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11754
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...
Richard Duncan
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Sep 2, 2008
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11755
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...
Steve Franks
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Sep 4, 2008
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11756
Has anyone ever heard of using CO2 instead of air to agitate saline?...
Andre
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Sep 5, 2008
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11757
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...
Andre
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Sep 5, 2008
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11758
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...
Jean
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Sep 5, 2008
11:13 pm
11759
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...
Chris Walker
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Sep 5, 2008
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11760
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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11761
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...
Gerson Lichtenberg
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Sep 8, 2008
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11762
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...
Brown, Chris
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Sep 8, 2008
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11763
... 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...
Thomas Kusant
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Sep 8, 2008
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11764
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...
mobark
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Sep 8, 2008
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11765
Hi Andre Before you spend any huge amount of money on hardware check if you are running the most updated video drivers for your video cards. Wassim...
Wassim Nassif
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Sep 8, 2008
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11766
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...
Blondheim Family
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Sep 8, 2008
5:25 pm
11767
This forum has provided an interesting window into the thoughts and practices of sonographers/physicians in our field. The comments I read range from...
Grabham, Jason W
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Sep 8, 2008
5:26 pm
11768
... 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...
b_knepp
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Sep 8, 2008
5:26 pm
11769
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...
Gerson Lichtenberg
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Sep 9, 2008
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11770
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...
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Sep 9, 2008
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11771
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...
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Sep 9, 2008
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11772
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...
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Sep 9, 2008
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11773
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...
stacey guillory
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Sep 9, 2008
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11774
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...
Ted Christman
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Sep 9, 2008
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11775
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...
Ted Christman
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Sep 9, 2008
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11776
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...
mbronkalla
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Sep 9, 2008
3:47 pm
11777
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...
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Sep 9, 2008
4:29 pm
11778
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...
Ted Christman
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Sep 9, 2008
6:04 pm
11779
I agree with you Ted. Regardless of our opinions however, it is also part of the ICAEL requirements for accreditation. Ken ... From: "Ted Christman"...
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Sep 9, 2008
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11780
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...
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Sep 9, 2008
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11781
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...
Clifford Thornton
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Sep 10, 2008
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11782
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...
Clifford Thornton
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Sep 10, 2008
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11783
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...
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