2 1/2 Day Course - 19.25 ACE credits
This review course is intended for experienced technologists possessing a basic understanding of EEG concepts who are now preparing for the written examination. This is NOT a course for beginners. Those seeking basic training in EEG should take the EEG Fundamentals course.
This 2 1/2 day seminar beginning Thursday morning and concluding at 12:00 noon on Saturday will provide the student with a comprehensive review and clarification of the more difficult concepts of EEG technology.
Using the examination content outline published by the American Board of Registration of Electroencephalographic and Evoked Potential Technologists (ABRET) course attendees will review:
Neuroanatomy will include the brain’s structure and function, vascular supply, ventricular system and function of Cranial Nerves and Neurophysiology concepts of membrane, action, and synaptic potentials, neurons and neurotransmitters.
Addressed will be the concepts of Digital EEG including Analog-to-Digital Conversion (ADC) specifically horizontal (sampling rate, dwell time, aliasing) and vertical (bit capacity) resolution. Also reviewed will be sensitivity, filters, frequency response curves, monitor display, and waveform measurements of voltage, frequency, and duration.
Included for review are electrode properties, placement (International 10-20 System), and application techniques, and impedance measurements. Also montages, localization and polarity, artifacts, and activation procedures. Further addressed will be concepts related specifically to Digital EEG recording techniques such as recording reference (electrode site, average reference and Laplacian reference), montage reformatting, and networking.
This section will include normal awake and sleep patterns of the adult, pediatric, and neonate population. Normal variants such as Mu Rhythm, BETS, 14 and 6 Hz Positive Spikes, Posterior Slow Wave of Youth, and many more will also be addressed.
This final section will cover an overview of various conditions and their EEG accompaniment. Included here are seizures, cerebrovascular disease, toxic, metabolic, and infectious diseases, brain tumors, head trauma, headaches, and others.
COST: $695.00
