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In responseFrom: Frank Thibault (fthibaul@alumni.uark.edu)Tue Dec 23 00:28:45 1997
Diana, you are right I love scanning. Not quite as much fun as delivering babies, but close (I am an obstetrician). My hospital has people on call but it is an RT and not a sonographer. They will call in the radiologist and he will call the tech that does sonograms but believe me, they would both tell you that I have more experience than they. Dave, I'm no expert. You are right, I'm not perfect in scans or physical exams. My equipment is old and I don't have color (except my red nose, white beard, and red & white stocking cap. Merry Christmas!). To me, my scans add a huge amount of accuracy and quickness to my practice. Ideally I'd like an ultrasound in each of my exam rooms and scan with almost every exam. I especially think every new ob, every post menopausal patient, and every obese patient should be scanned as part of their routine exam. I know insurance isn't going to pay for it. But I will be taking better care of my patients. The question of whose turf the ultrasound machine should be depends on the time, location, and circumstance. I have a partner who does not do ultrasounds. His night on call it is someone else turf. When I originally started doing ultrasounds the available techs and radiologist had no experience at all with them. They thought us was only for ob and the pelvis and wanted me to do them. My static scanner is a Picker and needs a crt to be in working order. Too many posts to reply individually. Please feel free to email me instead of using the list unless the topic is something all will be interested in. (To email copy this address (frank.thibault@obgyn.net) to the "To: " area, "Reply" goes to all members of the list). TIA, Frank Obgyn in downtown Benton & Bryant, ARkansas
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