Mrs. Sloane AHS 101 02 April 2014 Diagnostic Medical Sonographer- specializing in OB/GYN A diagnostic medical sonographer “uses high frequency sound waves (ultrasound) to produce dynamic visual images of organs, tissues, or blood flow inside the body” (“OOH”). Sonographers can specialize in many areas such as the abdomen, breast, cardiac, musculoskeletal, neurosonology, obstetrics/gynecology, or vascular technology. I will be discussing sonographers specializing in obstetrics and gynecology…
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ultrasounds and the time you see the baby’s face for the first time. Well, my major consists of Medical Diagnostic Sonography, which is ultrasonic imaging that produces 2D and 3D body images. Though there are many areas of experience with this major, my main goal is to become an Obstetric Sonographer. This is ultrasounds of pregnant females and their fetus. There are many areas to consider when finding your perfect career: the historic background, the education needed, the salary, and most importantly the…
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you only need an associate’s degree to be a sonographer? I have always been interested in the medical field. It involves helping others, and that has always been a passion of mine. Sonography has many different specialties. Some different areas are diagnostic cardiovascular, abdominal (AB), obstetric (OB), breast (BR), musculoskeletal (MSK) and neurosonograpy. Personally, I am more interested in diagnostic cardiovascular and obstetric sonography. Diagnostic cardiovascular sonography specializes in diseases…
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sonography career has similar occupations such as cardiovascular technologist, technicians, and even vascular technologist. The description that sonographers (ultrasound technicians) is that they use high frequency sound waves in order to produce an image etc. of images in the body. The images help the doctors find diseases and conditions like in the heart, pregnancy and cancer etc. As a sonographer you’ll be working in the hospitals, physician’s offices, clinics and in medical diagnostic laboratories…
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choosing your career. As a child, I always loved babies and the birthing process, which is why I always said I would go into the field of obstetrics. But, as years passed by, due to personal reasons, I realized all those years of schooling weren’t for me. So, I thought Sonography would be a perfect fit. I would be able to experience pregnancy first hand, while avoiding multiple years of schooling. When I first took the personality and interest tests, I for sure thought I was going to be career matched…
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A Career in Ultrasound Technology Amber Gray Gwinnett Technical College Working as an Ultrasound Technician Amber Gray Ultrasound Technicians or Diagnostic Medical Sonographers operate machines in the medical field called sonographic scanners. These sonographic scanners use high-frequency sound waves and allows the technician as well as other doctors see images of the patients' internal organs and often babies. Ultrasound technicians work with patients directly as well as physicians…
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of radiography - diagnostic and therapeutic. Both need considerable knowledge of technology, anatomy, physiology and pathology to carry out their work. Many also undertake further training to become a sonographer. Hear from radiographers and other allied health professionals in our exclusive film. The NHS employs 90% of all radiographers, with other opportunities in private clinics and industry. There are about 26,000 registered radiographers in the UK. The ratio of diagnostic to therapeutic radiographers…
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over their patients heart rate and blood pressures and immediately informing the doctors of any thing of the heart being abnormal. They also get patients set up for open heart surgeries where they are being closely monitored during the surgeries (Career Profiles,…
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technologists are the medical personnel who perform diagnostic imaging examinations and administer radiation therapy treatments. They are educated in anatomy, patient positioning, examination techniques, equipment protocols, radiation safety, radiation protection and basic patient care ("Who Are Radiologic Technologists?" 1). Overall radiologist technicians produce x-rays of the patient for diagnostic purposes. Without the men and women that dress in blue scrubs, diagnosing and treating medical conditions would…
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February 21, 2015 When I decided to change my career in to medical career, I had no idea what field I would like to venture into. I had so many options and I couldn’t wrap my head into what I could see myself doing for the next forty years. I looked into nursing, and realized that being a nurse or a doctor required a lot more responsibility than I would care to have. So I looked into more fields such as sonographer, radiography, and surgical techs. Each of the fields I have listed…
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