BL173

INTRODUCTORY PSG

BL173

(2 credit hours)

As Needed  | Prerequisites: BL161 and BL162  | Corequisites: BL174

The history and overview of sleep medicine, ethics, roles, and professional behavior of sleep technologists are covered. Patient and equipment preparation procedures, monitoring techniques and documentation, therapeutic interventions, protocols for monitoring, intervention and scoring, cardiac event recognition and management (EKG), patient safety and emergency protocols are all discussed.