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Medical Technical Assistant (Functional Diagnostics)
Sleep Lab

Medical technologists for functional diagnostics in the sleep laboratory

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DE, AT, CH
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96
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165
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Overview

Medical technologists for functional diagnostics are among the assistant professions working in sleep laboratories. There they organise, prepare and perform polysomnographies and other sleep laboratory examinations. Depending on the facility they also handle scoring and documentation of the recordings. They instruct and look after patients and train new staff for day and night shifts. Examinations are carried out on a physician's order, and monitoring patients with epilepsy in the sleep laboratory is also named as one of their tasks.

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Austria
 
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Switzerland
 

Fields of use and typical tasks

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Evidence from: DE, AT, CH

  • Receive patients in the evening and show them to their room
  • Monitor polysomnography signals (brain waves, muscle tone, eye movements, breathing, cardiac activity) overnight in the control room
  • Follow the infrared video feed from the patient room during the night
  • Help remove electrodes and belts in the morning
  • Accompany patients during the examination in the sleep laboratory
  • Gather information on sleep problems relevant to the examination through conversation

Specializations

Devices and systems they use

Who they work with

  • Physicians who order and evaluate examinations
  • Registered nurses working in the sleep laboratory

Frequently asked questions

Who performs polysomnography in the sleep laboratory?

Medical-technical and nursing staff organise, prepare and perform polysomnographies and other sleep laboratory examinations on a physician's order.

Do these professionals also score the recordings?

Depending on the facility, scoring and documentation of the recordings are part of their remit.

Do they also work at night?

Yes, the described remit covers day and night shifts, including training staff for both.

Which patient groups do they deal with in the sleep laboratory?

Besides people with sleep disorders, monitoring patients with epilepsy in the sleep laboratory is mentioned.

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