Essentials of Polysomnography: A Training Guide and Reference for Sleep Technicians

Spriggs, William H.

ISBN 10: 128403027X / ISBN 13: 9781284030273

Verlag: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2014

Beschreibung

As pictured. Very light edge wear. No marks throughout. Carefully packed and promptly shipped.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 238IF80012DM

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Essentials of Polysomnography: A Training Guide and Reference for Sleep Technicians
• Verlag: Jones & Bartlett Learning
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 128403027X
• ISBN-13: 9781284030273
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: 2. Auflage
• Zustand: VeryGood

Über diesen Titel

Inhaltsangabe

Essentials of Polysomnography, Second Edition is a 386-page full color text designed specifically for sleep technicians and professionals. The new compact design and layout includes the same amount of content from the First Edition, with updated content and images. This textbook is written by William H. Spriggs, a certified sleep technician, and is used in hospitals, sleep labs, physician offices, and colleges and universities around the world. The Second Edition is ideal for training new sleep technicians, and students interested in studying polysomnography, as well as physicians, sleep lab managers, DME reps, and sleep lab front office staff members. The new edition's content and questions reflect the new ICSD-3 classifications, AASM Rules and address the BRPT new exam blueprints as well as the revised AASM Manual for the Scoring of Sleep and Associated Events released in July 2013, content includes: An overview of normal sleep and the history of sleep disorders Patient education and the patient flow process Life as a Sleep Technician Patient Hookup Procedures Polysomnography overview and interpretation Pediatric sleep medicine Hundreds of sample epochs depicting sleep stages, artifacts, and events New Chapters/Topics in the Second Edition include: Medical and Neurological effects on sleep Effects of Medicine on Sleep Updated, as well as more, coverage on ECG All content is updated to reflect the ICSD-3, AASM, and BRPT changes

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Will Spriggs started working as a sleep technician in 1998 at Salt Lake Regional Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. After earning his registry in polysomnography, he went on to receive bachelor's degrees in psychology and sociology from the University of Utah. Mr. Spriggs has worked in various management positions within the field and went on to form Sleep Ed, LLC, a company designed for developing and selling educational products for sleep technicians. Upon moving to Dallas, Mr. Spriggs served as Director of Operations at Sleep Healers where he helped them to grow to be the largest sleep disorder company in North Texas.