NDT 2585 Lab for Polysomnography
This lab focuses on the fundamentals of polysomnography, emphasizing proper electrode placement and baseline testing. Students will practice recording sleep apnea montages, calibrating diagnostic equipment, and integrating physiologic functions of the nervous, respiratory, and cardiovascular systems. Key topics include monitoring, diagnosing, scoring, and treating sleep disorders, as well as troubleshooting artifacts and using CPAP and BiPAP equipment effectively.
The course is designed to assist the Polysomnography Certificate Program in meeting the minimum expectation "to prepare competent entry-level polysomnographic technologists in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains."
Division: Health Sciences
Department: Neurodiagnostic Technology
Repeatable Credit: No
Offered Online: No
Prereqs: NONE
Outcomes
- Recognize normal and abnormal sleep disorders, integrating the physiologic functions of nervous, respiratory, and cardiovascular systems.
- Perform the multiple sleep latency test (MSLT) and the maintenance of wakefulness test (MWT).
- Recognize sleep stages.
- Record sleep apnea montage, placement and calibration of diagnostic, electrodes, and associated equipment. Emphasis on monitoring, diagnosis, scoring, and treatment of sleep disorders. Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) and Bilevel Positive Airway Pressures equipment, artifact and troubleshooting of sleep montage results.
Credit Hours: 0