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MVROP Adult Program
“EKG Technician” - List of Competencies
1. List the uses of the ECG in the hospital, doctor’s office or ambulatory clinic, or
outside of a health care facility.
2. Identify the skills and knowledge needed to perform an ECG.
3. Define troubleshooting and explain its importance to you as a health care
professional.
4. List the uses of the ECG in the hospital, doctor’s office or ambulatory clinic, or
outside of a health care facility.
5. Identify the skills and knowledge needed to perform an ECG.
6. Define troubleshooting and explain its importance to you as a health care
professional.
7. Identify the structures of the heart.
8. Compare and contrast the pulmonary and systemic circulation.
9. Trace the pathway of the blood.
10. Define the qualities of the heart and their relationship to the cardiac conduction
system.
11. Describe the parts and function of the conduction system.
12. Explain the conduction system as it relates to the ECG
13. Discuss the electrical stimulation of the heart as it relates to the ECG waveform.
14. Identify each part of the ECG waveform.
15. Describe the heart activity that produces the ECG waveform.
16. Describe coronary circulation.
17. Explain the cardiac cycle.
18. Identify what takes place during systole and diastole phases
19. Identify three types of leads.
20. Explain how each lead is recorded.
21. Understand differences between single and multi-channel ECG machines.
22. List the functions of common ECG machines.
23. Identify ECG machine controls and explain how each control is used.
24. Identify common electrodes and electrolyte products.
25. Describe ECG graph paper.
26. Identify measurements of ECG waveforms on ECG graph paper.
27. Vital Signs – Practice Blood Pressure and Pulse Rate
28. Prepare the patient, room, and equipment for an ECG.
29. Properly apply electrodes and lead wires for a 12-lead ECG.
30. Identify three ways to maintain infection control during an ECG.
31. Identify three ways to provide safety during an ECG.
32. Identify types of artifact and how to prevent/correct them.
33. Properly record and report a 12-lead ECG.
34. Mount a single lead ECG tracing correctly.
35. Clean and care for ECG equipment.
36. Compare and contrast the adult and pediatric ECG procedure.
37. Troubleshoot special patient circumstances when performing ECG.
38. Recognize ECG tracings and how to find dysrhythmias.
39. Identify criteria for classification of dysrhythmias.
40. Describe various rhythms and dysrhythmias.
41. Recognize dysrhythmias using criteria for classification.
42. Explain how dysrhythmias may affect the patient.
43. Identify care and treatment of dysrhythmias.
44. Recognize ECG tracings and how to find dysrhythmias.
45. Identify criteria for classification of dysrhythmias.
46. Describe various rhythms and dysrhythmias.
47. Recognize dysrhythmias using criteria for classification
48. Explain how dysrhythmias may affect the patient.
49. Identify care and treatment of dysrhythmias.
50. Describe electronic pacemaker, its function, and normal pacemaker rhythm
characteristics.
51. Identify steps in evaluating electronic pacemaker function on ECG tracing.
52. Define exercise electrocardiography.
53. Identify at least three other names used for exercise electrocardiography.
54. List the different uses of exercise electrocardiography.
55. Describe at least one variation of exercise electrocardiography.
56. Prepare a patient for exercise electrocardiography.
57. Perform patient teaching for exercise electrocardiography.
58. Define steps in conducting exercise electrocardiography.
59. List your patient care responsibilities for exercise electrocardiography.
60. Understand and perform proper safety measures before, during and after exercise
electrocardiography.
61. Identify the different types of ambulatory monitors and their functions.
62. Explain why ambulatory monitoring is used in addition to the 12-lead ECG.
63. List the common uses for ambulatory monitoring.
64. Identify variations of Holter monitoring.
65. Educate the patient about ambulatory monitoring.
66. Prepare a patient for application of an ambulatory monitor.
67. Apply and remove an ambulatory monitor correctly.
68. Identify the procedure for reporting the results from ambulatory monitoring.
69. CPR/FA skills
70. Resume and Interviewing skills
Internship at a medical facility to practice the above competencies learned over “On the
Job Training”.
Control Classroom once a week for checking Job keeping skills and Employability skills.