DMSO 2020 Specialized Sonographic Procedures

This course provides students with three independent areas of concentration. They are High Resolution Sonography, Interventional Sonography and Pediatric Sonography. I. High Resolution Sonography introduces superficial structure anatomy, pathology and procedures for diagnostic medical sonography. II. Interventional Sonography this course provides instruction in sonographic procedures which are considered invasive and/or require sterile procedures. III. Pediatric Sonography provides the sonography student with specialized imaging procedures for the pediatric patient. Topics include: Intervention Sonographyuse of sonography in interventional procedures, transducer care, infection control, response to medical emergencies, contrast media, and organ transplant; High Resolution Sonographycontrast media, and organ transplant; High Resolution Imaginganatomy and normal variants, function and physiology, indications for examination, sonographic imaging, pathology and pathophysiology, correlative and prior imaging, pertinent lab values; Pediatric Sonographyembryology, anatomy and normal variants, function and physiology, indications for examination, sonographic imaging, and pathology and pathophysiology.

Credits

2

Prerequisite

DMSO 1010; DMSO 1020; DMSO 1040