Phillip Georguson Dr. Hutcheon English 1A 8 October 2014 An Ultrasound Decision “According to the U.S. Department of Labor‚ employment of diagnostic medical sonographers should grow faster than average for all occupations through 2016” (The Top 100: The Fastest-Growing Careers for the 21st Century 130). The field of ultrasound imaging is growing rapidly‚ and‚ consequently‚ the demand for certified professionals. My genuine pursuit of a career as an ultrasound technologist only began recently‚ which
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What’s an Ultrasound Technician you ask? Ultrasound technicians‚ also known as obstetric sonographers‚ use sonography to generate images of babies during pregnancy. While sonography is commonly associated with ultrasound imaging during pregnancy‚ this technology is also commonly used to diagnose diseases and check for injuries. Today‚ diagnostic sonography can be used to scan everything from the nervous systems to blood vessels‚ tumors and more. Due to the safety of this non-invasive technology
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Health insurance companies support the use of ultrasound rather than other procedures that involve radiation (Diagnostic). Diagnostic medical sonography is expected to “see significant growth over the coming years‚” according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (5). Employment is expected to rise 43.5 percent from 2012 to 2020 (Five). More growth in sonography is going to stem from the effects of the Affordable Care Act due to changes to healthcare requirements during pregnancy requiring a greater use
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Diagnostic Medical Sonographer‚ you need to have a high school diploma or equivalent‚ graduate from an accredited sonography program‚ have passed the ARDMS which is the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography. The Annual Salary is from $53‚300-63‚600 (p.76). Although this is my dream career it also has its disadvantages like for example not being able to get into the sonography program due to it being a limited access program. Medical Sonographers deal with lots of emotions‚ and I’m not
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rising each year. I love learning about the human body and the way it works this career path will give me the opportunity to go more in depth seeing it from a new dimension that not many individuals get to. I enjoy helping helping others and with sonography I will be able to do that‚ by taking the perfect ultrasounds that will help with diagnosis‚ so patients can receive the appropriate treatment that can save there lives. I will be receiving a feeling of fulfillment with what I do.
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before due to new technology and new innovative ways to assist patients. Because of these new advances‚ the cost of health-care also increased making it harder for patients to go to the doctor. There is a new treatment called Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma(FAST) that can cut cost on finding abdominal trauma just as proficient as the Computed Tomography(CT). Many healthcare providers think that they should keep the (CT) and not move on toward the (FAST)‚ but I think they should switch it
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Ever since I can remember I’ve wanted to grow up and be in the medical field‚ in high school I did a school research paper on what I wanted to be when I grew up. After weeks and weeks of research I finally found something that I found interesting‚ and worth doing for a living. My goal is to become an ultrasound technician. An ultrasound technician conducts sonograms to help physicians diagnose and screen medical conditions. Now‚ when most people say they want to be an ultrasound technician they automatically
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technological invention leads to change. But does it always lead to progress? Take for instance‚ the introduction of the ultrasound sonography. The idea in itself was path breaking‚ and this procedure was meant to assist doctors and to-be parents alike to take better care of the unborn. But in countries like India‚ it has been more of a regressive change‚ where the sonography is used to find the gender of the unborn resulting in higher rates of female foeticide. Organ transplanting – another major breakthrough
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and countless more to come in the near future‚ but one of today’s technological devices that are used nearly every day is Medical sonography (ultrasonography/ultrasound) an ultrasound-based diagnostic imaging technique used to visualize muscles and internal organs‚ their size‚ structures and possible pathologies or lesions. (TheFreeDictionary.com‚ n.d.) Medical sonography was first applies to the humans body for medical purposes by Dr. George Ludwing at the Naval Medical Research Institute‚ Bethesda
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List of the Professional Organizations American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) American Society of Radiologic Technologist (ASRT) Michigan Society of Radiologic Technologist (MSRT) American Association of Educators in Radiological Sciences (AERS) Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA) American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS) Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (SDMS) Operations: ARRT is
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