We have a tech on site 365 days a year. Monday -Friday I show up by 7:00am. Other techs begin by 7:30. As the lead sonographer, I'm on M-F 8hrs/day. The...
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Petros Nihoyannopoulos
p.nihoyannopoulos@...
Oct 1, 1999 10:50 am
... I agree! The whole issue of physical problems doing echoes is overstated! I have 4 full time technicians in my lab doing echoes for 15-20 years from the...
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Michael Roy Smith
michael@...
Oct 2, 1999 2:11 am
In Brazil it certainly is....
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Petros Nihoyannopoulos
p.nihoyannopoulos@...
Oct 2, 1999 2:11 am
... Working ours fdaily from 9am to 5 am. Each technician has 1 hour per echo and report. Average numbers/day/technician =6. ... No. Emergency echoes are...
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JYounginer@...
Oct 4, 1999 12:21 am
First, let me say that I have enjoyed participating in this group and I have learned much about echocardiography from reading the discussions herein. I find...
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ECHONIC@...
Oct 4, 1999 12:21 am
There appears to be a few labs out there that have techs doing 10 -15 studies per an 8 hour day. I don't see how that can be done. If you want to do a quality...
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Tim Byrnes
docdoc@...
Oct 4, 1999 12:46 pm
No ... studies ... the ... cranking ... time ... encouraged ... that...
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RTurner33@...
Oct 4, 1999 12:46 pm
There appears to be a few labs out there that have techs doing 10 -15 studies per an 8 hour day. I don't see how that can be done. If you want to do a quality...
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jamestam
jwtam@...
Oct 5, 1999 1:03 pm
agree totally JT ... From: ECHONIC@... To: echocardiography@egroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 02, 1999 12:06 PM Subject: [echocardiography] Re: Operation...
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jamestam
jwtam@...
Oct 5, 1999 1:03 pm
what is the "normalcy" rate in the various labs? (and I would include minor aging changes as "normal") ... From: RTurner33@... To:...
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thschrmng1@...
Oct 5, 1999 1:03 pm
In regards to the "at-least-45-minutes-per-study" person, please refer to the topic discussed earlier about 'digital labs'. It seems that there are now ways to...
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Kofoworola Ogunyankin
kolufun@...
Oct 5, 1999 1:04 pm
I am very cautious about believing claims of extraordinary feats such as routinely performing a comprehensive study in 25 minutes! In the first instance one...
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ECHONIC@...
Oct 5, 1999 1:04 pm
I can see doing a complete study in 30 min. I'm talking about paper work and computer work etc... I Just hate to see people in labs forced by management to...
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Alan Waggoner
awaggoner@...
Oct 5, 1999 1:05 pm
To the group: The ASE has published a summary of a survey conducted in late 1997 of the ASE sonographer membership. It is available in a ASE newsletter ...
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SeniorEcho@...
Oct 5, 1999 1:05 pm
Nowadays getting the patient out of the hospital ASAP,is the top priortity Late studies and weekend exams in all modalities ( echo, vascular,ultrasound ) are...
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SeniorEcho@...
Oct 5, 1999 1:06 pm
Your situation sounds very good. To save from burn out you may want to try vascular ultrasound or even invasive cardiology ( cath lab ). I've been involved in...
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SeniorEcho@...
Oct 5, 1999 1:06 pm
ADVANCE for Radiologic Science Professionals is a good resource as well as JDMS. Even though they focus on general ultrasound they have had good cardiology...
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SeniorEcho@...
Oct 5, 1999 1:07 pm
Does that include pre-exam paper work,log book entries, loking up and comparing previous exams. How about patient transportation and positoning? I too could...
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lhodges@...
Oct 5, 1999 1:07 pm
THE FEW TIMES I HAVE DONE MORE THAN 15 STUDIES IN ONE DAY I WAS INCREDIBLY FATIGUED BY THE END OF THE SHIFT. MY SYMPATHIES TO THOSE WHO DO THIS KIND OF...
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Patrick D. Coon
prcoon@...
Oct 5, 1999 1:08 pm
"what about Pediatric studies they can take up to 2 hours to do." If you are taking 2 hours to do a pediatric study, maybe it's time to rethink your thought...
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thschrmng1@...
Oct 5, 1999 4:03 pm
I agree. Most of our "complete" studies consist of complex cases and a complete stundy usually does not take more than 45 minutes either. I must say that MY...
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Dr. Trout
drtrout@...
Oct 5, 1999 8:16 pm
A union?? Wonder how DHS would feel about that. Besides does being a union shop at Kaiser help? Based on my conversations with the RDMS folks the answer is...
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Patrick D. Coon
prcoon@...
Oct 6, 1999 2:18 am
Joe, I couldn't agree more. Fetals will take considerably longer due to many factors including evaluation of other pathology (CCAM, CDH, etc.). A good portion...
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Dr. Wolfgang Fröhl...
wolfgang.froehlich@...
Oct 6, 1999 1:10 pm
Dear members Thank you for your comments on my mare case. There were comments about Right Coronary Cusp Herniation. Is there some literature anywhere about...
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Daniel Shindler
shindler@...
Oct 6, 1999 8:44 pm
Dear Daniel Shindler, I'm Attilio Iacovoni from "G Mazzini" Hospital Teramo Italy. I accepted your invitation to international echocardiography discussion on...
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lhodges@...
Oct 6, 1999 8:51 pm
Our hospital only allows cardiologists to order after hours studies. Occasionally the ER will order STAT echos at odd hours. All I have to say is....."And what...
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Daniel Shindler
shindler@...
Oct 6, 1999 10:22 pm
Wolfgang Fröhlich, I.Med.Clinic, VUW Vienna wrote: Thank you for your comments on my mare case. There were comments about Right Coronary Cusp Herniation. Is...
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wkaren9029@...
Oct 6, 1999 11:40 pm
Hi, I would like some professional input about exercise stress echo's. I have been doing stress echo's for about three months. I realize it does take time to...
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tdittric@...
Oct 7, 1999 2:07 am
Please go to the following site (http://www.acuson.com/cgi-bin/ques12.c gi) to read about occupational injuries that are common for sonographers. What do you...
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RBARGET939@...
Oct 7, 1999 2:08 am
For those of you who have a "totally Digital Lab.", I would be interested in what your protocol is for images stored both for echo and vascular exams? What...
