The Magazine for Sleep Professionals
Friday, July 31, 2026
The American Lung Association in Kansas and Greater Kansas City will host a lunch and learn webinar, sponsored by Vitalograph, on Wednesday, November 17 at 12:00 p.m. CT. The free virtual event, which takes place one day before the Great American Smokeout (an annual nationwide campaign to quit smoking), will […]
By Sean B. Gipson, RPSGT There are many sleep techs who ask me how I got started in running a sleep business and sleep diagnostic centers. Sparing readers a long story, in my pre-ownership days, I often thought at night while I was running studies that it couldn’t be too […]
By Sean B. Gipson, RPSGT With COVID-19 on the rise again, sleep programs around the world are looking for advice and direction on how to operate during the pandemic struggles we continue to fight. The battle seems to be a losing one with the Delta variant looming and causing admission […]
Vitalograph® (USA) Inc. has created a series of special editions for their Exhale podcast focused on the front lines of the great pandemic. The next several episodes will be titled “Ask the Respiratory Therapist.” This special series will interview multiple Respiratory therapists and PFT technicians in different healthcare situations caring […]
Specific Needs for Pediatric Sleep Polysomnograms Pediatric sized thermistors Pediatric sized nasal cannulas for PTAFs EtCO2 O2 Pediatric sized dual cannulas for EtCO2 and PTAF data collection simultaneously If possible, the use of disposable supplies. Children tend to pull and rip thermistors, PTAFs, and other wires off. Often this equipment […]
By Lourdes DelRosso, MD One of the biggest disparities in sleep medicine care is the scarcity of pediatric-dedicated sleep centers. Just as a child needs a pediatrician, a child also needs a sleep technician who understands children. Pediatric sleep technologists are our night heroes that make it all possible. John […]
Practical Tips to Implement New Technology Over the past year, many sleep professionals spent time researching new technologies to streamline processes in their clinics. From evaluating tools to help facilitate telemedicine, to looking at software to simplify patient intake and engagement, to launching new or optimizing existing programs like […]
Breas knows this year has been especially hard for the respiratory care community. As a special thank you, they are offering this free webinar series to help you keep up to date with your CEU credits. Each webinar is tailor-made for respiratory professionals and can earn you or your colleagues […]
By Brendan Duffy, CCSH, RPSGT From the song and album “The Stranger” (1977)….Billy Joel Jeret Peterson, known to most as “Speedy” Peterson, was an American three-time Olympian and silver medal aerial skier. He tragically took his own life in 2011 via a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Just a year after his […]
