AHL 182 - Polysomnographic Sleep Technologist Training

5.58 Continuing Education Units (CEU). This course is not for Credit(s).

This course is designed to enable the student to learn to perform a variety of sleep diagnostic studies. Topics to be covered include: sleep apnea monitoring, multiple sleep latency tests, overnight seizure monitoring, familiarity with computerized recording equipment, treatment modalities such as continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), and bi-level positive airway pressure (BPAP). Students will be introduced on how to complete a hookup on other students for different studies (PSG, CPAP, MSLT, MWT, AVAP, ASV). Students will be introduced to sleep staging and scoring of respiratory events, leg movements, arousals, snoring and generating sleep reports.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course the student will be able to:

1. recognize general sleep disorders to include sleep apnea, insomnia, hypersomnia,
parasomnias and narcolepsy;
2. identify indicators for sleep disorder testing;
3. demonstrate the ability to attach monitoring devices to patients;
4. demonstrate the ability to verify the integrity of recording devices and equipment
calibration;
5. record overnight sleep studies to include O2 application and CPAP/Bi-Level
titrations;
6. describe how HST (Home Sleep Testing) devices can be used to screen for sleep
disordered breathing;
7. record multiple sleep latency tests (MSLT) and maintenance wakefulness test (MWT);
8. demonstrate application of respiratory equipment;
9. demonstrate application of international 10/20 system measurements;
10. demonstrate application of snore mic, EKG and Oximeter sensor;
11. demonstrate application of EMG leg and chin leads;
12. demonstrate proper mask fitting;
13. differentiate the different stages of sleep;
14. differentiate the different respiratory events; and
15. identify leg movements, arousals and snoring events.