Question | Answer |
WHY DO WE IMAGE THE BREAST? | LOOK FOR MASSES, GUIDE BIOPSY, FOLLOW MAMMO, LUMPS |
POSITION WHEN SCANNING THE BREAST | SUPINE W.ARM OVER HEAD, ROLL UP ON SIDE PUT PILLOW UNDER SHOULDER TO ALIGN THE BREAST |
WHY IS IMPORTANT TO LOOK @ IMAGES OF THE BREAST? | (blank) |
WHY KIND OF PRESSURE? | COMPRESSION IS SOFT THEN GRADUALLY INCREASE PRESSURE |
TRANSDUCER? | HIGHEST LINEAR ARRAY AVAILABLE |
SUPERFICIAL (VIEW) | STAND OFF PAD OR GEL |
GYNOCOMASTIA | MALE BREAST ENLARGEMENT |
LABELING OF THE BREAST | ABC, 123, WHICH BREAST, UPPER/LOWER QUAD, CLOCK POSITION |
IF YOU SEE A MASS WHAT WILL YOU RELL THE RADIOLOGIST? | LOCATION, SIZE, BRODERS, ECHOGENICITY |
WHY DO WE USE US ON THYROID? | SIZE, SHAPE, MASSES |
HOW IS THE PATIENT POSITIONED FOR THYROID EXAM? | PILLOW UNDER SHOULDERS WITH NECK HYPEREXTENDED |
US FINDINGS LOOK LIKE | HOMOGENOUS TEXTURE, COMMON IN LAB VALUES & STILL SEE STUFF IN THYROID |
MEASUREMENTS | SAG-LENGTH & AP (MID) TRANS-WIDTH (MID) |
LANDMARKS OF THYROID | CC-LATERAL SIDE TRACHEA-MEDIAL-POSTERIOR TO ISTHMUS ESPH-MEDIAL-POSTERIORLATERAL LEFT OF TRAN IF NOT SURE IF ESPH HAVE THEM SWALLOW GAS WILL SHOOT UP |
EXAM ON TESTICLES IS DONE FOR WHAT REASON | IF EXPERIENCING PAIN, SWELLING, TRAMA, TENDERNESS |
POSITION FOR TESTICLE EXAM | SUPINE, TOWEL UNDERNEATH SCROTUM, TOWEL OVER PENIS TO PRESS AGAINST STOMACH |
MAKE SURE YOU USE WARM GEL! | IF NOT COULD CAUSE THE SKIN TO THICKEN AND TESTES TO RETRACT |
TRANSDUCER (TESTICLE) | HIGHEST FREQ, LINEAR |
EPIPDYMIS LOCATED WHERE? | SUPERIOR LATERAL |
IS A SMALL AMOUNT OF FLUID NORMAL? | YES |
WHAT ALL NEEDS TO BE SCANNED IN A TESTICLE EXAM | TESTIES, EPID, COLOR FLOW, DOPPLER |
WHAT QUESTION WOULD YOU ASK THE PATIENT PRIOR TO EXAM? (TEST) | HAVE YOU HAD A VASTOMY, INFECTIONS, TESTICULAR CANCER, TRAMA, DISCHARGE, PALPABLE LUMP, PAIN |
MOST SOLID MASSES IN TESTICLES ARE? | MAGALIENT |
MOST COMMON REASON TO CK THE PROSTATE? | PSA-ARISE OR EVALUATED |
YOUR RISK AS YOU GET OLDER? | INCREASES |
PROSTATE CANCER LOOKS LIKE ON US | HYPOECHOIC |
PATIENT PREP FOR PROSTATE EXAM | TAP WATER ENEMA/FLEET ENEMA, LAXATIVE NIGHT BEFORE EXAM, (EXAM) CLEAR LIQUIDS AFTER MIDNIGHT, (BIOPSY) NPO AFTER MIDNIGHT |
POSITION FOR PROSTATE EXAM | SIDE (LLD) |
WHAT WILL YOU HAVE PATIENT DO? | RELAX, SLOW DEEP BREATHE UNTIL ITS PAST THE ANAL SPHINCTER |
PROBE | ENDORECTAL, ENDOCAVITY |
BIOPSY | A BIOPSY GUIDE THAT YOUR NEEDLE IS INSERTED THROUGH |
SPECIMEN | LABELED BY LOCATION SO YOU KNOW WHERE THE CANCER IS |
WHICH FONTAL IS THE MOST COMMONLY USED IN PED HEADS? | ANTERIOR |
WHY WOULD YOU DO A US ON A PED HEAD? | FOLLOW UP ON OB EXAM |
MOST COMMON REASON FOR A US ON PED HEAD? | INTRACRANIAL HEMORRAGE |
POSITION FOR ROTATOR CUFF EXAM | ON A STOOL THAT MOVES AND SITS LOWER THEN TECH |
ROTATOR CUFF EXAM | PUT GENTLE PRESSURE ON DISTAL END OF TRANSDUCER TO KEEP PARALLEL TO TENDON |
POSITION FOR PED HIP | SUPINE, FEET FACING SONOGRAPHER, LT-LEG LT HAND SCAN WITH RT HAND AND VICE VERSA |
PRIMARY REASON | CONGENTIAL DISPLAYSIA, DEVELOPMENTAL, DISPLAYSIA OF HIP |
POSITION FOR PED SPINE | PRONE, ON ROLLED BLANKET/PILLOW |
YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL OF THEIR BREATHING | (blank) |