POSM 201 - Polysomnography II

• Develop a plan for becoming a licensed polysomnographic technologist.
• Select appropriate equipment, data acquisition parameters, and therapeutic modalities for all patients.
• Explain procedures performed for advanced monitoring.
• Explain the application across age ranges of routine polysomnographic protocols.
• Devise a plan to troubleshoot artifact and common polysomnographic equipment problems.
• Modify a practice polysomnographic recording montage to optimize recognized indications, contraindications, and potential side effects of treatment modalities.
• Explain principles of documentation for alterations in the patient’s environment and for initiation of clinical interventions across all ages.
• Differentiate normal variants and artifact from epileptiform or seizure activity.
• Calculate latency, percentages, and indices exhibited on polysomnographic recordings.
• Store polysomnographic data in secure and retrievable formats.
• Discuss the impact of sampling rate, Nyquist theory, aliasing, horizontal/vertical resolution, and screen size on signal display quality.
• Differentiate sleep and wake stages according to patient-specific factors.
• Document manipulations of the environment, amplifier settings and derivations, and equipment malfunctions.
• Modify parameters to ensure the integrity and quality of the recording.
• Apply standard criteria for scoring.
• Summarize therapeutic interventions available for sleep disorders.
• Explain the principles of titration, contraindications and complications of PAP, and oxygen devices.
• Recommend interventions and titration of oxygen and/or PAP therapy.
• Determine appropriate procedures in response to events.
• Recognize patient safety and emergency situations.
• Recognize complications and contraindications of prescribed therapy.

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