Position Paper My first experience with physical therapy occurred in my small hometown of northern Michigan. The clinic was a local private practice which had been around for years. Looking back, some of the techniques used in this location did not seem to be exclusively evidenced-based. One specific instance I recall is how my physical therapist used ultrasound on my knee after I tore my ACL. This treatment technique in the physical therapy setting is what I would like to focus this paper on. Never being employed as a physical therapy aide or even in the healthcare setting my experience and knowledge on the subject was minimal. The physical therapist had my full trust and any technique he performed went on without question. One could assume …show more content…
Therefore, if you do or do not decide to use ultrasound in your practice, there should also be exercise and movement based treatments in the plan. Through researching this topic, I have made some great conclusions. I believe it is paramount that additional research is conducted regarding the effectiveness of ultrasound as treatment. If I had to choose between using or not using ultrasound in my practice, I would not use it. I believe our profession is capable of problem-solving and developing new techniques that will be even more effective and most importantly, evidenced-based. I want to be known for my integrity and trustworthiness with my patients. I feel as though the 5-10 minutes it takes to treat with ultrasound could be used in a more effective way. Now, if a patient were to specifically ask for ultrasound as a treatment, I would explain what the research states. If they still wanted to, maybe because of previous experience, I would continue with the ultrasound treatment. In the vast majority of cases, ultrasound is completely safe. If the patient shows improvement from ultrasound, placebo or not, it benefits the patient. The patient is the most important aspect of this argument, we cannot forget
Two-year associate degree is commonly accepted. After two years of educational expenses, sonographers graduate to find that their services are in demand and that starting salaries are generous enough to justify the investment in a college education. Since sonography is in high demand you have job security, good benefits packages, and the opportunity for ultrasound career development and the satisfaction for helping patients as part of a dedicated team of health care professionals. Not only do ultrasound technicians receive good health benefits, but they also extend down to their family as well. This job helps to diagnose people who may be experiencing a disease or an illness. Its real time capabilities allow it to be used for guiding biopsies and other procedures and can ensure that the best images are gathered during diagnostic scans. The procedures are safe, painless, and non-invasive. The ultrasound machine is also portable. It can help diagnose a range of conditions in different parts of the body, such as the abdomen, pelvis, blood vessels, breast, kidneys, muscles, bone and joints. Ultrasounds are used to check the health of a baby during pregnancy. Because sonographers are part of a patient-facing service, they have the chance to provide a personal touch to patient care. Many ultrasound technicians find this is an intensely rewarding experience. There
The description of a medical Sonographer given by a woman named Eileen Mathers, a vascular specialist. Provides information of how a diagnostic ultrasound can be used to detect different aliments that evolves around the human organs, veins and arteries. The job of an Sonographer can examine the patient’s body so that the doctor knows what to do based off the personnel’s finding. For example an ultrasound can detect a blood clot in a person’s leg.
Being able to identify lumps, swelling, tissue damage, cysts, and the overwhelming news of the sex of a baby all have something in common, an ultrasound. Swelling of the spleen, kidney stones, blood clots, aneurysms, cancer and so much more can be identified through the works of an ultrasound’s imaging technique. Ultrasound involves many concepts, procedures, and careers. The amount of medical possibilities involved with ultrasounds is useful in major medical diagnostics. The field of ultrasounds and career opportunities are widely growing. As medical careers flourish, needs for technicians in many fields of medicine are increasing. Instead of a doctor choosing complex and risky surgery to find out problems within the body, they can now
I want to be part of the Ultrasound program because I realized that where I’m from people don’t consider going into a major like this. I was raised to become a doctor or a nurse it was either of those or your family will be disappointed. I looked at how many doctors and nurses my community has but rarely any ultrasound technicians. I also like to travel to different parts of the world and I would love to have those skills as a ultrasound technician to help those women who are unable to afford to go to a clinic to see if their baby is in good condition. A woman should never have to choose between making a decision about losing her kid, I want to be able to help those women that are struggling daily whether their baby has a health condition or even letting the parents know their baby gender.
The Life of an Ultrasound Tech Ultrasound technicians, also known as sonographers, play a very important role in the medical field. One must be skillfully trained and strong-willed to pursue such a career. This career can either be extremely rewarding or stressful and troubling, depending upon the workplace you choose to perform in. There are many ups and downs to the job that should be considered before diving into the world of sonography. Before actually becoming a diagnostic medical sonographer, some education and training is required.
Often times we may ignore the signs our body is trying to tell us. Mainly due to fear of the unknown. Our kidneys play an important role in our body. They are used to filter out waste through urination. There are many exams that physicians use to help diagnose renal failure and there are some less commonly used because they have no effect of diagnosis of renal failure. Ultra- sounds are the number one imaging modality to help in diagnosing renal failure and angiography of the kidney is the least used imaging modality. In order to prevent our body from shutting down it is imperative we pay attention to the signs of what our body is trying to tell us.
Sonography is a non-invasive medical procedure that uses the echoes of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of internal organs or body structures. The employment rate is is expected to grow 26 percent from 2014 to 2024. Since ultrasound is non-invasive, it is more encouraged than other methods so the career is always in demand. Diagnostic medical sonographers duties are to prepare and maintain diagnostic imaging equipment, taking a patients medical history, answering questions about the procedure, operating the equipment, review images and test results, know the difference between normal and abnormal images, analyze diagnostic information, record findings, and keep track of patient records. Hospitals, offices of physicians, medical
To provide a patient with good quality healthcare and follow the requirements, the technician must keep a constant emotion no matter what the diagnosis of the ultrasound(Marcum 505). Marcum is saying that in order to give your patient good quality healthcare you have stick with your requirements given for your job. It’s very important to not tell a patient wrong information. If you do tell a patient wrong information then you get in trouble for it because you didn’t follow the company's protocol. According to the British Medical Ultrasound Society, the Clinical protocols in general are cleaning and disinfecting tools, clinical governance in ultrasound, pause and check information, then go on with the examination and to make sure emotions are in check. It is important to make sure that the patient is comfortable and is calm. You also need to make sure that all patient information is correct that is crucial when performing an ultrasound(“Clinical Protocols”1). The British Medical Ultrasound Society is stating all the requirements that must go on before and during the examination. If a technician doesn’t follow these protocols that are generally important and very specific then they could possibly get fired. It’s very important that the patient doesn’t get upset because of they way you looked at a sonogram and gave away that it was bad or good.
Ever since I had been a little girl, I have had a love for people and caring for them. I like to study them to figure out how and what they are feeling. If something is wrong, I enjoy problem solving to find ways to fix the situation or at least make the person feel better. I am also fond of watching people develop and grow, which is why when I bumped into ultrasound sonography, I fell in love.
Of course many medical uses are fetal examinations and detection of tumors or growths. Ultrasound was also used a lot for physical therapy by heating the injured area and creating an increased blood flow so that the injured area could heal faster. Medical uses are important and well known there are many non-medical uses that really make you think and might not believe. In the late 1950’s ultrasound was used for remote controls for television. The hand held box had a resonator rod on it that little hammer hit with a microphone on the television set. These worked very well and did not need any battery power source. Another benefit to these was that the ultrasonic waves were not likely to affect any other surrounding electronics unlike radio waves can. These stopped being popular when inferred systems started being used in the late
Ultrasound imaging has many uses in medicine, from confirming and dating a pregnancy to diagnosing certain conditions and guiding doctors through precise medical procedures
Ultrasound or ultrasonography is a medical imaging technique that uses high frequency sound waves. It is a high pitch frequency that cannot be heard by the human ear. In ultra sound the following happens: High frequency sound pulses (1-5megahertz) are transmitted from the ultrasound machine into your body using a probe. The sound wave will travel into your body until it hits an object such as soft tissue and bone. When the sound wave hits these objects some of the wave will be reflected back to the probe. While some waves may carry on further till they hit another object and then reflected back. The probe picks up these reflected sound waves and relays them to the machine. The distance and time from the probe,
Financial status, geographic location, insurance acceptance are all major contributors to seeing if a patient is eligible for physical therapy. All of this information has importance in this progress just as much as the actually therapy itself. Therapy is intended to help individuals with the treatment of chronic disease, pain or pain management. Of course without payment or insurance acceptance this can’t be achieved. When applying this to the field I want to study the article lays all details out and shows just what a patient is going to experience in his/her physical therapy program. Mainly with the older population this is a problem or occurrence I would see on a daily basis as I would try to provide health care to the
Focused ultrasound (FUS) is a platform technology based on sound waves above the range of human detection that enables noninvasive treatment of numerous clinical conditions via the variety of biological effects (bioeffects) it can produce in tissue. Though sound can be defined as waves of compression and rarefaction propagated through an elastic medium, FUS is analogous to light passing through a magnifying glass, in that multiple intersecting beams of sound can be concentrated on a target within tissue with high precision and accuracy using an acoustic lens. The diameter of the targeted focal point can be large or small and depends on the design of the lens and the acoustic parameters. There is no bioeffect in the areas where each of the individual beams passes through the tissue. However, the convergence of the multiple beams of focused ultrasound energy at the focal point results in significant bioeffects. Because ultrasound can be transmitted through the skin and skull noninvasively to targeted deep brain regions, it may offer alternative approaches to existing methods of neuromodulation. While the exact mechanisms of neuromodulation via FUS are not fully understood, a general overview of potential mechanisms underlying the actions of ultrasound on neuronal excitability can be provided.
Direct access has been extensively promoted in the recent years including the “concept of using research evidence” (McGlynn & Cott, 2007, p. 242) in physical therapy. However, this is easier said than done. Factors including “time constraints” (McGlynn & Scott, 2007, p. 242) is one barrier that physical therapists encounter in their daily practice. Instead of basing decisions on research evidence, it has been noted in the article by McGlynn & Scott (2007) that “clinicians are basing their decisions on information sources other than those advocated for EBP” (p. 242) Physical therapists depend on their “peers, clinical experience, initial training, and continuing education” (McGlynn & Scott, 2007, p. 243) in their daily practice. Now,