Telemetry Technician/EKG Program

• Two Semesters program: Fall and Spring
• Evening classes and taught on site at Grossmont College
• Enrollment is once a year for classes starting each August
• Must be 18 years old
• High school diploma, GED or equivalent

An electrocardiogram is a graphic record of the voltage generated by the heart during the cardiac cycle. Telemetry (EKG) Technicians are allied health professionals who operate electrocardiograph machines to provide physicians with data for diagnosis and treatment of heart ailments. Telemetry Technicians are employed in hospitals, clinics, and private practice offices.

The beginning EKG Telemetry course trains students to record basic electrocardiograms and recognize abnormalities. Telemetry Technicians may also be required to perform pacemaker evaluation, cardiac stress-testing, Holter monitoring, and telemetry arrhythmia monitoring. The advanced Telemetry courses include the theory and techniques necessary to perform these duties.

In addition to classroom and laboratory instruction, students may have the opportunity to visit a hospital to do job shadowing in an EKG department.

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Beginning Fall 2009 this program will no longer be an ROP program. It will be a Grossmont College program, and tuition and fees will apply.