Stress is a fact of life for sonography students and professionals. Attending one of the CAAHEP accredited programs in Diagnostic Medical Sonography is the equivalent of holding a full-time job. The intensive programs require students to master courses in difficult subjects like anatomy and physiology and to complete clinical training in fast-paced medical centers. Once […]
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Ultrasound Technician Career: Overuse Injuries are Avoidable
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers who are experts in musculoskeletal imaging will frequently produce sonographic images of patient tendons, ligaments, joints and muscle abnormalities. The images help physicians diagnose the problem that may include tears, sprains, fluid collection, nerve entrapment, cysts and foreign bodies. The sonography student who is attending a CAAHEP accredited program learns proper ultrasound […]
Healthy Sonographers and Exercise (with Images)
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers have a high risk of incurring injury due to the nature of the job. The injuries are usually to tendons and muscles that are overused in repetitive motions, or strained during scanning or while shifting numerous patients each work shift. The most common injuries are sustained above the waist in the shoulders, […]
Educating Sonography Students for the Future
The transformation of the health care industry is underway due to the national effort to lower health care costs by embracing technology more efficiently and effectively. Technology is changing the health care industry by enabling more accurate diagnosis through the use of non-invasive procedures. With this trend is the expansion in the use of sophisticated […]
Focused Ultrasound: Alternative for Hysterectomies
For many women who are suffering from health conditions that require hysterectomies, the procedure may seem a little frightening. Fibroids, common tumors along the uterine wall, are typically benign and develop in 25 percent of women of childbearing age. Later in life, statistics show at least 40 percent of women develop these tumors. Hysterectomies Performed […]
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