Meant to be a Cardiology Technologist
Read how Yalena Bradford, Stenberg College grad, found her purpose and passion in being a Cardiology Technologist.
Rising to the challenge: Krista May
“The struggles I’m facing, The chances I’m taking, Sometimes might knock me down but, No, I’m not breaking.”— The Climb by Miley Cyrus Krista May was driving back from her…
From Rink Rat to Lab Rat: How a pro athlete became a Cardio Tech
Would you let a hockey player do your ECG? If it’s Brett Morrison, you definitely would. Brett was a competitive hockey player before he traded in his hockey stick for…
Cardiology Tech: ECG Course, Lab & Practice Days
I recently finished the largest course of Cardiology Technologist program, ‘Rhythms, Arrhythmias, & Pacemaker Studies’. In the beginning, I knew little to nothing about what to look for on an…
Cardiac Rhythms, Arrhythmias, and Pacemaker Studies Course
One month ago I had my first IOE day and felt lost when looking at ECGs. The abbreviations NSR, SVT, PJC were gibberish to me until I started our cardiac…
3 Qualities of a Successful Cardiology Technologist
After graduating from a Cardiology Technologist training program, you will be working in hospitals, clinics and private practices performing tests to help doctors and specialists diagnose and monitor cardiac or…
Promote Healthy Hearts as a Cardiology Technologist
Heart disease is the number two cause of death in Canada and the number one cause of death in the US. Cardiologists and cardiology technologists are front-line warriors when it…
The World of ECGs
I’m very happy that I get to write about the topic of ECGs. As our instructor Ramon always says during ECG Interpretations: “See, how easy it is” it’s definitely easy when…
Intro to ECGs
An Electrocardiogram (ECG for short) is a non-invasive cardiology diagnostic test that records the electrical impulses of the heart. A typical Cardiology Technologist will perform an average of 80-100 ECG’s…
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