Joe, Thank you for writing and sharing your thoughts. Here is my 2 cents, coming from a traveling cardiovascular sonographer with 10 years of experience, in ...
Joe, There is an accredited cardiovascular program at Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute in Lenoir, NC...not that far from Charlotte, it is a ...
Hi to everyone, I really need feedback from the experts. Is it standard practice to use a TEE probe cover/ sheath? If the probe is properly disinfected, and...
Hi Gerson. :) Can you send me an email off the list? Thanks for the reply. You might be right on the accredidation and such, but the place I am considering in...
There is a school at the Hosptial that I work at and they offer an echo program also. This is an accredited program and is 12 months in length. You can find...
Joe, you would want to visit www.caahep.org and go to the Diagnostic Medical Sonography section to find schools that are accredited. Look to see if they have a...
Joe, There is a CAAHEP accredited program in Orlando, Florida. It is at Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences (fhchs.edu). Florida Hospital College of...
Marie, In the 10 years I have been practicing as a cardiovascular sonographer and counting the 15-20 labs I have worked in during that time, I have not used or...
Hi, presently Im attending Sandford-Brown Inst. in westchester NY for Cardiovascular Tech. In a few months I will be going on my extern and I need to decide if...
A special notice to any colleagues who may have interest: Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute, Inc. is offering two advanced level programs this year. August 25-26,...
hi group. I am fello . I interested in Cardiophathy thyroid and echocardiography, Someone have any experience about this I thank you bring me information. Flor...
I've never seen anyone use a sheath, although I did know that they exist. I'd suggest that the Infection Control people simply review the label on your ...
hI, we don't use probe covers for TEE's. The probe is cleaned according to the recommendations of the Ultrasound maker. Haven't had any problems or...
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go to caahep.org and check out the accredited programs for your state. apply as many places as possible and take the one which is best for you. best of luck...
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We use sheaths routinely for all our cases. Philips and GE make them. Simple and safe. Andrew ... From: echocardiography@yahoogroups.com ...
Eric, That's the place I am considering. :) The thing is on CAAHEP's site, they aren't listed for some reason. -joe ... From: echocardiography@yahoogroups.com ...
Jessica, While I could be wrong on this, I have researched this a little. General vascular sonography doesn't pay the same as echo techs make from what I can...
Hi Gerson, :) I am getting the impression that this accredidation may be a buzz word of sorts? If you can ultimately take the ADRMS exam upon graduation, and...
Hi, thats exactly what I was told. Echo techs more then Vascular Techs because the insurace reimbursement rate is higher for echo. Thanks for your help! ...
Dear Van, Most of these units are on the older side. Acuson XP 128 is a good machine, so is the HP 2500, comparatively, the HP 2500 is more user friendly but...
harvey Feigenbaum has included in his 6th edition of echocardiography a CD that is the best I have seen. It has still picture and MOTION of hundreds of...
Dear Joe: Your past cardiac history is saddening and very unfortunate There are times you could work in a cardiology office as an office assisstant or...
TEE probe covers we hardly ever use. Most of the time we use them in the OR for imaging the ascending aorta for cannulation. I think we may use them for HIV...
I have recently returned to full-time clinical echocardiography after having taught echo full-time and only worked part-time for a number of years. My...
Hi, I would like to know from physicians on this list: 1)Do you use the PISA method for estimating severity of MR as a routine or only for selected patients...
