Sonographer

I never saw myself in the medial field when I was younger. Never thought of myself putting that much responsibility and pressure on my shoulders. I always thought I’d become a teacher or an interior designer. It wasn’t until I had my own experience with ultrasound that something clicked. I took interest in the idea of being able to help so many in a noninvasive approach. The idea of hurting people to help people didn’t sit easy with me. But, ultrasound is a fantastic method of discovering a…

Two years ago I had my first ultrasound for my first baby. Once I stepped into that room my stomach became filled with butterflies, my throat felt dry, my palms became sweaty. I had no idea what to expect. But as soon as the sonographer made her entrance my worries take an exit .She made me feel so welcomed, her sweet and passionate smile, simply the way she made me feel as if I had known her my whole life. Once she actually began the procedure, and I felt that cold jelly on my enormous baby…

“through the vagina.” This is an internal (or intracavitary) examination. Unlike a regular transabdominal sonography/scan (TAS or pelvic ultrasound scan), where the ultrasound probe rests on the outside of the pelvis, this procedure involves the Sonographer inserting an ultrasound probe about two or three inches into the vaginal canal. [1] Ultrasonography is one of the key radiological investigative tools that have positively impacted on the quality of diagnosis and subsequent medical care over…

There are many different degrees and majors to choose from within the medical field. Two degrees that qualify graduates to work as a sonographer would be an Associate of Science in Diagnostic Ultrasound and the Bachelor of Science in Diagnostic Medical Sonography. An Associate Degree in science is a blended course, which allows you to complete your coursework and prepares you for your program…

is applied to the transducer to ensure direct contact to the skin and emission of the ultrasound beam to deep tissues. The transducer is then guided across the patient at different angles to render different views of the heart and vessels. The sonographer will sometimes have the patient lay on their side with an arm raised for imaging. Another view requires the patient to lay supine with a pillow directly under the neck so the head hangs and the transducer is placed at the suprasternal…

stiffness of the tissue. There are certain limitations for this method, one of the most important limitations and sources of inconsistency in literature, is the dependency of strain images on the amount of force applied to tissue by the sonographer. If sonographers use different force to compress the tissue, the tissue have different response since the strain-stress behaviour of the tissue is linear only within a certain range of compressions. Therefore, it is very important to have a precise…

These are Mackay Radiology, Queensland X-Ray at two different locations and Sarina Medical Imaging. There are currently two jobs available in Mackay and a total of 148 in Queensland. Similar jobs include: a specialist in Medical Imaging (Sonographer), radiologist, diagnostic radiographer, radiation therapist, specialist in cardiac ultrasound and a specialist in medical…

interpreting the image, communication with the patient, patient positioning, informing the sonographer, explaining instructions pre and post procedure and more specialized roles (CMRTO, 2016)too specific to the procedure (Alberta, 2016). Similarly, the skill sets obligatory for effective job performance in ultrasonography are similar to radiography standards. Thus, the main traits of a successful sonographer all pertain to patient interactions, and are directly correlated to the personality…

entity and not just during a first trimester scan for other reasons, moreover, Karnman thought that his study’s results were not promising as Nicolaides et al. or Pandya et al and he declared regardless of high-resolution equipment and experienced sonographers, NT measurement was successful in only 58% of all cases; 45% < 10 weeks and 74% > 10 < 13 weeks of gestation, which lead to rebooking of 42% of first trimester scans, leading to marked increase in work-load and extra ultrasound…

Upon receiving the prompt for this essay and realizing that I would have to write about something that I have not only constantly thought about, but also on something that I have not fully committed a certain answer to, I was worried, to say the least. But after reviewing my options and my goals in life, I realized that this might not be such a difficult task. Even though I have no definite plan in what I am going to study as my major in college, I do have many ideas of what I would like my life…