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DMS 282 - Vascular Ultrasound for Clinical Professionals


Credits: 4
4 Lecture Hours

Prerequisites: Participants must be a credentialed sonographer working at a Community College of Allegheny County Diagnostic Medical Sonography clinical affiliate.

 
Description
This course consists of learning normal anatomy, sonographic characteristics and the hemodynamic principles of the peripheral vascular system, the cerebral vascular system and the vessels of the abdomen. Instrumentation, scanning techniques, audible signals made by normal and abnormal blood flow and vascular pathology are presented in this course. This course requires a per credit health
career fee; check the tuition and fee schedule for the current rate.


Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will:

  1. Visualize the normal sonographic anatomy of the vascular system in the human body.
  2. Distinguish the abnormal sonographic characteristics of the vascular systems from normal vessels using 2-D scanning techniques. 
  3. Identify the abnormal hemodynamics of the human vascular system.
  4. Analyze the abnormal sonographic findings of the spectral Doppler waveform of the vascular system.
  5. Analyze the abnormal color spectral image of the vascular system.
Listed Topics
  1. Normal anatomy of the vascular system
  2. Scanning techniques of the various systems
  3. Spectral and color Doppler
  4. Pathology causing abnormal hemodynamics of blood flow through the vascular system
  5. Scanning techniques and sonographic characteristics of pathology of the various vascular systems
Reference Materials
Textbooks/materials as deemed appropriate by instructor
Students who successfully complete this course acquire general knowledge, skills and abilities that align with CCAC’s definition of an educated person. Specifically, this course fulfills these General Education Goals:
  • Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
  • Quantitative & Scientific Reasoning
Approved By: Dr. Quintin B. Bullock Date Approved: 11/19/2019
Last Reviewed: 11/19/2019


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