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Re: Basic/Advance OB ultrasound reportFrom: Terry J DuBose (tjdubose@juno.com)Mon Aug 13 05:06:00 2001
The lecture which Dr. Jeanty gave at the ISUOG in Buenos Aries on this subject in which he stated that in his office the exams were done approximately 4 per hour was very miss leading. At the end of his lecture I ask him specifically about this issue of time for the exam, and as it turns out, he has 4 very skilled and experienced sonographers (ARDMS certified) who actually do the exams, and he does write 4 reports per hour. But the individuals who actually do the exams take much longer than 15 minutes to do a complete sonographic examination. This kind of misleading and incomplete information is dangerous to our profession, and leads to RADIUS quality examinations. While the actual time from the first image to the very last image may be done in 15-30 minutes for a NORMAL pregnancy, depending upon the skill and knowledge of the operator, this does not include the time necessary to take an adequate history, interact with the human patient, and deal with "turning the room around" for the next patient. It also does not account for the time necessary to adequately evaluate if abnormalities are found. We are dealing with humans and a very important event in their lives... we should not treat them like cattle in the slaughter house. I hope Dr. Jeanty will address this here... and be very clear about who is doing the exams in what time frame. In addition, if sonographers are expected to work at a pace that allows for 15 minute exams, all day long, you will quickly burnout and injure the best and very skilled staff. For information about Repeated Stress Injuries in sonographers, see http://www.SDMS.org, click on "WorkZone". Peace, Terry J DuBose, M.S., RDMS, APS Little Rock, Arkansas USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Wed, 8 Aug 2001 23:22:52 -0500 "Cecilia L. Bacigalupo" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- <bacigalupo@way.com.ar> writes: -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > According to Phillippe Jeanty, it should take 10-15 minutes... > Theres a nice lecture on 2nd trimester normal exam you can download > (free) at http://www.thefetus.net/main.html ,(great site, take a > look!) > Best regards. > > Cecilia Bacigalupo,MD. > 51 Nš 315 > (1900)La Plata, > Argentina. > 54-221-4258390/94 > Fax 54-221-4257881 > bacigalupo@way.com.ar >
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