EEG Technologist Job Pros & Cons 

Hey I appreciate your feedback! I found EEG 5 years ago after some soul searching & hating my last job. I liked that it was only 1 year of school, and most of the time was spent in the hospital with hands-on learning. If you have any questions about EEG feel free to reach out any time, I’m happy to help!

​​@@jaredbeckwith is there any online course that we could do for this as there is no school near me which teaches this and I am working full time so won't be able to leave job,I am from India

@@neelamjiwnani852 Here’s a list of all schools, at the bottom it lists the online distance programs. You just need 2 days a week for in person training at your local hospital: www.aset.org/neurodiagnostic-schools-2023/

Thanks for watching, I’m happy you’re enjoying the job so far 😊

​@jaredbeckwith I have a question. Is it possible at all for a Registered EEG technologist to make $30,000 A MONTH......not per year but per month. I know someone who is a technician who is supposedly training to be a technologist and she said in Texas she can make $30,000 a month. I was just curious if she is telling the truth or not. She also isn't going to college or anything. Apparently the doctor she works with is paying for her to get her certification but she isn't in actual college. What are your thoughts??

@@amybourgeois1141 that’s a joke. Not even doctors make that much money 💰

I know experienced EEG techs who make $10k/month on travel contracts which is about the max. I’ve never heard of $30k/month, I’d be highly skeptical of that. It is true though that you don’t need a college degree, and can learn on the job to be an EEG tech.

@@jaredbeckwith a hospital out in the Bay Area, California pays about 70/hr. That’s about the ceiling for EEG

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Found it! Thank you sooo much!!! @@jaredbeckwith

Hey schooling isn’t nearly as hard as becoming a doctor. It’s only 1 year a lot of the time and mostly hands on in the hospital learning how to put wires on the patient. I think you’d be fine 😊

Before photic you can have the patient relax and open/close their eyes 2 times for 10 seconds. This tests reactivity of the background, appearing with eyes closed. Then tell them you’re going to show them a flashing light for a few minutes. Turn off the lights. Have them close their eyes during photic. For HV tell them to take deep breaths in and out quickly for 3 minutes. On HV you can let them know when they’re halfway done, and 30 seconds left. If near the end of HV there is epileptic activity, you should test the patient’s consciousness by giving them a code word to remember during the discharges. Then after HV I try to have them sleep for the rest of the test. Just try to say the same things every time, and you will be fine!

@@jaredbeckwith sorry I just seen this, thank you so much! I will definitely practice saying the same thing :)

I have some friends that started in EEG and moved to IONM since it’s similar. Since you already know you want to do IONM, I would skip EEG. You should learn “evoked potentials,” both motor and somatosensory to monitor surgeries.

@@jaredbeckwith Thanks! But would it hurt me in the long run if I skipped EEG and went straight into school for IONM? I live in NY and there’s a lack of EEG jobs. The hospital I work at doesn’t require eeg techs on site full time. Only EEG tech travelers. Plus, the pay is low. The most I’ve ever seen an EEG make out here is between 68-79k and that’s rare. The usual pay rate is between $25-$30. IONM’s are making $40+ hour out here! Seems like IONM’s are more in high demand than EEG’s.

@@HiddenLeaf101 if you know you want to do things like monitor the nervous system during spine surgeries and make more money then I would skip EEG. If you’re interested in recording the brain and epilepsy then do EEG. Both jobs in good demand but doing surgeries definitely pays more.

Doing EEG is really a great opportunity, a lot of people are missing out by not knowing it exists! I’m glad you’re enjoying your time at Stanford LPCH 😊

Yeah there’s nowhere near enough EEG techs. People will always have seizures, & I think you’d be great at it!

@@jaredbeckwith Oh my gosh you were so awesome thank you and thank you so much for sharing these videos also I have a couple questions for you I got a callback for an interview for one and I have zero experience and secondly what are some good online courses to take do you know any legit places?! I definitely trust your opinion do you have a video on how to prep for an interview?!

@@zoeyrandolph7397 Before your interview I would learn the 10-20 system electrode sites. Here’s two good videos: How to learn the 10-20 system EEG electrode sites ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7dCiBzlCjKc.html How to Measure a Patient for an EEG (10-20 system) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-t3BcWa43H2w.html If you can’t get a job without experience, you can go to a college. Here is list of schools with some distance programs at the bottom: www.aset.org/neurodiagnostic-schools-2023/

Here’s a list of all EEG colleges. Scroll down to the bottom where it says “distance programs.” www.aset.org/neurodiagnostic-schools-2023/

You technically don’t need to be registered to do EEGs. I’ve had a friend that skipped traditional EEG school and just got paid to learn on the job. It might be a little lower like $20/hr to start, but it’s better than unpaid schooling. I’d try to do that first with your hospital. If not, you can always do clinicals with a college 1 year unpaid.

First I made a list of all the hospitals in my area and got the EEG department contact info. Your college should be able to help you secure it once you have the contact info.

I agree, you should come to Florida and visit me!

@@markae0 Good question! If the patient has an epileptic reaction to the strobe light you are supposed to stop it. It happens a lot more rarely than you’d think though.

Every patient has their own unique story!

EKG tech records the electrical activity of the heart. An EEG tech records the electrical activity of the brain, primarily looking for seizure activity.