END technologists are involved in the diagnosis of various brain disorders such as stroke and epilepsy. EEG, the primary diagnostic tool in END, indicates the effects of head trauma, diseases of the nervous system, and metabolic disorders. It is also used to evaluate cerebral death. Opportunities for employment as an END technologist exist in hospital laboratories, clinics, research facilities, and physicians' offices. Responsibilities other than standard EEG recording may include teaching, research, surgical monitoring, sleep studies, evoked potentials, nerve conduction studies, ambulatory monitoring, long-term video monitoring, digital recordings, and brain mapping.
Graduates are eligible to take the national registration examinations.
About the Hospital St. John's Hospital, founded in 1875, is part of the Hospital Sisters Health System . With its 700 beds, St. John's Hospital functions as a regional health care referral center. It is one of the largest Catholic hospitals in the United States, employing more than 3,000 people. With its modern facilities, St. John's offers an ideal environment for health care education. It offers training programs in several health care fields and is affiliated with Southern Illinois University School of Medicine .