Registered Sleep Technologist Exam Secrets Study Guide: RST Test Review for the Sleep Technologist Registry Examination (Mometrix Secrets Study Guides)

Get the test prep help you need to become a Registered Sleep Technologist. The RST exam is extremely challenging and thorough test preparation is essential for success. Registered Sleep Technologist Exam Secrets Study Guide is the ideal prep solution for anyone who wants to pass the RST exam. Not only does it provide a comprehensive guide to the RST exam as a whole, it also provides practice test questions as well as detailed explanations of each answer. Registered Sleep Technologist Exam Secrets Study Guide includes:

• A thorough and detailed overview of sleep and sleep disorders
• An in-depth guide to sleep study performance
• An extensive look at record scoring
• Comprehensive practice questions with detailed answer explanations

It's filled with the critical information you'll need in order to do well on the test: the concepts, procedures, principles, and vocabulary that the American Board of Sleep Medicine expects you to have mastered before sitting for the exam. The Study Performance section includes:

• Selecting Equipment and Montage
• Applying Sensors
• Educating Patients
• Equipment Calibration
• Documenting During Testing
• Identifying and Responding to Data Issues
• Identifying and Responding to Patient Needs
• Treatment and Intervention
• Titrating Positive Airway Pressure and Oxygen and Troubleshooting
• Post-study Procedures

The Record Scoring section includes:

• Staging Sleep and Arousal
• Scoring Respiratory Events
• Scoring Movements
• Scoring Cardiac Events
• Waveform Variations
• Generating a Report

These sections are full of specific and detailed information that will be key to passing the RST exam. Concepts and principles aren't simply named or described in passing, but are explained in detail. The guide is laid out in a logical and organized fashion so that one section naturally flows from the one preceding it. Because it's written with an eye for both technical accuracy and accessibility, you will not have to worry about getting lost in dense academic language. Just a few of the topics discussed in the guide are:

• American Academy of Pediatrics Clinical Guidelines for OSAS
• Stanford Sleepiness Scale
• Alveolar hypoventilation syndrome
• Infantile apnea/bradycardia
• Uvulopalatopharyngo-plasty
• Auto Bi-PAP (auto-titrating) devices
• Apnea hypopnea index
• C-Flex and EPR
• Fraction of inspired oxygen
• Nasal prongs(cannulae)
• Supplemental low-flow oxygen
• Oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve
• Ventilation-perfusion
• Cleaning and disinfecting sensors and interfaces
• Functional Outcomes of Sleep Questionnaire (FOSQ)
• Gamma-aminobutyric acid
• Transition period between stage 2 non-REM and REM
• Dominant posterior rhythm (DPR)
• Cheyne-Stokes respirations
• Scoring pediatric respiratory effort related arousals
• Supraventricular tachycardia

Any test prep guide is only as good as its practice questions and answers, and that's another area where our guide stands out. Our test designers have provided scores of test questions that will prepare you for what to expect on the actual RST exam. Each answer is explained in depth, in order to make the principles and reasoning behind it crystal clear. We've helped thousands of people pass standardized tests and achieve their education and career goals. We've done this by setting high standards for our test preparation guides, and Registered Sleep Technologist Exam Secrets Study Guide is no exception. It's an excellent investment in your future.