Monitor tech and arrhythmia certification & training
Accredited, self-paced monitor tech course available online
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What does a monitor technician do?
Overview and job description
A monitor technician observes the heartbeats and electrocardiograms (EKG) of patients in intensive care units or ICUs. They typically work in hospitals and sit at computers outside of patients’ rooms to perform their job.
It can be confusing what a "monitor technician" is because hospitals will also use the job titles telemetry technician, cardiac monitor technician, 12-lead EKG tech and more. The fact that nurses and nurse assistants are adding this becoming certified adds even more titles to the mix.
We provide the skills you need to work in any of these roles and break the learning into two separate courses, titled arrhythmia interpretation and 12-lead ECG.
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Our courses
Our arrhythmia interpretation and 12-lead ECG courses are accredited for CME and CE credits. Learn about ECG interpretation for a rewarding career in a hospital setting.
Arrhythmia interpretation
$400
- Up to 8 CME/CE credit hours
- Available 24/7, 100% online
- Certified by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine
- 100% money-back guarantee
12-Lead ECG
$400
- Up to 8 CME/CE credit hours
- Available 24/7, 100% online
- Certified by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine
- 100% money-back guarantee
CPR
$50
- Available 24/7, 100% online
- Guaranteed acceptance
- 100% money-back guarantee
Get all three!
Arrhythmia interpretation, 12-Lead ECG and CPR
$723
- Up to 16 CME/CE credit hours
- Available 24/7, 100% online
- Certified by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine
- Guaranteed acceptance
- 100% money-back guarantee
What's included in a monitor tech training program?
Detailed arrhythmia interpretation for monitor techs
- Anatomy and physiology of the heart
- What is the ECG?
- Rhythms / sinus node
- Rhythms / atria
- Rhythms / ventricles
- Junctional arrhythmias / heart blocks
Comprehensive 12-lead ECG training for certification
- Introduction to ECG
- Configuring the axis
- Lead placement
- Ischemia
- Heart injuries
- Infarctions
In general, if you will be placing the leads on the patients, or using a 12-lead ECG, you will be learning those skills in the second course.
This is a job skill enhancement course with no prerequisites to prepare you to add the skill set of arrhythmia interpretation and 12-lead EKG to your repertoire. You will be prepared to apply these skills in a hospital setting. The course is all inclusive with study materials, online examination, and certification accepted in all 50 states and across Canada.
Complete course materials available for home study
Monitor tech course course format All inclusive all inclusive
All our courses include everything you need to monitor patient's EKG readings:
- Course study materials
- 24/7 online access to course with computer or iPad
- Multiple choice certification examination
- Receive a free instant printable provider eCard
- If requested, we can send a hard-copy of certificate
- Access to experts for any questions
This course is taken completely using your computer and can also be printed out. Together, both courses are roughly equivalent to one semester in community college. You can complete the course at your own speed and most people do the whole course in 2–4 weeks. When you are done you will receive a certification from us which is accepted nationally in the US and Canada. Although optional, you are also welcome to sit for the Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI) certified rhythm analysis technician (CRAT) examination. You'll learn about SVT, V Fib and plenty of other rhythms.
Monitor tech career questions
Feel free to contact us any time. And below are one-click answers to common questions we receive.