With consideration for the patient's own condition and clinical presentation, inpatient monitoring is tailored to specific needs. Because the work up is taking place in the patient's own community, support of family, friends, and employers provides for the most realistic, and conducive environment possible. Joel W. Winer, M.D. Figure 3 . Placement of subdural grid for recording from the brain to locate onset of seizures. The contact points are spaced at 1 cm intervals.
Stimulation is performed to map out the motor and speech areas.
Figure 2 . FDA approved in 1997, VNS resembles a pacemaker. The generator is implanted in the chest wall and has a stimulating wire wrapped around the left vagus nerve. Figure 4 . Available at York Hospital, this video EEG system provides a complete analysis.