Programs
NEURODIAGNOSTIC TECHNOLOGY
Neurodiagnostic Technology is dedicated to the recording and study of electrical activity in the brain and nervous system. Recording the electrical activity of the brain provides critical information about potential seizures, sleep disorders, or responses during surgery. Neurodiagnostic technologists possess the knowledge, skills, and attributes to obtain interpretable recordings of patients' nervous system function. They work in collaboration with medical researchers, clinicians, physicians, and other health professionals.
Concorde's Neurodiagnostic Technology program can prepare you to enter an exciting new healthcare field helping patients of all ages.
How long is the program?
Students in our Neurodiagnostic Technology - (AAS) program earn their Associate of Applied Science degree in 17 months.*
* Program length and degree type may vary by campus.
What skills will I learn?
- Measure patients' heads and mark locations where electrodes are to be placed.
- Attach electrodes to patients using adhesives.
- Monitor patients during tests or surgeries, using electroencephalographs (EEG), evoked potential (EP) instruments, or video recording equipment.
- Conduct tests or studies such as electroencephalography (EEG), polysomnography (PSG), nerve conduction studies (NCS), and intraoperative monitoring (IOM).
- Indicate artifacts or interferences derived from sources outside of the brain, such as poor electrode contact or patient movement, on electroneurodiagnostic recordings.
- Explain testing procedures to patients, answering questions or reassuring patients as needed.
- Adjust equipment to optimize viewing of the nervous system.
- Set up, program, or record montages or electrical combinations when testing peripheral nerve, spinal cord, subcortical, or cortical responses.
- Measure visual, auditory, or somatosensory evoked potentials (EPs) to determine responses to stimuli.
- Conduct tests to determine cerebral death, the absence of brain activity, or the probability of recovery from a coma.
Where can I work?
- Hospitals including:
Operating rooms
Intensive care units
Emergency department - Private clinics
- Patient's homes
WONDERING ABOUT THE DETAILS?
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