POLYSOMNOGRAPHY TECH- PRN Sleep Disorder Center

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Occ Summary

Provide clinical assessment, physiological monito ring and testing toassist with diagnosis, management, and prevention of sleep relateddisorders with the use of various diagnostic and therapeuti c toolsproviding care to patients of all ages. These tools include but a re notlimited to polysomnography, scoring of clinical events according t oprofession and laboratory guidelines (such as respiratory events,cardia c events, limb movements, arousals, etc.), generating accuratereports by tabulating sleep/wake and clinical event data, titratingpositive airway pressure devices, oximeter, capnography, actigraphy,nocturnal oxygen, s creening devices, and questionnaires.

 

Work Performed

 

Level 1* Verify the medical order and protocol.* Explain the procedure a nd orient the patient to the sleep center.* Prepare and calibrate equipm ent required for testing to determineproper functioning.* Perform routin e PAP mask fitting.* Apply electrodes and sensors according to accepted publishedstandards.* Assist with following "lights out" procedures to es tablish anddocument baseline values (such as body position, oxyhemoglobi nsaturation, respiratory and heart rates, etc.)* Assist and observe poly somnography data acquisition.* Document routine observations, including sleep stages and clinicalevents, changes in procedure, and other signifi cant events in order tofacilitate scoring and interpretation of polysomn ography results.* Assist with appropriate interventions (including actio ns necessary forpatient safety and therapeutic intervention (e.g. BPAP, O2administration).* Assist with following "lights on" procedures to veri fy integrity ofcollected data and complete the data collection process. (e.g. learn toperform the physiological and instrument calibrations and instructs thepatient on completing questionnaires, etc.)* Perform routin e polysomnography data acquisition while monitoringstudy-tracing quality to ensure signals are artifact-free.* Identify and report signal abnorm alities.* Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to recognize an dprovide age specific care in the treatment, assessment and education of adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.Level 2* Perform all duties of the Level 1.* Review history, physical information, medications, proced ure requestand study protocol.* Prepare and calibrate equipment required for testing to determineproper functioning and make adjustments, if nec essary.* Perform "lights out" procedures to establish and document basel inevalues(such as body position, oxyhemoglobin saturation, respiratory a ndheart rates, etc.).* Independently perform routine and c-pap/split pol ysomnography dataacquisition while monitoring study-tracing quality to e nsure signals areartifact-free and make adjustments, if necessary.* Impl ement appropriate interventions (including actions necessary forpatient safety and therapeutic intervention (e.g. BPAP, O2administration).* Perf orm "lights on" procedures to verify integrity of collected dataand comp letethe data collection process. (e.g. learn to perform thephysiologica l and instrument calibrations and instructs the patient oncompleting que stionnaires, etc.).Level 3* Perform all duties of the Level 1 and 2.* Co llect, analyze and integrate patient information in order toidentify and meet the patient-specific needs (physical/mentallimitations, current em otional/physiological status regarding thetesting procedure, pertinent m edical/social history) to determine finaltesting parameters/procedures i n conjunction with the ordering physicianor clinical director and labora tory protocols.* Explain pre-testing, testing and post-testing procedure s to thepatient.* Perform routine and complex PAP mask fitting.* Perform routine and complex PAP/split/BPAP/ASV polysomnography dataacquisition while monitoring study-tracing quality to ensure signals areartifact-fre e and make adjustments, if necessary.* Perform positive airway pressure (PAP) mask fitting.* Follow procedural protocols [such as Multiple Sleep Latency Test(MSLT), Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT), parasom