Competency information
Details
Perform polysomnographic procedures in patients with various sleep disorders, in accordance with recognised protocol, scoring and technically interpreting each procedure.
Considerations
- SOPs for the investigation.
- Effects of changing filter settings, gain and collection frequency on calibration signals on a polysomnography recorder.
- Choice and adaptation of electrode montage, recorder settings and transducers for each patient.
- Position electrodes in accordance with the recommended placement system and securely attach the electrodes.
- Routine maintenance, calibration and quality assurance.
- Impedances and biological calibration signals.
- Disorders of sleep, including, but not limited to, obstructive sleep apnoea, central sleep apnoea, narcolepsy, movement disorders, parasomnias and dyssomnias.
- Requirements for further investigations and/or future management.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 5 | Outcome Perform, analyse and technically report polysomnographic sleep investigations in patients referred to a sleep service. |