Nox Academy
The Fundamentals of Sleep Scoring
Accreditation: 10 CSTE credits
Nox Medical is launching its 2022 educational webinar series for sleep technologists, The Fundamentals of Sleep Scoring. Covering topics from general sleep medicine education to the latest technology and its application in scoring sleep, this free program will teach you the basics of the anatomy of sleep, and sleep scoring guidelines.
The 10-part Continuing Sleep Technology Education (CSTE) program will hold live webinar sessions on a core practice related to sleep scoring. Our speaker is Byron Jamerson, Product Specialist at Nox Medical, who has more than 30 years of experience as a Registered Polysomnographic Technologist.
You’ll earn 1.0 CSTE credit for each session you attend approved by the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (BRPT).
The digital certificate will be awarded to participants who attend a webinar session with the completion of an online questionnaire at the end of each session. Registration for the webinar series does not constitute an automatic award of the digital certificates.
The first live webinar session is scheduled for March 16th, 2022. See the full agenda below.
What you will learn
During the 10-part webinar series, we’ll cover:
- Fundamentals of EEG recording
- Fundamentals of respiratory recording
- AASM scoring rules
- PAP titrations and advanced therapy titrations
- And more
Meet the Instructor
Byron Jamerson, RPSGT, RST, CCSH, FAAST
Byron has over 30 years of industry experience as a Registered Polysomnographic Technologist and Certified Sleep Educator with Certification in Clinical Sleep Health. He is a fellow of The American Association Of Sleep Technologists (FAAST).
Byron worked for many years as a sleep technologist and sleep center director before moving into educational roles with Philips Respironics and the Atlanta School of Sleep Medicine. Byron is a Clinical Application & Product Specialist at Nox Medical and is responsible for training customers on Nox devices and developing educational material used in product training.
Agenda
From March to December 2022, we will run 10 live webinars by offering two sessions for each topic. You may choose which session you attend, based on your time zone or preference. Both sessions will be conducted in English. Dates may be subject to change: check the website for regular updates.
Session 1: Fundamentals of EEG Recording
This session will cover the basics of EEG anatomy, the basic electrical principles of EEG recordings, and the filters and differential amplifiers in PSG recording.
March 16, 2022 10.00 am EDT / 9.00 am CDT / 7.00 am PDT / 3.00 pm CET
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March 17, 2022, 10.00 pm EDT / 9.00 CDT / 7.00 pm PDT / 10.00 am MYT
Session 2: Fundamentals of Respiratory Recording
This session will cover the basics of respiratory anatomy, the recording measures of flow and effort, and understanding how the pulse oximeter functions.
March 30, 2022 10.00 am EDT / 9.00 am CDT / 7.00 am PDT / 3.00 pm CET
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March 31, 2022 10.00 pm EDT / 9.00 CDT / 7.00 pm PDT / 10.00 am MYT
Session 3: AASM Sleep Scoring Rules Part 1
This session will cover the rules for distinguishing Wake and NREM sleep and the transition between Wake and sleep.
April 6, 2022 10.00 am EDT / 9.00 am CDT / 7.00 am PDT / 4.00 pm CEST
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April 6, 2022 10.00 pm EDT / 9.00 CDT / 7.00 pm PDT / April 7 10.00 am MYT
Session 4: AASM Sleep Scoring Rules Part 2
This session will cover the rules for REM sleep and arousal scoring and discuss the impact and recognition of artifacts in the sleep recording.
May 18, 2022 10.00 am EDT / 9.00 am CDT / 7.00 am PDT / 4.00 pm CEST
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May 18, 2022 10.00 pm EDT / 9.00 CDT / 7.00 pm PDT / May 19 10.00 am MYT
Session 5: AASM Respiratory Scoring
This session will cover the rules for scoring apnea and hypopnea, their classification and transitional and RERA events.
June 22, 2022 10.00 am EDT / 9.00 am CDT / 7.00 am PDT / 4.00 pm CEST
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June 22, 2022 10.00 pm EDT / 9.00 CDT / 7.00 pm PDT / June 23 10.00 am MYT
Session 6: AASM Cardiac Recording and Scoring
This session will cover the AASM guidelines for ECG recording and identify the AASM criteria for bradycardia and tachycardia, as well as other arrhythmias that may be identified.
August 10, 2022 10.00 am EDT / 9.00 am CDT / 7.00 am PDT / 4.00 pm CEST
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August 10, 2022 10.00 pm EDT / 9.00 CDT / 7.00 pm PDT / August 11 10.00 am MYT
Session 7: AASM Scoring of PLMS and other Movements
This session will cover the AASM rules for limb movement events and other movement disorders, as well as how to group these events into periodic disorders.
September 7, 2022 10.00 am EDT / 9.00 am CDT / 7.00 am PDT / 4.00 pm CEST
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September 7, 2022 10.00 pm EDT / 9.00 CDT / 7.00 pm PDT / September 8 10.00 am MYT
Session 8: PAP Titrations
This session will discuss AASM positioning for PAP and Bilevel titration as well as advanced therapy titrations.
October 19, 2022 10.00 am EDT / 9.00 am CDT / 7.00 am PDT / 4.00 pm CEST
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October 19, 2022 10.00 pm EDT / 9.00 CDT / 7.00 pm PDT / October 20, 10.00 am MYT
Session 9: Advanced Therapy Titrations
This session will cover central sleep apnea versus hypoventilation needs as well as the use and titration of ASV therapy and volume targeted ventilation therapy.
November 2, 2022 10.00 am EDT / 9.00 am CDT / 7.00 am PDT / 3.00 pm CET
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November 2, 2022 10.00 pm EDT / 8.00 CDT / 6.00 pm PDT / November 3, 10.00 am MYT
Session 10: MSLT and MWT Procedures
This session will cover the disorders of excessive somnolence, with a review of the procedures of MSLT and MWT recording.
December 7, 2022 10.00 am EDT / 9.00 am CDT / 7.00 am PDT / 3.00 pm CET
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December 7, 2022 10.00 pm EDT / 8.00 CDT / 6.00 pm PDT / December 8, 10.00 am MYT