Allied Health Education - Electrocardiography (EKG) Technician/Cardiac Monitor Technician Certificate of Completion

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Program Description The Electrocardiography (EKG) Technician/Cardiac Monitor Technician Certificate of Completion prepares the participant to perform diagnostic tests to assess the heart rhythm and rate in patients. This certificate of completion requires successful completion of a minimum of 6 credits as outlined.

Advising Note This program requirement sheet is not a substitute for meeting with an academic advisor. Meeting the requirements to graduate with an Edmonds College certificate or degree is ultimately the responsibility of the student.

Program Requirements (6 credits)

OUTCOMES:

Function as a member of the health care team.
Perform duties safely and effectively within their scope of practice as an Electrocardiography (EKG) Technician/Cardiac Monitor Technician.

AHE 112 - EKG/Cardiac Monitoring/Telemetry 5.0 Credits
AHE 119 - Electrocardiography Tech Externship 1.0 Credits

Program Notes

The program code for this certificate is ELTETC01. For financial aid, advising, and other reasons, students should work with their advisor to ensure that this code is properly recorded on their academic record.

SPECIAL NOTES:

Participation in the Electrocardiography Tech externship requires students to maintain a minimum grade of 2.0 in AHE 112 following midterm.
Students are required to take prerequisite courses including AHE 110, AHE 115, AHE 116, and HCA 104, in order to enroll in AHE 112. Students with current American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification, valid through the end of the program, can substitute that for AHE 115 with faculty approval.
Students with limited computer skills are encouraged to consider taking BSTEC 129 - PC Basics.
Participation in externship classes requires documentation of current vaccinations, TB status, and criminal background status prior to registering for those classes. Students are advised that clinical placement may be denied if vaccination records and CPR are not current or if there is a criminal history that the facility considers unacceptable.
All students are required to set up an account with CastleBranch (www.castlebranch.com, package code “EE78”) to store vaccination documentation and complete a criminal background check for a fee.
Students may be placed in a Clinical Placements Northwest (CPNW) consortium site, which requires an extra fee.
Students may be required to complete additional facility-specific onboarding documents. Failure to do so may result in denial of clinical placement.

The department advisors for this program are:
Cathy Dominguez | cathy.dominguez@edmonds.edu | 425.640.1242
Elizabeth Patterson | elizabeth.patterson@edmonds.edu | 425.640.1061

Department website: Allied Health Education | edmonds.edu/ahe

Certificate of Completion General Information

This certificate of completion (COC) is awarded upon completion of the required number of courses. Students are required to maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or S grades in all college level courses in order to earn this COC. Certain certificates may require a higher cumulative grade point average as dictated by industry standards. All credits for this COC must be earned at Edmonds College.

Certificates of completion (COCs) are not eligible for financial aid; however, some COCs may be eligible for veteran’s benefits. If you are interested in this COC, please talk to your faculty advisor or an academic advisor in student services.

Student achievement is assessed in the general and program specific outcomes via the courses and course objectives that align with those outcomes. More information about program outcomes and course objectives can be found on the Using Program Requirement Sheets page.

Students Are Advised To:

Plan their schedule several quarters in advance in order to accommodate courses that are offered only once or twice a year;
Review the college catalog for required course prerequisites and include these in schedule planning; and
Communicate with an academic advisor and/or a faculty advisor.

Graduation Application A completed Graduation Application form must be submitted online by the 10th day of the quarter in which the student expects to graduate. Note: Applications for summer quarter are due by the 8th day of the quarter.

College Resources

College Website | www.edmonds.edu
How to Enroll | https://www.edmonds.edu/es/
Transfer Center | www.edmonds.edu/transfer
College Bookstore | https://edmonds.edu/bookstore
Advising Appointments | 425.640.1458 | advising@edmonds.edu

Internal Coding

PLAN/STACK - ELTETC01
TC - 6
CIP - 510902
Last revised - 2024/03/28