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12977
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 F
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Nov 6, 2009
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12978
Conrad,    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.  ...
Thomas Kusant
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Nov 6, 2009
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12979
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...
Terry Zwakenberg
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Nov 6, 2009
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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...
David Williams
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Nov 6, 2009
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12981
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...
cinna sved
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Nov 6, 2009
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12982
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...
David Williams
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Nov 6, 2009
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12983
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 ...
Andrew Horning
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Nov 6, 2009
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12984
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...
akory99@...
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Nov 6, 2009
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12985
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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Nov 6, 2009
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12986
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...
Gerson Lichtenberg
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Nov 6, 2009
8:33 pm
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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...
katie bittner
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Nov 9, 2009
3:39 pm
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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....
J. David Mut
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Nov 9, 2009
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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...
David Williams
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Nov 9, 2009
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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...
Bennett, Karen
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Nov 9, 2009
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12992
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...
Andrew Horning
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Nov 9, 2009
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12993
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...
Conrad F
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Nov 9, 2009
7:02 pm
12994
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...
Gerson Lichtenberg
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Nov 9, 2009
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12995
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...
Jim Clark
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Nov 9, 2009
10:36 pm
12996
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...
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Nov 9, 2009
10:38 pm
12997
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,...
kristenminakim
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Nov 10, 2009
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12998
Dear Colleagues What are the indications of resting Echocardiography?...
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Nov 10, 2009
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12999
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...
David Williams
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Nov 10, 2009
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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...
Nanci McFarland
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Nov 10, 2009
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Thanks for that.  Will the below link provide information relevant to the hospital outpatient setting?   Thanks, Cliff ... From: Mark Harry <mharry@...> ...
Clifford Thornton
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Nov 10, 2009
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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...
Randy VanCoughnett
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Nov 10, 2009
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13003
Hello Group, Does anyone have any leads on a job opening? Thanks! JR...
upnorthgal
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Nov 19, 2009
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Try UMC in Tucson, AZ ... From: upnorthgal <kel49783@...> Subject: [echocardiography] Looking for a Cardiac Sonographer full time position To:...
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Nov 19, 2009
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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_...
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Nov 20, 2009
2:44 pm
13006
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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