RPSGT Questions And Answers With Verified Solutions

RPSGT 188. Appropiate values for scoring sinus bradycardia/ tachycardia include which of the following? - Heart rate< 40 beats/ mins; heart rate>90 beats/mins A breathing event marked by no flow in the thermistor channel and increased effort in the thoracic/abdominal belts is scored as - an obstructive apnea A characteristic of direct -current amplification is which of the following? - It is unable to filter out low frequency signals. A list of important statistics, averages, and details observed during the entire study is known as a - Tech's summary A mixed apnea is characterized by which of the following? - A LACK OF RESPIRATORY EFFORT AT THE START OF THE EVENT WHERE RESPIRATORY EFFORT RETURNS BEFORE THE EVENT ENDS. A patient is fully hooked up and sitting on the side of the bed while the technologist verifies that the data are accurate; the technologist notes that the SpO2 channel reading is 101%. What should the technologist do next? - Remove the pulse oximeter probe from patients and verify it is working by placing it back on A patient suffering from a seizure must be admitted to the hospital rather than continuing the sleep study in all of the following circumstances when the patient - When a patient has one seizure, the seizure should last more than 5 mins to constitute an emergency situation wherein the patient is admitted rather than continuing said sleep study. Any time multi seizures take place the patient should be sent to hospital for admission A patient who has no medical history of central sleep apnea (CSA) and no CSA seen on the NPSG has returned for a PAP titration. As soon as the patient falls asleep, he has immediate periodic breathing with no effort. What should the technologist do? - Wait it out for at least an hour, giving the patient plenty of time to adjust. A reason to expand the standard 10 -20 hookup to include a full -head montage is patients state that they . - may have nighttime seizures. Acceptable patient identification includes which one of the following? - Picture ID Acceptable ways to ensure that the morning paperwork is filled out before the patient leaves the lab include all of the following - ask the patient to fill out ppwk before getting dressed, make sure ppwk is clearly displayed and explain to the patient after unhooking them, inform the patient to remain in the lab until the tech clears them to leave According to guidelines from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, what is required to run a multiple sleep latency test?. - An overnight PSG recording According to scoring guidelines of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, which piece of equipment is used to identify hypopnea? - Nasal air pressure transducer According to the guidelines of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, how long must loud or unambiguous snoring continue in patients 12 years or older before the technologist increases the IPAP settings to treat it? - At least 3 mins. After 3 yrs of CPAP use, a patient returns to sleep lab complaining of excessive daytime sleepiness. Which of the following is a possible cause for the CPAP no longer providing the patient with optimal sleep? - Excessive alcohol use AND damaged equipment All of the following are indications that a patient is entering stage N1 sleep from the wake stage EXCEPT...... - the eyes mirror the EEG frequencies which happens in N2 and N3 All of the following events are required to score leg movements - A minimum duration of 0.5 secs and a maximum duration of 10 secs are in line with scoring guidelines of AASM as are the criteria for the ending of a leg movememt event. There must be an 8 microvolt increase in EMG from baseline and the end of the event is marked when the EMG remains below 2uv up from baseline. All of the following locations on the body must be monitored during a PSG for - MENTALIS/ SUBMENTALIS, F3 -A2, RESPIRATORY EFFORT OF THE THORACIC AND ABDOMEN All of the following requirements must be met - Sawtooth waves are seen. All of the following statements are true about the changes seen from Stage N2 to N3 - Sleep spindles may persist into stage N3 sleep, eye movements are not typically seen and delta activity reaches 20% or more in an epoch All of the following tasks must be completed before beginning the PSG...... - the patient signs a consent form, biocalibrations at the begining and the end of each study are done by the tech and pre -
sleep questionnaire is completed by patient All the following statements about high -level disinfectant chemicals are correct - They are multi -
levels of sanitation. The first level is the use of antibacterial soaps or chemicals that remove bacteria. Following antibacterial soaps is high level disinfectants with chemicals that require the items to be submerged or exposed for at leas t 20 mins. These high -level disinfectants take care of all viruses and nonbacterial contaminates that antibacterial soaps cannot remove. An alternating EEG pattern seen during quiet sleep in a newborn infant, consisting of both high - and low -
voltage activity is termed - trace alternant An artifact that results from salt bridges is most likely caused by________________________________ - incorrect measuring/ prepping too large an area / allowing tape or gauze from different lacations to make contact An example of a sleep technologist acclimating a patient to the testing room includes which of the following? - Explaining to the patient how to communicate with the technologist if assistance is needed An important factor in the digitization of a PSG is - an adequate sampeling rate