PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - How much do you pay for your medical?
View Single Post
Old 15th Sep 2004, 16:18
  #12 (permalink)  
Northern Chique

PPRuNe's Paramedic
 
Join Date: May 2001
Location: tropical north
Posts: 322
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Ah I wondered where you were going with the ultrasound thing... and you're correct in one use, but many surgerys do have ultrasound equipment. The Ultrasonographer interprets the ultrasound recording (something like a video) and sends their report to the requesting physician.

cardiology, electrocardiograph interpretation (is an ECG), cardiac ultrasonography (echocardiography) are all very different sciences... Ive seen a few printouts of ECG's that will have 10 different interpretations after being assessed by 10 different practioners. Thats the beauty of diagnostic programming. There are a few key giveaways that make gross diagnosis very easy though.

I will cut this entry short before I become pedantic with the terminology and the spelling....
Northern Chique is offline