Medical Technician

Learn the skills of a world class Medical Technician

In this app host Melody Young visits a cardiac technician and learns about the career opportunities in medicine besides becoming a doctor or a nurse. Subjects Covered Include: What education is necessary to become a medical technician? What courses are important? What is an ultrasound? Why do they use an ultrasound to see inside a person's body? Do ultrasound machines hurt? What is a heart monitor? Why do doctors use heart monitors on their patients? Is science important to becoming a medical technician? Where do medical technicians work? What is anatomy? How many chambers does a human heart have? What is an echocardiagram?