Fundamentals of Polysomnography

Catalog description

This course provides an overview of polysomnography, including job responsibilities and credentialing. It covers normal and abnormal sleep disorders, focusing on the nervous, respiratory, and cardiovascular systems. Students will learn sleep apnea recording techniques, electrode placement and calibration, and use of diagnostic equipment. Emphasis is placed on monitoring, diagnosing, scoring, and treating sleep disorders, including the use of CPAP and BiPAP equipment. Troubleshooting artifacts and interpreting sleep study results are also addressed. 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. Two classroom, three lab hours per week.