• Look through patients’ files to determine requirements for EMG testing, and confer with attending doctors and nurses to obtain further information.

• Prepare patients by providing them with information on what to expect during EMG test procedures, and to put their fears to rest.

• Calibrate and adjust EMG equipment and machines at the beginning of each shift, to ensure that they are working properly.

• Assist patients by providing them with support in changing into gowns, and putting away their clothes in safe places.

• Apply gels on patients’ skins and ensure that suitable electrodes are placed on predetermined measured positions.