The most commonly performed neurodiagnostic procedures are the electroencephalogram, the evoked potential, the polysonogram, and the electromyogram. The electroencephalogram is a recording of the ongoing electrical activity of the brain that produces brainwaves on a graph. This activity appears as wavy lines occurring with specific patterns and frequencies. Work Settings Electroneurodiagnostic Technologists work under the supervision of a neurologist or a chief Electroneurodiagnostic Technologist. They usually work in hospitals or laboratories, although some work in physicians offices.
Most work is performed in rooms separated from heavy hospital traffic.
Some work is done in surgical or medical units at the patients bedside. An Electroneurodiagnostic Technologist who has completed successfully a year of training, a year of laboratory experience, and the written and oral examinations given by the American Board of Registration of Electroencephalographic Technologists, is designated as a Registered Electroencephalographic Technologist. Monitor Surveillance Technician Monitor Surveillance Technicians observe patient telemetry monitors that graphically record the electrical activity occurring during each heartbeat. Their work is performed, somewhat independently, in a central monitoring area separate from the direct patient care environment. Monitor Surveillance Technicians work in hospitals where a large number of patients are connected to telemetry monitors.