by Joe Hartman | Oct 28, 2016 | Neuromonitoring Training
Optimizing Sub-cortical SSEP There is 1 electrode that I see get misused in somatosensory evoked potentials more so than any other electrode in any modality. This is the electrode placed over the cervical spine (or sometimes around the ear or mastoid) and generally... 
by Joe Hartman | Oct 27, 2016 | Neuromonitoring Training
The Trapezius Muscle In Intraoperative Neuromonitoring If we follow the same medical textbooks we used in school to pass a test, then we know for sure that the motor portion of the trapezius is innervated by the spinal accessory nerve (CN 11) and the sensory portion... 
by Joe Hartman | Oct 26, 2016 | Neuromonitoring Training
Monitoring Train Of Four During Surgery From the perspective of the anesthesiologist, one of the benefits of having a surgical neurophysiologist monitor during surgery is a more precise measurement of muscle relaxation or train of four monitoring. In some of the... 
by Joe Hartman | Oct 24, 2016 | Neuromonitoring Training
Non-Compete Clauses In Intraoperative Neuromonitoring (Joe’s notes: In today’s GUEST POST I interview Greg Barthelette, a lawyer in Boca Raton, Florida. Greg practices in a few different areas, most important to us is business law. I’ve used his services... 
by Joe Hartman | Oct 21, 2016 | Neuromonitoring Training
Carpal Tunnel Considerations In Neuromonitoring In the neurodiagnostic world, evaluating carpal tunnel syndrome is one of their bread-and-butter studies. For surgical neurophysiologist who works in the operating room, the topic of median nerve compression at the wrist... 
by Joe Hartman | Oct 20, 2016 | Neuromonitoring Training
IONM Manager: 7 Ways To Get A Neuromonitoring Management Position There are far fewer neuromonitoring management positions available than there are clinicians that want them. If you’re working for a smaller contract company or in-house neuromonitoring group, you’ll...
