by Joe Hartman | Oct 19, 2016 | Neuromonitoring Training
Propep Surgical: Pudendal Nerve Neuromonitoring During Prostatectomy (Notes from Joe: Neuromonitoring used during prostatectomies has always made sense to me, so things made sense when Jann Rasmussen from Propep surgical talked to me about his new business venture.... 
by Joe Hartman | Oct 18, 2016 | Neuromonitoring Training
Is SSEP Improvement Sensitive For Detecting Complete Decompression Of The Spinal Cord Or Nerve Root? In an article that I wrote years ago, titled Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potential Used To Predict The Need For Duraplasty In Chiari Malformation Type I Decompression, I... 
by Joe Hartman | Oct 17, 2016 | Neuromonitoring Training
Steps To Becoming A Surgical Neurophysiologist (Guest Post) Joe’s Notes: I don’t really ever write it after my name anymore, but I am also an OTR (Registered Occupational Therapist). If I would have stopped there, I don’t think I would have learned about... 
by Joe Hartman | Oct 14, 2016 | Neuromonitoring Training
Tools of the Neurophysiologist – Spectral Analysis and Bandpass Filters (Joe’s notes: This guest post is written by Tom Epplin-Zapf on a topic that might be considered one of the field’s Achilles heel (or at least complaints from people after taking the... 
by Joe Hartman | Oct 13, 2016 | Neuromonitoring Training
Everyday Neuromonitoring With Anesthesia Conversations… Everyone has their own experiences working with anesthesiologist and CRNAs. At some facilities, the neuromonitoring clinician tells the anesthesia team what they need, and anesthesia accommodates. At other... 
by Joe Hartman | Oct 12, 2016 | Neuromonitoring Training
Intraoperative Bulbocavernosus Reflex Surgeon: Isn’t there anything else you can do to monitor the sacral nerve roots? That’s the area I’m most concerned about today… Me: Well, there’s the intraoperative bulbocavernosus reflex. That would monitor the pudendal nerve up...
