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Jan. 5-16, 2009
~ Feb. 2-13, 2009 ~ Mar. 23-Apr. 3,
2009 ~ May. 4-15, 2009 ~ July. 13-20,
2009 |
Feb. 23-27, 2009 |
Mar. 2-6, 2009 ~ Mar. 16-20, 2009 |
Mar. 11-13, 2009 |
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The Polysomnography
I & II - 14 Day Introductory Course
is a comprehensive 14-day course, covering
9 areas of instruction, encompassing over
100 hours of intensive training in polysomnography.
The course includes 55 hours of didactic
instruction, 41.5 hours of practical/interaction
instruction, a mid-point examination
with feedback and a final examination. This
course includes:
1)
Introduction to Polysomnography:
• Introduction to sleep disorders
• Anatomy and Physiology
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Neurophysiology
• Somnopharmacology
• Privacy
• Patient Safety
and Fall Precautions
• Infection
control
2) Applied Electronics
and Instrumentation:
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Introduction to AC and DC amplifiers
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Instrumentation
• Ancillary Equipment
• Instrument calibration
3)
Equipment/Patient Preparation & Patient
Monitoring:
• The 10-20
System of Electrode Placement
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PSG montages
• Protocols for monitoring,
documentation and patient interaction
• Patient assessment
• Pediatric
and adult polysomnography
• PSG
Recording Protocols
4) Sleep
Stage and Arousal Scoring and Artifact Recognition:
• The new AASM scoring rules
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Rechtschaffen and Kales scoring rules
• Seizure recognition
• Adult
and pediatric sleep
5) Cardiopulmonary
Monitoring & Scoring:
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Recognizing and Scoring Respiratory Events
• Recognizing and Scoring Cardiac Events
• Responding to Cardiac and Respiratory
Events
6) Therapeutic Interventions:
• PAP titration (CPAP, Bilevel and AutoPAP)
• Non-invasive ventilation
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Oxygen titration
7) Movement
Disorders, disorders of arousal and seizure
recognition:
• Perioidic
limb movement disorder
• Restless
legs syndrome
• REM sleep behavior
disorder
• Movement disorders
8) Multiple Sleep Latency Testing
(MSLT) and Maintenance of Wakefulness Testing
(MWT):
• Recording the
MSLT
• Recording the MWT
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Montages for the MSLT/MWT
• Clinical
procedures during MSLT/MWT recording
•
Patient interaction
9) Miscellaneous
Instruction:
• Quality
Assurance
• Interscorer reliability
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