Know Your Knobs
The entire ultrasound image looks darker than you want. Which control would you adjust to increase the overall brightness?
What is Overall Gain
Administrative law that establishes employee health and safety standards. This agency ensures licensure and practice regulations.
what is Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
A sonographer spends most of an examination leaning toward the patient instead of bringing the patient closer. Which ergonomic principle is being violated?
What is maintaining correct posture
What is a major way to annoy clinical sonographers?
What is Complaining, being overconfident, or constantly being on your phone.
You are scanning a structure, but there is too much unnecessary anatomy displayed below it. Which control could you adjust to remove some of that extra area?
Improperly labeling images, not completing all required protocols images for an exam resulting in missed pathology, preforming the wrong exam on a patient are examples of what.
what is unintentional tort
Cubital tunnel syndrome can be diagnosed by tapping over the cubital tunnel creating a tingling sensation down the ulnar nerve and into the hand.
What is Tinel sign
What’s the oldest imaging modality utilizing ionizing radiation?
What is Radiography
What does M mode stand for?
A sonographer takes a picture of an ultrasound screen showing a patient’s name and date of birth and posts it on social media. No diagnosis is mentioned. What violation has occurred
What is HIPAA violation
Switching back and forth between both your left and right hands while scanning will help prevent repetitive injuries.
what is ambidextrous scanning
What is the gold standard for bone/lung imaging?
What is CT, MRI and catheterization
The upper part of the image is appropriately bright, while the lower part is excessively dark. Which control would let you just make the deeper area brighter?
What is TGC
Preventing medical malpractice relates to patient exposure to medical ultrasound. The acronym for this is?
what is ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable)
Inflammation of the periosteum around insertion of the biceps tendon on the distal humerus.
epicondylitis/ tennis elbow
How many CME credits does the ARRT require every 2 years?
What is 24 credits