Advanced Polysomnography Scoring

American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC)
Continuing Respiratory Care Education Credits (CRCE) available.

This course is designed for those participants who are currently working in the sleep field. It is assumed that the student is familiar with the basic aspects of polysomnography in regards to patient set-up, the 10-20 international system of electrode placement, basic artifact recognition, filter settings, sensitivities, and basic polysomnographic montages. Prior to taking this course, it is recommended that the student takes the introduction and advanced polysomnography courses. Participants will practice scoring of sleep studies and MSLTs utilizing SensorMedics and Sandman polysomnographic systems.

This course covers:

• The criteria of sleep staging and arousal scoring according to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM).
• Sleep/wake analysis results of respiratory, limb movement, and cardiac events.
• Sleep/wake analysis results of a positive airway pressure titration study.
• Calculations commonly utilized in evaluating sleep/wake data.
• The criteria used for scoring a Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT) and Mean Wakefulness Test (MWT).
• The procedures for generating a sleep report using information gathered during the data acquisition phase of the sleep study.
• The components of the sleep report and the different types of sleep reports that can be generated.
• Sleep staging using established criteria.
• Evaluating MSLT/MWT studies and performing calculations using clinical examples provided.