AHL 104 - Clinical Internship - Titration

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

This course is designed to enable the student to apply skills learned in the polysomnography course. Topics to be covered include CPAP,BiLEVEL, APAP, SPLIT, and supplemental oxygen.

Course Objectives

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

1. perform full body hookup utilizing the 10/20 system for EEG placement;
2. demonstrate proper instrumentation of the electrical and therapeutic equipment;
3. develop accurate technical documentation;
4. distinguish between different stages of sleep;
5. recognize and distinguish between the different respiratory events;
6. identify and titrate PAP accordingly;
7. distinguish between the different recording parameters for SPLIT, CPAP,BiLEVEL, APAP;
8. identify and apply supplemental oxygen accordingly; and
9. discuss principles of laboratory safety, infection control and confidentiality.