospitals. Program length varies from three months to two.

Do you think you would like to be one? Maybe no its seems a bit boring I’am not interested in these kind of jobs.