You follow this growth process from infant through adolescence as seen during both awake and sleeping EEG patterns. Often times your patient has been given medication which can effect your EEG recording. This course helps you develop an understanding of commonly used drugs, how they are administered and their specific effects on the body. Credit Understanding the nature of disorders and how they develop is crucial for you in communicating with a physician on your readings. This course presents you with a wide range of neurological disease states, related neuropathology, and testing procedures that are used during diagnosis.
Emphasis is on the study of seizure disorders.
Credits A continuation of Fundamental EEG, you discuss the more complex concepts of montage construction, localization and polarity, artifact recognition, and troubleshooting. You cover basic laboratory management techniques including patient scheduling, record keeping, budgeting and record storage. You cover seizure disorders, metabolic encephalopathies, infections, trauma, tumors, and cerebrovascular disorders. Credits Irregular conditions that effect newborns and children are quite different from those of a mature adult. You receive core details on EEG abnormalities specific to the newborn, as well as the patterns and related illnesses of young children and adolescents.