JRC-DMS's Recognition of CCI Credentials The Joint Review Committee on Education in Diagnostic Medical Sonography (JRC-DMS) Board of Directors voted at its...
Jason, I have all of my sonographers draft a preliminary report and I teach my students to do the same. I believe doing this increases sonographer knowledge...
Hi Group - can anyone help me with this? We are unhappy with our workstation monitors. There is a noticeable degradation of quality when we look at the same...
Hi Ernst, Regarding your question on AS. I haven't traced a valve for years, its too easy to make a mistake. In the case of arrhythmias, such as Atrial...
Steve, Jason, et al: Before I comment... be advised I'm a sales engineer with Kardia Health Systems. We all know echo, vascular and nuclear providers have...
We have been digital for years and doing the reports for years. I agree with all the below comments. We have Heartlab which is now Agfa Heartlab. It has...
Hogan, Candy
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The first time I ever heard of contrast echo was at my first national convention. This was circa 1982 in San Francisco. The first session I went to, I think it...
If you are going for a reasonably priced monitor look for one using S-IPS technology. You could ask Phillips if they could supply the same monitor as used on...
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... hard work, but can be a very good way to work for yourself. The inital outlay of money is the problem. The best way is to get into a partnership with a...
Hi all... I am plaining to take RDCS exams, So who just pass them .I need help regarding the material i should study and from where to get. Than You...
Hi, I know CO2 was used in Russia many years ago during cardiac catheterizations of children with congenital heart diseases. It was used as a contrast agent...
This forum has provided an interesting window into the thoughts and practices of sonographers/physicians in our field. The comments I read range from...
... Andre, I suggest looking into Xcelera. That is a nice digital system. It is Philips digital data. Take it for what its worth I just graduated but I served...
Tom, in case you haven't read it in my past postings, the formula I have told people to use is to assume that only half of the people who say they will use...
if a cardiologist calls the echo tech and tells them to do an echo, and there is no order written in the chart, can the echo techs write the order as a verbal...
David - Interesting...........it was a russian doctor who told me about using CO2 instead of air to agitate saline. Anyone out there with any experience? Andre...
Gershom, I was talking to this cardiologist from Russia who said that in his practice he would NEVER inject air into a patient. He uses CO2 instead. His theory...
Keep in mind that you would need to plan to get accredited with ICAEL. There are some insurance that will require that next year and I would expect more...
Before you go to the expense of replacing monitors, I would ask your Biomed Dept if they have a Barco monitor software program. This is a system that uses a...
Being of the old school, I have always used the Pedoff transducer to optain the highest velocity for AS. Recently the new grads are pushing back and saying...
The IE33 like some of the other newer US systems uses the DICOM GSDF (Gray Scale Display Function) for its image display. Its internal display is GSDF...
Thank you all for your help with my "monitors issue". Ted - we've set our iE33's to "lossless" transfer to the ProSolv server, so theoretically there should be...
When you sign up for the test, the ARDMS website will have a matrix of items on the test. They also will have a bibliography of which texts the questions were...
I agree with you Ted. Regardless of our opinions however, it is also part of the ICAEL requirements for accreditation. Ken ... From: "Ted Christman"...
When you are using the Pedoff probe, how is your patient laying? I have seen it done both ways. I have only used it three times in my career. ( use the color...
It would be best to confirm your organization's official policy on this through your supervisor or dept. head. With that said, when I've confronted this issue...
the pegasus exam simulations/CDs both for adult echo and cardiovascular principals are also excellent and are immensely helpful in getting you prepared for the...
During my echo preceptorship.......Many Centuries ago! The Senior Techs / Echo Lab Medical Directors who were in charge of our training would often take us...