Job Duties. Echo technicians are responsible for preparing patients and diagnostic equipment for imaging procedures. They also explain procedures to patients. After positioning the patient, an echo tech applies gel that aids in sound transmission to the patient's skin before using the diagnostic equipment to create images of the patient's heart.
How the ICD Is Put into the Body. The ICD is usually implanted on the left side of your chest. Implantation does not require open heart surgery (your chest will not be opened). During implantation: An incision is made in the skin below the collarbone.This creates a âpocketâ to hold the ICD.ow the ICD Is Put into the Body. The ICD is usually implanted on the left side of your chest. Implantation does not require open heart surgery (your chest will not be opened). During implantation: An incision is made in the skin below the collarbone.
I have pain on the left side of my neck. When I prop on my left side I hurt in my chest, hard to breath, and my neck and shoulder hurt. I change on to my right side and no pain. Could it be a artery blocked or not.I have had a 4 bypass heart surgery.ave pain in the side of my neck that gets more intense as I exercise or as the day goes along. It runs along my artery and my pilar seems to be faster. It really hurts and at times the pain radiates down my shoulder. It is on both sides of neck.