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AASM Announces Updates to Scoring Manual
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Call for Committee Volunteers
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New Technologist Certification Regulations
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Does California require nurses in the Sleep Center?
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Severe Restless Legs Syndrome in the Setting of Iron Deficiency and Chronic Blood Loss
By: Sam A. Kashani, MD Introduction Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS), also known as Willis-Ekbom Disease (WED), is a common sleep-related movement disorder characterized by an uncomfortable sensation in the legs associated with an urge to move the leg that usually...
A Quality Approach in Times of Uncertainty: Taking a Look at the ISO 9001 Framework
By: Robyn Woidtke, RN, RPSGT The status quo is no longer the status quo. I decided not to write about COVID-19 with regards to reopening and other such issues, however, with the crisis, there is also opportunity. Opportunity to re-evaluate current practices...
Sleep and the COVID Pandemic
By: Sam A. Kashani, MD Since the COVID-19 pandemic started in early 2020, we have all been subjected to give up our usual routines and coping skills, such as going to the gym, socializing with friends, and many other activities that constitute our daily life...
It Goes to Show, You Never Can Tell
By: Rafael Pelayo, MD It seems that the news about the Coronavirus pandemic got markedly worse after we lost an hour of sleep due to the daylight-saving shift. Correlations are not causation, but lack of sleep makes us more susceptible to viral infections. So...
Senior Sleep Technologist – Float (Westwood Medical Campus/Santa Monica Medical Center)
Company Name: Westwood Medical Campus/Santa Monica Medical Center Job Title: Senior Sleep Technologist - Float Job Description: You can make a difference in people’s lives every day. When you join UCLA Health, you’ll be working at an institution that provides...
The Sleep Tech Paradox
By: Jonathan Sherrill, BA, RST, RPSGT A paradox is any seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true. The job of the sleep tech is inherently a paradox, as working overnight...
Fatigue
By: Andrew S. Binder, MD, FAASM, FCCP All of us in healthcare hear patients complain of fatigue. “Doc, I’m tired of being tired,” is what I have heard so many times in my career that I use it as the title of talks that I give to medical residents as well to the lay...
Polysomnographic Technologist or Certified Respiratory Therapist
Sleep Tech or CRT with sleep study experience Full time and part time over night shifts available – 10 hours per shift Our Clinic is a San Diego leader in outpatient diagnostic sleep testing. The Lab has earned an outstanding reputation for providing the highest...
Medical Advisor for Lifestyle Brand
Job Title: Medical Advisor for Lifestyle Brand Job Description We are launching a modern lifestyle brand, centered around sleep health in women. We are one part media brand, the other part marketplace. We are seeking medical advisers to serve on our advisory board....
Is technology hindering or helping sleep tech development?
By: Jonathan Sherrill, BA, RPSGT, RST Are we relying too much on technology? When using the computer, how many of us rely on spell check to constantly fix the same spelling errors in place of general word memorization? On our phones, how many of us rely exclusively on...