Today was quite interesting for a Monday, I learned two new words in Hindi. "Guru" means one who has great knowledge and "Nath" means head of the family or the "best" of the best. It is ultimately rewarding being in the field of medicine, not only do you diagnose numerous conditions and help doctors to determine a treatment for the patient, providing one-on-one care, but you can also learn about new cultures and languages. Along with the typical rush and constantly seeing patients I did perform my first carotid study, well only the right side, which took me only 10 minutes. Of course I had some help because I am not too familiar with the machine yet, and my mentor did the left side. One day I will be faster than him if only....
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   So I have been in my clinical site for a week now! This is my third day and already I have had many experiences. My first week has been hectic and I've seen a lot of patients. The environment is clean and pleasant so far and the work is satisfying. 
   In this profession you will come across some bad odors, however, the images you see are intriguing and pretty much gets the majority of your attention. My mentor is awesome and we have a pretty good relationship (only 3 days in) we will see how I feel about him later on during the year. A few things that I learned were: Be prepared to smell just about anything, typically in most cases the left vertebral artery is dominant over the right when doing a carotid study, if an AAA  (Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm) is measured 5 cm or greater than its surgery time! Anything less than 5 cm and greater than 4.0 cm it is monitored every 6 months. If it is between 3.0 to 4.0 cm then it is monitored every year. The aorta should measure less than 3.0 cm.  Hope this was useful! Back to more studies at the vascular lab. 

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    I want to reach out to all students and any individual who is interested in the vascular ultrasound field.  Contributing my opinion and experience as a student I can bring awareness so existing or perspective students can benefit from what I have learned. Having the opportunity to voice my experience as a student may help improve challenges that many students go through while becoming a vascular sonographer. Becoming an expert in my field is my passion.


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