This is a huge problem that needs to be addressed and worked on. Too many employers think they can just work a Sonographer until they are permanently injured and then hire someone new.
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Shanon
8 years ago
Herniated C3to7 disks . Chronic shoulder and lower back pain. I wish I would have been more conscious/ educated of scanning ergonomics
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Suzanne Dwyer
8 years ago
8 to 10 exams per shift is my recommendation.
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Kristin sawyer
8 years ago
RDCS-portables kill my shoulder and back from the crazy positions we have to scan in.
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Olga B Melton
8 years ago
Yes, i'm about to leave ultrasound field as my back becomes worse and worse. I'm 54 and work as sonographer 14 years. bu I'm seeing young sonographers suffer already after 3-5 years of working. Something needs to be done.
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Frances Williams
8 years ago
Portables should ONLY be for ICU patients, and unstable patients who it is not safe to transport. Portables are physically abusive.
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Adeela
8 years ago
Yes
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Tina Smith
8 years ago
Increase volume increases injury and sometimes effects patient care
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Roberta L Todd
8 years ago
It is ridiculous that we pay all this money to ARDMS and they don't fight for us as sonographers.
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Kristyn Sees
8 years ago
It's time to make a stand!
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Ashli Maldonado
8 years ago
Sonographers need control or atleast some input
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Charity Garrett
8 years ago
RDCS
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Tracey Gardon
8 years ago
Stop abusing sonographers!
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Kelsey Olejnik
8 years ago
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As someone who worked for an employer that seriously abused its sonographers, I can say with certainty it is far past due for ARDMS to release a standard which lays out how many exams are acceptable and safe for a technologist to do in a single work day.
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Pamela Sanders
8 years ago
I have issues and going back to school.
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Anonymous
8 years ago
I've only been doing this a year and am often doing more than 15 portable vascular exams a day. I'm exhausted and my shoulder hurts all of my portable days.
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Katelin
8 years ago
let's not forget the demand of portables and the strain that includes as well. RDCS here
I am one whom this has affected
Please help us Make our work place safe again!
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This is a huge problem that needs to be addressed and worked on. Too many employers think they can just work a Sonographer until they are permanently injured and then hire someone new.
Herniated C3to7 disks . Chronic shoulder and lower back pain. I wish I would have been more conscious/ educated of scanning ergonomics
8 to 10 exams per shift is my recommendation.
RDCS-portables kill my shoulder and back from the crazy positions we have to scan in.
Yes, i'm about to leave ultrasound field as my back becomes worse and worse. I'm 54 and work as sonographer 14 years. bu I'm seeing young sonographers suffer already after 3-5 years of working. Something needs to be done.
Portables should ONLY be for ICU patients, and unstable patients who it is not safe to transport. Portables are physically abusive.
Yes
Increase volume increases injury and sometimes effects patient care
It is ridiculous that we pay all this money to ARDMS and they don't fight for us as sonographers.
It's time to make a stand!
Sonographers need control or atleast some input
RDCS
Stop abusing sonographers!
As someone who worked for an employer that seriously abused its sonographers, I can say with certainty it is far past due for ARDMS to release a standard which lays out how many exams are acceptable and safe for a technologist to do in a single work day.
I have issues and going back to school.
I've only been doing this a year and am often doing more than 15 portable vascular exams a day. I'm exhausted and my shoulder hurts all of my portable days.
let's not forget the demand of portables and the strain that includes as well. RDCS here