Maricopa Community Colleges  EEG130   19966-99999 

Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval:  3-23-2010

EEG130  2010 Summer I – 2011 Fall

LEC  3.0 Credit(s)  3.0 Period(s)  3.0 Load  Occ

Introduction to EEG

Introduction to EEG(Electroneurodiagnostic) theory, with emphasis on instrumentation, testing protocol and major disorders for which EEG is diagnostically useful.

Prerequisites: Admission to the Electroneurodiagnostics Program or admission to Polysomnographic Technology Program.

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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:

 

EEG130  2010 Summer I – 2011 Fall

Introduction to EEG

 

1.

Utilize electrical safety precautions. (I)

2.

Describe electrode composition and positioning. (II)

3.

Diagram and Describe basic EEG instrumentation. (III,IV,VI)

4.

Describe the instrument calibration protocol. (IV)

5.

Describe montage theory and utilization. (V,VI)

6.

Describe the physiological and recording bases of activation procedures. (VII)

7.

Itemize and describe American Electroneurodiagnostic Society (AES) Guidelines for routine, neonatal, and electrocerebral silence (ECS) recordings. (VIII)

8.

Describe the major diagnosis utilizing EEG testing. (IX)

9.

Describe advanced and specialized EEG procedures at an introduction level. (X)

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MCCCD Official Course Outline:

 

EEG130  2010 Summer I – 2011 Fall

Introduction to EEG

I. Electrical Safety

A. Patient grounding

B. Ground loops

C. Leakage current

D. Microshock

E. Preventive measures

1. Laboratory

2. ICU and surgery

II. Electrodes

A. Composition

1. Electrical theory

2. Electrode potential

B. Electrode-scalp interface

C. International 10-20 system

1. History

2. Placement

D. Specialized EEG electrodes

1. Nasopharyngeal

2. Sphenoidal

3. Depth

4. Grid

III. Basic instrumentation

A. Block diagram

B. Differential amplification

1. Imput impedance

2. Common-mode rejection

3. Gain, amplification, sensitivity

C. Filters

1. High frequency filters

2. Low frequency filters

3. Frequency response curves

D. Writer mechanisms

1. Oscilloscopes

2. Galvanometers

3. Thermal/jet writers

E. Introduction to digital EEG

IV. Instrument Calibration

A. DC calibration

B. Baselines

1. Mechanical

2. Electrical

C. Time axis

D. Time constant

E. Deflection

F. Biological calibration

V. Montages

A. EEG frequencies

B. Polarity

C. Summation and cancellation

D. Basic types

1. Bipolar

2. Referential

E. Localization theory

1. Basic patterns

2. Frequency topography occurrence morphology polarity (FTOMP)

VI. Artifacts

A. Recognition

1. Physiological

2. Instrumental

3. Environmental

B. Troubleshooting

1. Logical pathway

2. Elimination

3. Appropriate monitors

VII. Activation Procedures

A. Sleep

1. Physiology

2. Pattern recognition

B. Photic stimulation

1. Physiology

2. Recording characteristics

C. Hyperventilation

1. Physiology

2. Recording characteristics

VIII. AES Guidelines

A. Routine EEG

B. Pediatric/neonatal EEG

C. ECS

IX. Clinical uses of EEG

A. History taking

B. Seizures/epilepsy

C. Tumors/lesions

D. Encephalopathies

E. Headache

X. Introduction to special recording procedures

A. Invasive recordings

1. Nasophryngeal

2. Sphenoidal

3. Depth/grid

B. Drug studies

1. Amobarbital/wada

2. Metrazol

C. Video monitoring

D. Surgery

1. Corticography

2. Endarterectomy

E. Polysomnopgraphy

 

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