Ultrasound 1

Question 1

What is ergonomics

Answer 1

Making your work space work around you to decrease injuries
(Designing equipment to increase productivity and decrease injuries)

Question 2

Most common WRMD in sonongraphy

Answer 2

Neck, shoulders, upper/lower back

Arm, wrist and hand and eye strain

Question 3

What does OSHA stand for

Answer 3

Occupational safety and health administration

Question 4

What is OSHA responsible for

Answer 4

Saftey of employees in the work place

Question 5

More than ___ % of sonographers have some kind of WRMD

Answer 5

80%

Question 6

How to avoid WRMD as a sonographer (6 things)

Answer 6

1. Avoid awkward postures
2. Alternate sitting and standing
   3.adjust table and equipment to your size
   4.reduce arm abduction (less than 30 degrees
   5.avoid reaching:move patient toward you
   6.use support for arm,back, and wrist.

Question 7

Two types of different infections

Answer 7

Viral
Bacterial

Question 8

Things that lower the body’s ability to fight infection

Answer 8

Age
Nutritional status
STRESS
Medications
General health
Presence of another disease

Question 9

Infections that are confined to a specific part of the body is called______

Answer 9

Localized infection

Question 10

Infections that have spread throughout the entire body is called a _______

Answer 10

Systemic infection

Question 11

How can you break a chain of infections

Answer 11

Handwashing

Question 12

Standard precautions

Answer 12

Handwashing before and after gloves
Gloves
Clean equipment before and after use
Place contaminated linen and leak proof bags
Dispose of sharps in puncture resistant container UNCAPPED if capper is not available

Question 13

PPE

Answer 13

Remove jewelry
Wash hands
Gown
Mask
Gloves

Question 14

Types of infections

Answer 14

C diff (bacterial usually casued by antibiotic)
MRSA (Methicillin resistant staph infection)
VRE(Vancomycin resistant enterococci)
TB
HPV

Question 15

How to disinfect transvaginal transducers
(These can contribute to HPV)

Answer 15

Trophon-uses 35% hydrogen peroxide and takes about 7 minutes to complete the process.

Question 16

While communicating with a patient what do you need to identify

Answer 16

Yourself, and the patients name and DOB
It’s good to take proper medical history and very important to explain procedure to patient.

Question 17

Communication barriers

Answer 17

Language barrier
Possible patient on ventilator

Question 18

Age related communications in the geriatric community

Answer 18

Don’t push of hurry these patients
May need to speak louder and slower
Good lighting and allow them to wear hearing aids and glasses if needed

Question 19

Normal pulse in adults

Answer 19

60-80 BPM

Question 20

Rapid pulse

Answer 20

Tachycardia
Over 100BPM

Question 21

Slow pulse

Answer 21

Bradycardia
Under 60 BPM

Question 22

Normal respiration

Answer 22

12-20 breaths per minute

Question 23

Normal BP

Answer 23

120/80
But as you get older it can increase and it may be 140/90

Question 24

Pulse ox normal range

Answer 24

95-100%

Question 25

Moving patients with tubing

Answer 25

Move tubing or anything connected to patient before moving patient

Question 26

While filling a patients bladder

Answer 26

Make sure it is the proper port
Sterile water
Proper volume amount

Question 27

Roles of a sonographer

Answer 27

1.) reviews and confirms all info pertinent to the exam
2.) takes best medical history as possible
3.) explains procedure to the patient
4.) records and accurately reports procedure findings
5.) preforms basic machine care and maintance
6.)to continuously remain educated on advances in medical imagine

Question 28

Important quality of a sonographer

Answer 28

Clear communication (observe body language)

Question 29

Conflict resolution

Answer 29

1.communicate
2.actively listen (let them feel heard)
3.review options
4.end with a win-won solution (ALWAYS)

Question 30

Critical thinking

Answer 30

Be a problem solver
Know when to take images an when not too

Question 31

Decision making

Answer 31

Logic not emotion

Question 32

Legal aspects of a sonographer

Answer 32

Accountability and liability

Question 33

Considerations

Answer 33

Clarity (clear requests from drs, when in doubt point it out)
Commitment
Consequences
Privacy

Question 34

Privacy

Answer 34

Be aware of other cultures who may not be allowed to expose or have skin contact with a person of the opposite sex
Introduce anyone that you may have in the room. If performing and intimate exam you should have a chaperone of the opposite sex in the room always.

Question 35

Informed consent

Answer 35

Risks and benefits must be explained to the patient. They may request a list of alternatives.

Question 36

Ethics

Answer 36

Ethics
Values
Morals

Question 37

Getting registered

Answer 37

Pass SPI physics exam and a corresponding specialty exam