Erwin R.

* Transporting patients to various testing areas within the department in a safe manner. * Responsible for watching patients' heart rates and reporting important changes to the nursing staff; they often use equipment that tracks several patients simultaneously. * Developed and maintained a therapeutic, professional helping relationship with patients * Perform initial physical examination of patients upon arrival to facilities, to include checking vital signs * Maintains ongoing, high-level surveillance of patients' cardiac rhythms and notifies nursing/clinicians of any rate/rhythm changes according to clinician/provider orders. * Measures and interprets patient's heart rhythm and documents on patient record per departmental standards. * Initiates and discontinues monitoring equipment on admission, transfer, or discharge. * Serves as a resource for training and troubleshooting to both Heartbeat Central station and clinical areas. * Maintains and stocks all designated equipment, including telemetry, and transport monitors. * Adheres to confidentiality of information acquired pertaining to patients, clinicians, employees, and visitors. * Aided of a technical, specialized, or support nature to health and medical personnel in the diagnosis or treatment of patient illnesses or medical conditions.