Network Business Center,Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center,5901 E. Seventh Street, Long Beach, CA 90822

Q -- SERVICE TO FURNISH CARDIOVASCULAR TECH SERVICES SOL RFP 600-014-98 DUE 022498 POC Ella Rea Watters Furnish Cardiovascular Technician Services Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m 4:00 p.m. Principal duties consist of assisting the physicians in evaluating, preparing, and monitoring patients and collecting and processing data obtained before, during, and after diagnostic and therapeutic heart catheterization. Monitor and record physiologic and radiologic data and make appropriate entries into lab's on-line computer. Take primary hemodynamic measurements for the determination of cardiac function using strain-gauge technics, indicator-dilution methods, and blood gas analysis. Operates the lab's radiology equipment when needed. Performs daily and routine calibration for cine film processing, blood gas analysis, hemodynamic and computer analysis. Maintains cine-film library and performs weekly first-level preventive maintenance on cine film projectors. Basic anatomy, physiology, pharmacology of the human cardiovascular system to monitor, record and report cardiac catheterization data. Basic chemistry, physics, and mathematics to understand and perform lab procedures and technics, including blood gas analysis, indicator-dilution curves, etc. Basic computer operations to enter, manipulate and retrieve data from the computerized cath data acquisition and processing system. Basic principles of film processing, including sensitometric and densitometric technics to process diagnostic film during caths, and performs daily quality control checks. Basic concepts of inventory control. Basic sterile technic, patient preparation. (0013)

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