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Old Mar 26, 2013, 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by monarch_butterfly View Post
Have you ever had a video EEG done?
I have had many EEG's done... here in New York which is in the USA they dont give the patients the EEG video.. the person doing the EEG isnt usually your treatment provider. its usually a medical student, orderly, or other treatment provider called EEG Technician. they record what the wires attached to your head are sending to the computerized EEG machine. then you get dressed and leave. the technician "forwards" the EEG video information thats in the computerized machine to the EEG specialist. the specialist looks at it, writes up a report, sends the report to your doctor and then the doctor office schedules you for a follow up appointment, at the appointment your doctor tells you what the EEG results showed. everything is computerized here in New York. you can still get copies of the medical report printed off or emailed to you, but they dont give you the actual EEG video. here in the USA most if not all treatment providers are changing or have changed to using computers/ computer medical data bases / digitalized machines.