Seminar designed to meet the needs of practicing or beginning technologists and cross-training allied health professionals seeking to improve their knowledge and skills.
One of the most difficult tasks facing the EEG technologist is mastering the International 10 - 20 System of Electrode Placement. Even the most experienced technologist can be unsuccessful on registry examination due to inaccuracy in measuring and marking. This part of the course will lay the foundation on which remaining concepts will be built. You will improve your skills in electrode site determination and application. You will have ample opportunity for extensive hands-on training to increase your knowledge and abilities both in the laboratory and on registry examinations.
You will increase your knowledge and use of the instrument by learning the Digital EEG concepts of Analog-to-Digital Conversion (ADC) specifically horizontal (sampling rate, dwell time, aliasing) and vertical (bit capacity) resolution. You will also learn sensitivity, filters (learn to draw and explain frequency response curves), amplifiers (digital amplification and differential amplifiers), and monitor speed. Other topics of discussion include proper instrument settings, how and when to make adjustments, and the effect of various instrument setting changes on EEG activity. You will more clearly understand and apply the polarity convention and localization techniques.
Almost a full day will be devoted to this important topic. You will gain a better understanding of the specific terminology used to describe EEG activity. Lecture and record review will provide the foundation for learning how to recognize EEG activity ranging from fundamental waves to complex patterns. Both normal and abnormal activity and patterns will be discussed in detail.
Pattern identification skills will be further enhanced as participants learn to recognize and identify and eliminate / correct physiological and non-physiological artifacts as well as gain an understanding of standard activation procedures including hyperventilation, photic stimulation, and sleep.
Instrumentation, localization and polarity, and waveform and pattern identification knowledge and skills acquired on previous days will be applied as participants are provided hands-on experience in operating the EEG instrument. You will see firsthand the effects of various artifacts and activation procedures on the EEG tracing. Through record review, lecture, and hands-on experience, participants will develop basic instrument operation and EEG Interpretation skills.
COST $995.00
