I am a right handed scanner and I reach over the pt to perform the exam. I know this is bad for my back and shoulder. Is there a better way to scan right...
Conrad, Â Â I too was faced with the issue of scanning left handed and finally realized that I had to eat some humble pie and learned to scan left handed. Â ...
Conrad, I have used this technique for many years, because it puts the machine at the patients feet I don't have to move as much furniture or medical equipment...
Conrad, If you're having this much problem, is learning to scan left handed not an option? I am also RVT and learned long ago to comfortably scan with either...
Hello! I've been doing Echo's using my right arm ever since I begun my career, almost 20 years from now, and I can't emphasize enough on how important it is to...
My procedure is to agitate with three way stop cock for about 20 sec, turn the cock to inject, get my hand back on the view (usually AP4), inject, and then...
Has anybody studied how varying positions would affect the clinical practice of echo? I admit it's been a while since I've done clinical ultrasound. But I'd ...
Being a right-handed scanner may be hard on your back/shoulders, but you are able to get better images. I've been scanning for 16 years without any major...
Tom I scan with my right hand the machine is at the foot of the bed I have been a sonographer for 35 years, I don't have a lot of the issues many of the...
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Also, remember that it is only the first 5-6 beats after contrast reaches the RA that is specific for an intra-cardiac shunt. After that, contrast appearing in...
Andrew,I scanned right handed for a very long time but would scan left handed when really needed. My last job they required you to scan left handed, so I got...
Hi David and Gershom, how fast do you inyect the saline solution? Let say the IV is in the arm in one pt and the other has a central line. Thanks  J....
Gerson, Funny you should mention that. Just yesterday I had a case where pt had an atrial septal aneurysm, and so I added a bubble (we're required to "auto...
I scanned right-handed for ten years and then went ³cold turkey² with my left hand. 15 years later, I wish I had done it earlier. It really didn't take long...
Gillian Whalley
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Nov 9, 2009 3:42 pm
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I agree Gershom, for the reasons you mentioned below. First we inject without maneuvers and record first 5-6 beats, if negative we repeat injection with a...
Thanks; I still wonder if anybody's yet put some science to this issue. Has there been any formal study of a "cross training" approach to scanning? I don't...
The subject has changed a little but I want to express my opinion. I do not think that cardiologists will scan themselves. Echocardiography is way to hard and...
It is a fast push, of course not so hard as to damage the vein. You want it to arrive in the RA as a bolus, not to trickle in. The same would apply in either...
I REALLY doubt you are going to see Cardiologists, or IM docs scanning. Looking at the cost benefit analysis.... The MD doesn't have the time to scan and still...
I too went cold turkey a number of years ago. My new job had the room set up lefty and was too small to reconfigure. It didn't take long to adjust. I would...
After turning on the Vivid I and clicking the Patient button make sure you select Patients List, rather than New Exam. Choose the patient and click Select,...
Dear Colleagues What are the indications of resting Echocardiography?...
Mina Tohid
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Nov 10, 2009 2:54 pm
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Although a "lefty", I don't agree with Katie's last employer who would "require" their techs to scan left handed, nor would I agree with akory99 that right...
I had bad arthritis which resulted in a thumb/wrist reconstruction surgery on my left hand, my "scan" hand. I had scanned right-handed a few times in the past...
Thanks for that. Â Will the below link provide information relevant to the hospital outpatient setting? Â Thanks, Cliff ... From: Mark Harry <mharry@...> ...
There is no national coverage policy for echo for Medicare. Go to http://www.cms.hhs.gov/mcd/indexes.asp?from2=indexes.asp  and select LCD by state or...
Try UMC in Tucson, AZ ... From: upnorthgal <kel49783@...> Subject: [echocardiography] Looking for a Cardiac Sonographer full time position To:...
Marika Klesic
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Nov 19, 2009 6:10 pm
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JR, The best places I have found to look for a position are these two websites. _www.ultrasoundjobs.com_ (http://www.ultrasoundjobs.com) _www.asecho.org_...
Dear colleagues, You no longer have to travel to expand your sonography skills. You can do it all from the comfort of your home or office via Gulfcoast ...
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