Testing Quiz One

Testing Quiz One
Hello, this is a test to see what it looks like...

1. To be scored properly arousals must be _____ seconds apart
3 5 30 10
2. The answer to this question is
a b c d
3. 2 + 2 =
5 8 4 1
4. Type your question4 here.
choice1 choice2- pick me choice3 choice4- pick me
5. Type your question5 here.
choice1- pick me choice2 choice3 choice4
6. Type your question6 here.
choice1 choice2 choice3- pick me choice4
7. Type your question7 here.
choice1- pick me choice2 choice3 choice4
8. Type your question8 here.
choice1- PICK ME choice2- PICK ME choice3 choice4
9. Type your question9 here.
choice1-PICK ME choice2 choice3 choice4
10. Type your question10 here.
choice1- PICK ME choice2 choice3 choice4

Let's see what it looks like... stay tuned for 10 question quizzes

Finals are over but studying isn't

Getting ready for our scoring final!

Well, the idea that I would post on the blog during my last semester didn’t really work so well.  Between work, clinical and studying I just couldn’t manage it.

Last week I took all five of my finals and this Saturday is graduation.  Just because school is over though doesn’t mean that the learning has stopped.  This Friday students from both the Hybrid and Day programs met with two of our teachers to take a review. 

We all are eligible to take the RPSTG exam, which is in the process of a price increase and big overhaul, and now we really need to hit the books.

I’ll be posting here to help keep my studying organized, I’m still trying to find a good plugin for quizzes (so geeky but I can’t wait) and hopefully by the end of the summer I can say I’m a registered tech.

My next goal is getting a job!

Applied to Graduate!

The deadline to submit the graduation application is days away so after my Bio Lab I meandered over to the offices at the Haverhill campus.  It was not as complicated as I expected and in no time at all I was back on the road which happily was snow and rain free.

Last night I had my weekly clinical at SleepHealth Center and during a bit of down time I tested my knowledge using the Principles of Polysomnography Manual with practice questions.  Eck!  I did really, really bad.  I'm not letting that get me down though.  It was at three AM and now I see what my weak areas are.  Plus, classes aren't done yet so hopefully it will help me to get a bit more organized.  Hey that is what this blog is for right!

Any ways, on a blogging note, Blogger in Draft has added a new (and SICK) template designer.  All those hacks I was so proud of doing to get my skinny sidebars and three column footer are superfluous.  But I'm going to keep it like it is for now and resist playing with the new feature (on this blog at least).

Now here is a serious question- did you go to your college graduation ceremony?

NECC hosted an informational open house for the truck driving program

Today as the Sleep Awareness Week winds down the Sleep Technology group over at NECC put together an informational Open House near the Haverhill Campus for the truck driving program today.  Scheduled from 12:30 to 3:30 two groups of truck driving students came in to hear sleep technology students discuss sleep medicine and how it would effect them in particular.  

Personally, I only made it in time for the second group.  The crowd was friendly and inquisitive, surprising since I expected them to nod off after stopping at a local Chinese restaurant for lunch first.  I attempted to take pictures but since I took them without a flash they are grainy but here are a few so you can get the idea.

Defined: L

Low amplitude, mixed frequency activity:
An EEG pattern consisting of low amplitude, predominantly 4-7 Hz activity.

Low chin EMG tone:
Baseline EMG activity in the chin derivation no higher than in any other sleep stage and usually at the lowest level of the entire recording.

Defined: H

Hypanagogic foot tremor:
Trains of EMG activity of the lower limb with a specified frequency,; not a defined disorder.

Hypopnea:
A specified reduction in airflow lasting at least 10 seconds in adults or the equivalent of 2 breaths in children.

8 Signs it is time to pull over

Tips taken from Drowsy Driving

• Heavy eyes, frequent blinking or difficulty focusing
• Daydreaming, random thoughts
• Gap driving, missing signs or exits
• Excessive yawning or rubbing eyes
• Nodding head
• Drifting or hitting the rumble strip
• Restless, irritable or slap happy
• Erratic driving, tailgating

Even if some of these behaviors is how you normally drive-know your body and read its signs.