Basic PSG Patient Hook-Up Course — Building Competence and Confidence
Description
Gain practical skill and understanding in polysomnography patient preparation — not just steps, but why the procedure matters and how it impacts data quality and clinical interpretation.
Why Basic PSG Patient Hook-Up Matters
Proper patient hook-up is the foundation of accurate sleep study data and meaningful clinical interpretation. Inconsistent lead placement, impedance errors, or suboptimal preparation can distort sleep signals, compromise staging, and impact diagnostic confidence. This course is designed to give you both the hands-on technique and the understanding behind the procedure — so you build competence, not routine processing skills.
What Will I Learn?
- Correct electrode placement and anatomical rationale
- Ensuring optimal signal acquisition through impedance hygiene
- Recognizing common artifacts and how hook-up contributes to them
Topics for this course
34 Lessons
Technical Duties of sleep technologist during level 1 sleep study
Technical Duties of sleep technologist during level 1 sleep study4:58
Duties before patient arrives- Trolley preparation
Level 1 diagnostic device
Sensors list for level 1 & 3 sleep study
Level 1 diagnostic device sensors
Limb EMG electrode placement
EKG electrode placement
Leg emg and ekg input into head box ed
Effort belts placement
effort belt and spo2 inputs ed
Snore sensor placement
Level 1 diagnostic device placement
Head Box attachment
Shift to head sensors
International 10-20 electrode placement system
EEG electrode placement part 1
EEG electrode inputs into head box
EOG recommended electrode placement
EOG acceptable derivation
Ground and reference electrode placements
Chin EMG electrode placement
chin emg and grounding inputs
Airflow sensor placement
Summary of hook up for level 1 sleep study
How to start a new study?
How to give bio calibration commands?
Filter values for different PSG channels
Filter settings
How to give lights off command?
Disconnection of device during sleep study
How to gives lights on command, do bio calibration and stop the study?
How to open a saved study and score it?
How to draw reference lines to score slow waves?
Level 3 device hook up for HST
Free
Material Includes
- >2 hours on-demand videos – Practical demonstrations + explanation of key decision points
- Step-by-step lead placement modules – With rationale, not rote steps
- 1 year access – Practice at your pace, revisit technique nuances
- Certificate of completion – Recognition of competence in technique and understanding
Enrolment validity: 400 days
Target Audience
- New and experienced sleep technologists seeking to refine patient interface and signal quality
- Clinicians and neurodiagnostic professionals who want technical + conceptual confidence
- PSG analysts wanting to understand how hook-up affects data and interpretation
- Allied health professionals stepping into sleep labs or diagnostic roles