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Taking RPSGT exam

Any Suggestions? Study tips? So many different choices of material to study from.

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Permalink Reply by RockRpsgt on October 20, 2009 at 4:03am
When are you taking it?
Permalink Reply by Jackie S. on October 20, 2009 at 4:21am
Thinking of Taking December test. I've been studying for a while. Just slacked off a lil recently. I know ppl who took it and there was a few subjects they were never told to study that popped up.

Rock Hinkle said:
When are you taking it?
Permalink Reply by RockRpsgt on October 20, 2009 at 4:32am
Like what? Peds, archiving?
Permalink Reply by Jackie S. on October 20, 2009 at 4:34am
Funny you said that! Thats exactly it. Peds n archiving ?,s

Rock Hinkle said:
Like what? Peds, archiving?
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Permalink Reply by Jackie S. on October 20, 2009 at 4:52am
Yes, i do have a fundamentals of sleep book but not the one ur talking about. I will look it up on amazon. I just ordered study cards for sleep techs by william sprigg (they just came out this month). Glad to know Spriggs was helpful. thanks for all the info!

Cindy Brown said:
I took the exam 3 years ago. What I thought was on the exam that I didn't study was infection control. I think they've changed the test a bit since then. What I do remember was that there was a smattering of everything. A little EKG. Artifact recognition. Head lead placement. Things like that. What I found helpful were tapes of the, then APT, review sessions. I don't know if you can even get copies of them these days. Very informative as far as EKG interpretation. I also ordered a book from Amazon called
Fundamentals of Polysomnography and Sleep Disorders by Dr. Thomas M. Kilkenny that I found helpful there is also a workbook that goes with it. I also skimmed and took the tests at the end of the chapters in Principles of Polysomnography, by Spriggs. There is a new edition out in 2008. The previous editions still have stage 4 sleep.

I hope that helps.
Cindy
Permalink Reply by RockRpsgt on October 20, 2009 at 4:58am
I am studying the Essentials of PSG by Spriggs. It is volume 2. Archiving is pretty easy i will send you what i have in the morning. Do you have the scoring manual? The ped rules are in the back. I do not get to take my test until March, but I have not missed a day of studying since i took my ASTEPs.
Permalink Reply by Saz RPSGT on October 20, 2009 at 2:08pm
God I'm such a jerk. I really felt that Spriggs was bad...

The Atlas of Sleep Medicine was very helpful. (Bhatt and Thomas and ??? authors). Spriggs was a good place to start...sort of. I'd definitely hit up the new AASM Scoring Criteria.

I took it in 2003 (so, awhile ago) and I hear that it's changed emphasis to Sleep Lab Management and Patient Safety. Know 10-20, know your filters and Sleep Staging.

Saz
Permalink Reply by RockRpsgt on October 20, 2009 at 4:59pm
I did not like the first spriggs. the second one is better.
Permalink Reply by RockRpsgt on October 20, 2009 at 5:34pm
Honestly I have read just about everything. I am currently stuck in the fundamentals of EEG. My wife's program has brought a new influx of books into the house. Have you found binarysleep.com yet Jackie?
Permalink Reply by RockRpsgt on October 20, 2009 at 5:40pm
Archiving is typically regulated at the state level. Most states require a good back up system. 2-3 copies on file for 7 years for adults. Data on minors is required to be held until the pt is at least 21 regardless of age at the time of the procedure.

here are some helpful links.
Try looking for your specific state in this output.
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient-menuext&ie=UTF-...

Also this
http://www.hipaadvisory.com/regs/recordretention.htm

or this

http://library.ahima.org/xpedio/groups/public/documents/ahima/bok1_...

DING, DING, DING FOUND IT
http://library.ahima.org/xpedio/groups/public/documents/ahima/bok1_...
Permalink Reply by Jackie S. on October 21, 2009 at 8:35am
Yes, my lab has the scoring manual so I basically made copies of the whole book.

Rock Hinkle said:
I am studying the Essentials of PSG by Spriggs. It is volume 2. Archiving is pretty easy i will send you what i have in the morning. Do you have the scoring manual? The ped rules are in the back. I do not get to take my test until March, but I have not missed a day of studying since i took my ASTEPs.
Permalink Reply by Jackie S. on October 21, 2009 at 8:38am
Thanks. Well I heard that about Spriggs from one other source. I'm just ordering his new study cards no textbook. I have fundamentals of sleep technology by Nic Butov and Teofilo Lee-chiong. It's ok but skips around a bit and u can never find anything in the index, it's weird. But thanks for the info.

Saz RPSGT said:
God I'm such a jerk. I really felt that Spriggs was bad...

The Atlas of Sleep Medicine was very helpful. (Bhatt and Thomas and ??? authors). Spriggs was a good place to start...sort of. I'd definitely hit up the new AASM Scoring Criteria.

I took it in 2003 (so, awhile ago) and I hear that it's changed emphasis to Sleep Lab Management and Patient Safety. Know 10-20, know your filters and Sleep Staging.

Saz

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