SDS NBRC EXAM SCRIPT COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY GUIDE
●● Which respiratory equipment is used to measure apneas?
Answer: Thermistor/thermocouple
●● What are some common troubleshooting issues for the thermistor?
Answer: Warm the room, remove fan, moisture on the sensor, battery
needs to be changed
●● What is considered the gold standard for measuring respiratory
effort?
Answer: RIP belts
●● What equipment is used to measure RERAs and Hypopneas?
Answer: nasal pressure transducer (PTAF)
●● What is some common troubleshooting issues for the PTAF?
Answer: rhinorrhea, position of the sensor, mouthbreathing, LFF can
cause a dampened waveform
●● Normal ETCO2 in mmHg and percent
,Answer: 30 torr and 3-5%
●● What are common issues that can affect the TCOM reading?
Answer: skin thickness, anemia, decreased perfusion
●● How do you calibrate the TCOM?
Answer: with RA
●● What will happen to the readings if the TCOM has a leak?
Answer: PO2 will increase to room PO2, PCO2 will decrease to zero
●● The snore mic is used to detect what?
Answer: Bruxism
●● What are the scores of Epworth Sleepiness scale?
Answer: 0-5 low-normal daytime sleepiness
6-10 high-normal daytime sleepiness
11-12 Mild EDS
13-15 Moderate EDS
16+ Severe EDS
●● What does STOP-BANG stand for?
,Answer: Snoring?
Tired during the day?
Observed apneas
Pressure (HTN)?
BMI
Age (>50)
Neck size (males 17in/43cm; females 16in/41cm)
Gender (male)
●● What does answering yes to 2 or less questions on the STOP BANG
questionnaire suggest?
Answer: low risk for OSA
●● What does answering yes to 3-4 questions on the STOP BANG
questionnaire suggest?
Answer: Intermediate risk for OSA
●● What does answering yes to 5+ questions on the STOP BANG
questionnaire suggest?
Answer: High risk of OSA
●● What is Sundowning?
Answer: When elderly patients get confused in the early evening
, ●● What is an important factor to consider when dealing with a patient
with PTSD
Answer: Ask how is the best way to wake them up during the night if
needed
●● What is the role of the sympathetic nervous system
Answer: fight or flight
●● what is the role of the parasympathetic nervous system
Answer: controls smooth muscle
●● What is the pacemaker for circadian rhythm in the brain
Answer: suprachiasmatic nucleus
●● What effect on sleep does a decrease in dopamine have?
Answer: decrease sleep
●● If the distance between 2 R waves is between 3-5 large blocks, the
rate is ______
Answer: Normal
STUDY GUIDE
●● Which respiratory equipment is used to measure apneas?
Answer: Thermistor/thermocouple
●● What are some common troubleshooting issues for the thermistor?
Answer: Warm the room, remove fan, moisture on the sensor, battery
needs to be changed
●● What is considered the gold standard for measuring respiratory
effort?
Answer: RIP belts
●● What equipment is used to measure RERAs and Hypopneas?
Answer: nasal pressure transducer (PTAF)
●● What is some common troubleshooting issues for the PTAF?
Answer: rhinorrhea, position of the sensor, mouthbreathing, LFF can
cause a dampened waveform
●● Normal ETCO2 in mmHg and percent
,Answer: 30 torr and 3-5%
●● What are common issues that can affect the TCOM reading?
Answer: skin thickness, anemia, decreased perfusion
●● How do you calibrate the TCOM?
Answer: with RA
●● What will happen to the readings if the TCOM has a leak?
Answer: PO2 will increase to room PO2, PCO2 will decrease to zero
●● The snore mic is used to detect what?
Answer: Bruxism
●● What are the scores of Epworth Sleepiness scale?
Answer: 0-5 low-normal daytime sleepiness
6-10 high-normal daytime sleepiness
11-12 Mild EDS
13-15 Moderate EDS
16+ Severe EDS
●● What does STOP-BANG stand for?
,Answer: Snoring?
Tired during the day?
Observed apneas
Pressure (HTN)?
BMI
Age (>50)
Neck size (males 17in/43cm; females 16in/41cm)
Gender (male)
●● What does answering yes to 2 or less questions on the STOP BANG
questionnaire suggest?
Answer: low risk for OSA
●● What does answering yes to 3-4 questions on the STOP BANG
questionnaire suggest?
Answer: Intermediate risk for OSA
●● What does answering yes to 5+ questions on the STOP BANG
questionnaire suggest?
Answer: High risk of OSA
●● What is Sundowning?
Answer: When elderly patients get confused in the early evening
, ●● What is an important factor to consider when dealing with a patient
with PTSD
Answer: Ask how is the best way to wake them up during the night if
needed
●● What is the role of the sympathetic nervous system
Answer: fight or flight
●● what is the role of the parasympathetic nervous system
Answer: controls smooth muscle
●● What is the pacemaker for circadian rhythm in the brain
Answer: suprachiasmatic nucleus
●● What effect on sleep does a decrease in dopamine have?
Answer: decrease sleep
●● If the distance between 2 R waves is between 3-5 large blocks, the
rate is ______
Answer: Normal
