Maricopa Community Colleges  EEG209   19926-99999 

Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 04-28-92

EEG209  1992 Fall – 2008 Fall

LAB

1 Credit(s)

5 Period(s)

Advanced EEG Skills III

Clinical introduction to Evoked Potential intraoperative monitoring and polysomnography.

Prerequisites: EEG204, or permission of director/coordinator. Corequisites: EEG205, EEG206, EEG207, and EEG208.

 

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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:

 

 

EEG209  1992 Fall – 2008 Fall

Advanced EEG Skills III

 

1.

Assist with intraoperative somatosensory evoked potential (SSEP) monitoring. (I)

2.

Describe intraoperative brain auditory evoked response (BAER) monitoring. (I)

3.

Describe overnight polysomnographic (PSG) testing for sleep disorder. (II)

4.

Assist with sleep stage scoring of overnight PSG. (III)

 

 

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MCCCD Official Course Outline:

 

 

EEG209  1992 Fall – 2008 Fall

Advanced EEG Skills III

 

 

I. Surgical monitoring

A. Patient application

B. Instrument set-up and parameters

C. Rapport with surgical staff

D. Documentation of results

E. Clean vs. sterile technique

II. Polysomnography

A. Physiological monitors

B. Instrumentation

1. AC amplification

2. DC amplification

3. Penile tumescence monitor

4. Video monitor

C. Patient application

D. Common artifacts/troubleshooting

E. Documentation

III. Sleep Study Scoring

A. Sleep stage scoring

B. Apnea scoring

C. Data collection/reduction/analysis

 

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