Emirates ultrasound ?
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Emirates ultrasound ?
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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ultrasound - why ?
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.
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.
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A few extra units consumed in Mobberley last night by the sound of it !
What I was trying to say was-generally, ultrasounds are used as a diagnostic tool, not for screening.
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OOh-and I think they use ultrasound for aortic aneurysm screening... NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme Home Page
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Aortic aneurysms
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.
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.
