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Specifics about each Level and each Item:
What you do you need to know:
Level 2
• Uses appropriate
terminology related to EEG (e.g., montage, amplitude,
frequency)
Bipolar longitudinal montage
Referential montages
Delta, theta, alpha, beta and gama frequencies
Amplitude unit and normal ranges in adults and children
Level 3
• Describes normal EEG
features of wake and sleep states
Posterior dominant rhythm for different ages
Sleep
structures and transients
Hyperventilation and photic normal responses
• Recognizes EEG patterns
of status epilepticus
EEG
seizure status patterns
• Recognizes common EEG
artifacts
EMG
Eye
movements
EKG
Chewing and tongue movement
Other
electromagnetic artifacts
Level 4
• Interprets common EEG
abnormalities and creates a report
Interictal epileptiform discharges
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Spikes
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Polyspikes
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Sharp waves
- BCECTS
PLEDs
EEG
seizure patterns
Slowing
Asymmetry
Localization of the abnormalities
• Recognizes normal EEG
variants
Wickets
RMTD
Alpha
variants
POSTs
Lambda waves
SSS
Other
less common variants |
