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The Sleep Technician’s Pocket Guide

Author(s): William H. Spriggs, BS, RPSGT
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  • ISBN-13: 9780615261546
  • Spiral/paperback    156 pages      © 2010
Price: International Sales $44.95 US List
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The Sleep Technician’s Pocket Guide contains all the information sleep technicians need at their fingertips while in the sleep lab—patient hookup, artifacts/troubleshooting, scoring, EKG rhythms, procedures and protocol, drugs and medications, and other basic information for quick reference. Each section is tabbed and color-coded for fast reference. This handy pocket-sized reference guide created specifically for Sleep Technicians offers just the right amount of information to help guide actions in the lab. Pages are waterproof and stainproof!

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Section  1  Patient Hookup
  International 10/20 System
  Face Electrodes
  Body Electrodes
  EEG Measurement Guide
Section  2  Artifacts/Troubleshooting
  Signal Pathways
  Artifacts
  Correcting Artifacts
Section  3  Scoring
  Sleep Staging
  Sleep Events
  Formulas and Calculations
  Norms and Averages
  Arterial Blood Gas Values
Section  4  EKG Rhythms
  Reading EKGs
  Sinus Rhythms
  Atrial Rhythms
  Ventricular Rhythms
  AV Blocks
Section  5  Procedures and Protocol
  Order of Operations
  Items for the Patient Tray
  Physiologic Calibrations
  Technician Notes
  Sample Montages
  Sample Protocols
  MSLT Procedures
  MSLT Procedures
  Body Mass Index Tables
Section  6  Drugs and Medications
Section  7  Glossary
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William H. Spriggs, BS, RPSGT

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.

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  • "A compact resource guide for sleep technologists, students of sleep medicine, physicians and clinicians new to sleep medicine, or physicians reviewing for the sleep medicine boards. Although targeted primarily at sleep technologists, the book can also be useful for sleep physicians who are new to the field. The editor is a sleep technologist who has authored other books on polysomnography and has experience in the management of sleep centers. The book can serve as standalone handy reference or as a supplement to the author's Essentials of Polysomnography: A Training Guide and Reference for Sleep Technicians. This is a worthy contribution to the field of books for sleep technologists."

    ~ M. Isabel L. Crisostomo, MD, Rush University Medical Center, for Doody's Book Review, June 2010

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