RPSGT PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+

2-5 % of TST, in A normal young adult, is characteristic of which sleep stage - N1 A 1.0 HZ EEG WAVE IS MEASURED AT 15MM PEAK TO PEAK. THE SENSITIVITY IS 5UV/MM. THE VOLTAGE OF THE WAVE IS - 75UV A 30 second epoch of stage R is followed by an epoch with no change in the chin EMG, no rapid eye movements, five seconds of Alpha and a spindle in the second half of the Epoch, how should the second epoch be scored - Stage N2 A CHEYNE STOKES BREATHING PATTERN IS OFTEN SEEN IN PATIENTS WITH - CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE A Class C fire involved electrical equipment. If the equipment can't be unplugged what type of fire extinguisher should be utilized - Carbon dioxide or dry chemical extinguisher A HIGH PASS FILTER IS ALSO KNOWN AS - LOW FREQUENCY FILTER A montage with the following derivations on adjacent channels is described as Fp1-F3 F3-C3 C3-P3 P3-O1 - Bipolar A NORMAL VARIATION IN SINUS RHYTHM WHICH IS RELATED TO RESPIRATORY RATE AND RESULTS FROM VAGAL TONE INHIBITION DESCRIBES - SINUS ARRHYTHMIA A PATIENT BEING EVALUATED FOR OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING HAS ATRIAL FIBRILLATION. WHAT SHOULD THE TECH DO - CONTINUE TO OBSERVE AND DOCUMENT RHYTHM A PATIENT HAS POOR EXTREMITY CIRCULATION THAT IS AFFECTING THE ACCURACY OF THE PULSE OXIMETRY READINGS FROM FINGER PROBE. WHICH WOULD BE THE MOST APPROPRIATE ACTION - PUT THE PROBE ON THE PATIENTS EARA patient is referred to the sleep lab who injects themselves with insulin for diabetes. While cleaning the set up area, the tech is accidently stuck with the needle, left by the patient. What is the first thing that the tech should do. - Wash the area of the stick with soap and water A patient is scheduled for a PSG & in reviewing his history, you see that he had a previous PSG that indicated "REM-related apnea. When would expect to see the highest concentration of respiratory events on his study - During the last third of the study A PATIENT IS SCHEDULED FOR A PSG WITH TRICYCLIC ANTI DEPRESSANT MEDICATION ON HER LIST OF MEDICATIONS. WHAT SHOULD YOU EXPECT TO SEE ON HER PSG - INCREASED REM LATENCY TRICYCLIX ANTIDEPRESSANTS GENERALLY ARE STAGE R SUPPRESSING OFTER INCREASING REM LATENCY. WITHDRAWAL OF THE MEDICATION MAY LEAD TO AN INITIAL REBOUND OF STAGE R AND A SHORTENING OF THE REM LATENCY A PATIENT SCHEDULED FOR A PSG TO RULE OUT PARASOMNIA HAS A BENZODIAZEPINE ON THEIR LIST OF MEDICATIONS. WHAT SHOULD YOU EXPECT TO SEE ON THE PSG - DECREASED STAGE N3 A BENZO IS A HYPNOTIC, DECREASING SLEEP LATENCY AND % STAGE N1 A PATIENT WITH ONDINES CURSE WOULD BE EXPECTED TO HAVE WHICH TYPE OF RESPIRATORY IMPAIRMENT IN SLEEP - CENTRAL SLEEP APNEA A PATIENTS OXIMETER READING DURING PATIENT CALIBRATION IS 88%. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE? - PLACE THE PROBE ON THE PATIENTS EARLOBE A person with delayed sleep phase syndrome is most likely to be - An adolescent A PLM episode is classified as - At least 4 limb movements lasting 0.5-10 seconds separated by 5- 90 seconds a popular acronym for remembering fire safety is race. What does the letter c stand for - Contain A SUSTAINED HEART RATE OF >90 BEATS/MINUTE DESCRIBES - SINUS TACHYCARDIAA thermocouple - is susceptible to artifact caused by CPAP flow A(AN)____________ USES SELECTIVE ABSORPTION OF LIGHT THROUGH VASCULARIZED TISSUE TO MEASURE ___________________ - PULSE OXIMETER, OXYGEN SATURATION according to a AASM how many seconds of stable sleep must proceed each arousal - 10 seconds