B.Sc in Cardiac Care Technology / Bachelor of Science in
cardiac technology
is commonly known as B.Sc in cardiac care technology is a three
years long allied health sciences undergraduate degree that
enables the student to work in the field of health care as a
cardiac care technician. They are medical professionals that
assist physicians during cardiac testing and invasive procedures
where a tube has to be inserted into the blood vessels.
After the insertion of the catheter by the surgeon, the cardiac
care technicians need to monitor the blood pressure and heart
rates of the patient to look for signs of trouble and distress.
The cardiac care technicians during the B.Sc course have to
learn both medical procedures in practicals along with their
theory. The course also includes a six-month-long internship to
get more hands-on experience.
Eligibility Criteria
Students interested in taking admissions to this course must
have passed their three-year diploma in allied health sciences
or paramedical sciences after their 10th standard. Or they
must have finished their PUC or 12th standard's equivalent
course with physics, chemistry, and biology as their core
subjects.
The students must have had a minimum of 45 percent if they are
from the general category or OBC category. However, students
belonging to SC, ST, Category 1, and physically handicapped
students need to have at least 40 percent marks in their
examinations for admissions.
They must also be over the age of seventeen when they fill out
the application for this course.
Students can either apply for this course through Karnataka CET
if they wish to get admissions to the course in top government
medical colleges. The applications for BSc allied medical
courses usually open in the month of August. But to get a seat
in top private medical and paramedical colleges in India,
students have to apply to the colleges directly.
There are no entrance exams for all colleges but, JIPMER and CMC
Vellore hold different entrance exams for the seats in their
colleges. So, be sure to apply for the entrances in the month of
January and February.
Top Colleges
Bangalore Medical College And Research Institute, Bangalore
Indira Gandhi Institute Of Child Health, Bangalore
Institute Of Nephro Urology, Bangalore
Kidwai Memorial Institute Of Oncology, Bangalore
Mysore Medical College Institute, Mysore
Sanjay Gandhi Institute Of Trauma And Orthopaedics, Bangalore
Sds Tuberculosis Research And Rajiv Gandhi Inst. Of Chest
Disease, Bangalore
Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology, Bangalore
Sri Satya Sai Institute of higher medical sciences, Bangalore
Fortis Institute of medical sciences, Bangalore
Narayana health institute, Bangalore
Manipal University, School of allied health sciences, Manipal,
Karnataka
K L E University, Belgaum, Karnataka
JSS University, Mysore, Karnataka
Navodaya Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka
Christian medical college, CMC, Vellore, Tamil Nadu
Geetanjali medical college and hospital, Udaipur, Rajasthan
Jawaharlal Institute of postgraduate medical education,
Pondicherry
M M M college of health sciences, Chennai, Tami Nadu
Frontline lifeline hosto]pital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Adesh University, Bathinda, Punjab
Mahatma Gandhi mission institute of health sciences, Mumbai,
Maharashtra
PES Institute of medical science and research, Kuppam Andra
Pradesh
Rajiv Gandhi para-medical Institute, New Delhi
Sumandeep Vidyapeeth, Vadodara, Gujarat
The glocal University, Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh
The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Career and Scope
The completion of this course can lead to a job in the field of
non-invasive cardiology, invasive cardiology, echocardiology,
vascular cardiology, etc where the graduates work as a
cardiology technician and cardiovascular technologist to help in
the cardiology procedures. They can find work in diagnostic
centers, clinics, government hospitals, private hospitals, etc
Alternatively they can do their masters or higher education to
become lecturers in paramedical colleges and medical colleges.
