Ultrasound Technologist Ultrasound Technologist are people who use high-frequency sound waves to create images of soft tissue in a patient’s body. Doctors and Physicians use these images to diagnose abnormalities and diseases in a patient. They also use these images for women's who are pregnant, to make sure the baby and the mother are both healthy. These people are also known to be as diagnostic medical sonographers. Their average annual salary is $63,630, and their hourly wages goes by $30.5They usually need a minimum of 2-4 years of training to become certified for employment. Sonographers students are required to complete an associate’s degree or postgraduate certificate program from an accredited program to be applicable to take the
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I have a few meetings each week with my team members in the hospital, but it wasn’t much important since our hospital is only meant for emergency services. I haven’t met any emergency patients for an emergency sensor. That usually happens to pregnant women who are about to have their baby. Whenever I see patients, ready for a scan, I take them to the ultrasound machine, prepare them for their procedures, and I start scanning their bodies for the images. I make sure to identify any abnormalities of the body, and report them to the doctors and tell the patient.
2. What types of technology do you use in your field? Has there been new or advanced technologies created that you would like to use?
The technologies that I use is to scan people is a machine called the Phillips. It has a brighter resolution which gives off a better definition in the images on the patient’s body. I personally want to have a 3-D ultrasound machine, since the resolution and high definition is very bright and accurate. This can be able to make my work become a little bit easier, since I won’t have to worry about any blurred images on the screen.
3. What is the most challenging aspect of your job and why? (Please go beyond paperwork and insurance
I have a few meetings each week with my team members in the hospital, but it wasn’t much important since our hospital is only meant for emergency services. I haven’t met any emergency patients for an emergency sensor. That usually happens to pregnant women who are about to have their baby. Whenever I see patients, ready for a scan, I take them to the ultrasound machine, prepare them for their procedures, and I start scanning their bodies for the images. I make sure to identify any abnormalities of the body, and report them to the doctors and tell the patient.
2. What types of technology do you use in your field? Has there been new or advanced technologies created that you would like to use?
The technologies that I use is to scan people is a machine called the Phillips. It has a brighter resolution which gives off a better definition in the images on the patient’s body. I personally want to have a 3-D ultrasound machine, since the resolution and high definition is very bright and accurate. This can be able to make my work become a little bit easier, since I won’t have to worry about any blurred images on the screen.
3. What is the most challenging aspect of your job and why? (Please go beyond paperwork and insurance