Greetings Fellow Echocardiographers - This note goes out to everybody who scans, but my focus is on the veterans. I have been having issues with my scanning...
Dan, good to see you here but sorry to hear about the problem you are having. I'm not familiar with this particular manifestation of repetitive stress problem,...
Hi Dan, I would give your hand a break. Force yourself to learn to scan with your other hand and take anti-inflamitants . Have you checked out your neck to...
Dan, I have been scanning for almost 12 years. One thing you can do is to switch hands. I have had those problems also and it has seemed to help. Another ...
hey dantheechoman, i had a general sonographer friend who had to wear a fake like arm because of this dx-she did have the surgery and completely improved!! she...
katie bittner
rdcs1959@...
Dec 5, 2006 3:57 pm
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Hi colleagues , Please tell me what your bubble study protocol or policy is. 1. Do you need a policy or is a protocol sufficient? 2. Does a physician have to...
Dan Many of us feel for you. Another recommendation would be to check out Sound Ergonomics at soundergonomics.com. This is a company that specializes with...
Deb Hunt Soffer
dhsoffer@...
Dec 5, 2006 5:19 pm
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Katie, so sorry to hear that your new year will be starting out with surgery. Best of luck to you! Lots of good advice here--the only thing for me to add is...
Hello, Well where I am the physician orders the bubble study and the fellow or the physician is present in doing bubble studies. No, there is no protocol for...
JENELLE TOMPKINS
cvtmocha@...
Dec 6, 2006 5:54 pm
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"Faculty/Assistant Program Coordinator" Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute is seeking a dynamic and highly motivated individual with a passion to teach. This is a...
Here's what we do at Penn State Hershey Medical Center: 1. We have a policy stating how, why and who can do a bubble study. 2. A physician is not required in...
Debra, This maybe a litttle late in response but there is also a group called the sparkling angel which addresses "Long QT syndrome" in female athletics....
I used the Terasound a few years ago and it was pretty good. It was great for traveling since ours was on a Dell Laptop. The only real issues we had was due to...
Our hospital is trying to establish criteria for stat transthoracic echo procedures. We are pretty well decided that any such procedure must be approved by an...
That would be wonderful, especially where I work at, since they abuse the STAT for an echo(re: patient being discharge) give me a break!!!!! Food for...
JENELLE TOMPKINS
cvtmocha@...
Dec 8, 2006 8:36 pm
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... From: "JENELLE TOMPKINS" <cvtmocha@...> To: <echocardiography@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 10:55 AM Subject: Re: [echocardiography]...
All STATS at our Hospital must be approved by our Director of Cardiology (He's a cardiologist of course ).We 're a full blown Cardiac,Trauma Center etc..The...
Hi Steve There will never be time where STAT echoes will not result in an echo that probably was not needed immediately. Remember many echoes are done to "rule...
When working in a teaching hospital, we often find that 'stat' is used frequently. When I get such a phone call (There is no place on our request itself to ...
At South Miami Hospital the echo committee (22 readers) made up a list of acceptable indications for a stat. The echo tech screens the call and if it does not...
Stat Echo....... I diret the echo program at a community hospital and am responsible for the running of the noninvasive lab. There are several ways to approach...
A special notice to any colleagues who may have interest: Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute, Inc. is holding a two-day course on February 8th and 9th 2007:...
Philosophy meant to apply to entire discussion group. Re your 20 years............ Mine are 40 years as a physician who has to make decisions on the ultimate...
We use the z scores to enter measurments of children's hearts. Children are considered to those newborns until they turn 18. You enter the measurements in...
Z-score measurements are done in millimeters, they are all metric. You don't need to convert. Courtney Dobson, RDCS Arizona Pediatric Cardiology Consultants,...
I am at a hospital with the policy that an echo is only stat when the cardiologists is at my side reading that stat echo, another hospital is only for...
For 35 years, I have run the echo lab locally. Starting with m-mode in the early 1970's and now ICAEL accredited doing strain, resync, contrast, stress echo,...
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