Polysomnography Sleep Disorders - Cuyahoga Community College

Polysomnography Sleep Disorders from Cuyahoga Community College is a Campus Certificate Health Science degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. A Polysomnographic technologist is a multi-skilled professional who works under the general supervision of a physician or designee to provide comprehensive evaluation and treatment of sleep disorders . The polysomnographic technologist records and analyzes the related data, reporting their technical findings to the physician to aid in rendering a medical decision. The learning concentration of the program is geared toward the specialties of sleep, medicine, respiratory, neurology and behavioral sciences . This program consists of on-campus didactic instruction and lab, as well as off-campus ―hands-on‖ clinical application at our affiliated health care institutions. Degree: Students may apply credits toward the Respiratory Care or Electroneurodiagnostic program, or meet with an academic counselor to determine if credits apply toward an Associate of Technical Studies degree. This program is designed to prepare students to demonstrate the following program outcomes: 1. Communicate verbally with members of the healthcare team and patient's family members (or care takers when appropriate) according to established guidelines. 2. To be able to work independently, as well as a member of a healthcare team; to ensure proper test and patient safety. 3. Act professionally, according to the Board Registered Polysomnographic Technical Code of Conduct and established institutional guidelines. 4. Educate the patient on sleep and sleep disorders and explain the procedures and equipment that will be used during testing within scope of practice. 5. Apply knowledge of anatomy and physiology, neurophysiology, cardiopulmonary, sleep and basic math in order to observe, gather, analyze, and document physiological parameters before, during, and after a sleep procedure. 6. Set-up, calibrate, monitor, and trouble shoot hardware. Run sleep software to acquire accurate and artifact free data while maintaining safety. 7. Observe patients, data, and equipment to react appropriately and safely. 8. Explain general lab management procedures. 9. Meet the educational requirements for registry eligibility for the RPSGT exam. View more details on Cuyahoga Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Health Science courses.