So you want to be a
Polysomnograhic Technologist. Wow, that word is a mouthful isn’t it. Let’s
use the short terminology. Sleep Technician
A polysomnographic technologist, or a sleep technician, is an
individual who performs overnight sleep studies, as well as day-time sleep
studies on patients young and old who are suspected of having sleep apnea
or other sleeping disorders.
A sleep technician’s job description includes preparing the patient for monitoring
in a sleep laboratory, sleep center or hospitals. Getting results
that will prepare the individual for possibly receiving a face mask that
is connected to a CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) machine.
A sleep technician
monitors a person, EEG, EKG, SaO2, movement in sleep, arousals in sleep
and so on. They usually work night shifts, but not always. Sleep studies
as done during the day shift.
Most technicians that work the day-shift. score the sleep study and
gather the results for the interpreting physician. To become a
polysomnographic technician (PSGT), you should undergo an educational
program and polysomnography training in accredited sleep technician
schools or have an online sleep technologist certification. There are also
polysomnography training online schools that offer cheaper and more
convenient alternatives to trainings offered by schools, hospitals, and
sleep labs.
At We-Score Sleep, LLC we offer an on-line training course in
scoring sleep, but you have to be in the field of sleep as a technician
for at least 6 months.
It is recommended that everyone become a registered
polysomnographic technician (RPSGT), on the other hand, you are required
to pass the registry examination given by the Board for Registered
Polysomnographic Technologists (BRPT) in addition to the training you have
undergone. A criminal background check is also conducted among aspiring
sleep technicians, so it is important that your police record be clean.
Most people get into the field of sleep medicine through on the job
training, There are still a lot of employers who would rather train or
send their own people to school. So if you want to become a sleep
technician. Post your resume on jobsforsleep.com. try
that first. Then go to
our section on sleep school.
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