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Course Listings 2018-2019 292 PSG160 2 Credits 2 Periods Polysomnographic Procedures Practical application of clinical procedures germane to the performance of polysomnography. Emphasis on patient assessment and communications, pre-test preparations, patient hook-up, instrument calibration and operation, test termination, cleanup and troubleshooting. Prerequisites: Admission into the Polysomnography Technology program. Corequisite: PSG160LL. PSG160LL 1 Credit 3 Periods Polysomnographic Procedures Laboratory Practical application of clinical procedures germane to the performance of polysomnography. Emphasis on patient assessment and communications, pre-test preparations, patient hook-up, instrument calibration and operation, test termination, cleanup and troubleshooting. Prerequisites: Admission to the Polysomnography Technology program. Corequisites: PSG160. PSG165 LAB 3 Credits LAB 15 Periods Clinical Polysomnography I Introduction to a sleep disorders center, observation of a center conducting polysomnography, and participation in performance of associated procedures. Emphasis on patient preparation, testing protocol, instrument calibration and operation, documentation, and patient interactions. Prerequisites: Admission into the Polysomnography Technology program. PSG170 2 Credits 2 Periods Sleep Therapeutics Review of sleep therapies to include medical treatment of insomnia, hypersomnia, restless legs syndrome, periodic limb movement disorder, rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder, parasomnias, and the use of positive airway pressure therapy and/or oxygen therapy to treat sleep-disordered breathing. Prerequisites: Admission into the Polysomnography Technology program. Corequisites: PSG170LL. PSG170LL 1 Credit 3 Periods Sleep Therapeutics Laboratory Perform sleep therapies to include medical treatment of insomnia, hypersomnia, restless legs syndrome, periodic limb movement disorder, rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder, parasomnias, the use of positive airway pressure therapy and/or oxygen therapy to treat sleep-disordered breathing. Prerequisites: Admission to the Polysomnography Technology program. Corequisites: PSG170. PSG250 2 Credits 2 Periods Record Scoring Polysomnographic record scoring including visual, arousal, cardiac, movement, and respiratory scoring rules outlined by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Polysomnogram report generation and calculations, technical and digital specifications, multiple sleep latency test/maintenance of wakefulness test scoring and reporting, and archive and data storage, abnormal polysomnographic record events, and artifact recognition. Prerequisites: Admission into the Polysomnography Technology program. Corequisites: PSG250LL. PSG250LL 1 Credit 3 Periods Record Scoring Laboratory Polysomnographic record scoring including visual, arousal, cardiac, movement, and respiratory scoring rules outlined by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM). Polysomnogram report generation and calculations, technical and digital specifications, multiple sleep latency test/maintenance of wakefulness test scoring and reporting, and archive and data storage, abnormal polysomnographic record events, and artifact recognition. Prerequisites: Admission into the Polysomnography Technology program. Corequisites: PSG250.

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