Things have been pickin up on externship. Finally getting some scanning time in after mastering their worksheet they turn in to cardiologists. It's a lot of fun to scan pathology. It's sad for the patient, but it really makes me interested. I still enter everything into the computer and take numbers, but they send me ahead to start a lot of inpatient exams, and if it's really busy i'll be sent down to the department to start on outpatients while the other techs finish other exams. I've seen everything from TEE, to stress testing, to surgery, to MRSA patients. I even had to hold an AMS MRSA patient's hand. I took a shower after that one. This week i even get to go see a robotic surgery and we're trying out a bicycle stress echo with contrast injected through the foot. Should be pretty interesting to see how we're going to actually complete that exam (seeing as how the foot is strapped down and completly covered). If anyone's actually reading these how much 3D echo do you use? My CI is working a full volume quantification into the regular protocol after he went to a conference. It's really interesting. :) Anyways, I love extern a lot and am a lot more focused than i could ever be in a classroom environment. Hope everyone's doing well and having a lot of fun!
Kyle
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Yea! I am so happy to hear that you are focused and enjoying extern!!!! It sounds like you get to be involved in a lot of cool things. Extern is going well for me; I had a dextrocardia patient yesterday! Very cool to see; and now I have a case study :)
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