Emirates ultrasound ?

[Miss Aviator]

Hello all,

I hope this is the right section to post but if not I will try again elsewhere :) Also, I've tried searching the archives, no luck there.

Does anyone have a friend that went through the medical screening process at Emirates because even though I have TWO they both cannot remember if they had to undergo an ultrasound !!

How can one not remember having a cold gel smeared onto them and an examiner probing their abdomen and kidneys till they hurt ?

Please advise if Emirates does an ultrasound during medical screening and/or yearly medicals ?

Thank you kindly. Much appreciated.

Miss A.

[archer_737]

The medical check I attended for the pilot selection was:

Outside the Emirates clinic:
-Eyes exam (about 6 or 7 different checks)
-Chest x-ray

Emirates clinic:
-Medical check including weight, height, basic eyes exam, audiometry, electrocardiogram, urine test, blood test and a face to face with the nurse and then the doctor.

I think I'm not forgetting anything but definitely no "ultrasound" there.

[BigGeordie]

There is no ultrasound during the annual renewals- unless the doctor thinks you need one!

[Miss Aviator]

Thank you for taking the time to detail the medical process.

Muchas gracias senor !

Miss A.

[archer_737]

de nada! :ok:

[gingernut]

Ultrasound iS A DIagnostic tool not A DIag





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[gingernut]

Ultrasound iSgeneral used cor diAgnostic tool notfor screeni.g

[EV97 fan]

A few extra units consumed in Mobberley last night by the sound of it !

I'm wondering what's underlying the original question here. Ultrasound is mostly used for diagnostic purposes (as referred to above), when there is known to be something to check or find. Would rarely be used "routinely".

I had annual heart ultrasound checks (echocardiograms) for many years once it was known I had a bicuspid aortic valve. The stenosed valve was replaced with a bovine tissue replacement two years ago, and one of the conditions of having my PPL class 2 medical back is that I continue having echocardiograms annually.

[gingernut]

A few extra units consumed in Mobberley last night by the sound of it !

'fraid not dear heart-trying to accecc pprune via Mrs G's fangled phone which isn't made for chunky digits.

What I was trying to say was-generally, ultrasounds are used as a diagnostic tool, not for screening.:)

[gingernut]

'spose you could say scanning pregnant ladies is technically screening.

[gingernut]

OOh-and I think they use ultrasound for aortic aneurysm screening... NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme Home Page (http://aaa.screening.nhs.uk/)

[I Claudius]

A late response I know, but just in case anyone else would like to know, that there is at least one, possibly two pilots returned to flying duties, after having found to have had an aortic aneurysm in the gulf region. I have had the ascending aorta replaced with Dacron tubing and the aortic valve replaced with a tissue valve, at the age then, of 50. I showed no symptoms and was otherwise very fit and healthy. It was 18 months later that I won back my my medical, through sheer persistence and determination.
The aneurysm was picked up through an ultrasound carried out seemingly at random by a specialist who was only to do a blood test.
I have no knowledge of ultrasounds being standard practise for an EK medical.

I hope this reply will be of help and perhaps give some hope to someone in similar circumstances.