Ultrasound Basics

Getting Credit Probe Choice: Basic mechanics
  •  Patient's MR# in ID
  • Your last name in Last Name section
  • Save all required images and clips
  • Interpret your images either during the study or at the end.
SUNY Sono Resources:
Detailed requirements for credit
Intern Orientation to Emergency Ultrasound
GYN Rotation
Senior Rotation
 Curved array:
Low frequency → deeper structures
Large curved probe:
FAST, Aorta, Transabd uterine, Lung,   RUQ, IVC
Small cardiac probe:
Above and echo
Linear:
High frequency → shallow structures
Nerve, Vessel, Eye, Procedure (paracentesis, thoracentesis, CVP)
Endocavitary
Transvaginal, PTA, peri-rectal abscess
 Probe orientation:
indicator to the patient’s right or head
Knobology:
Gain changes the “brightness”
Depth depth of image
Freeze pauses image
Save saves image
Clip will take 3-6sec clip
2D return to home screen
M-mode graphs movement within the image. FHR, lung sliding, EPSS
Doppler Vessel flow, valvular flow