US - ON CALL GUIDE
"How-to" & Ultrasound protocols for:
US troubleshooting
Most common question: MRN/Accession not showing up on ultrasound "Query"?
Answer: The order is likely scheduled for the next day...Click HERE
How to send an exam to PACS?
Morningside
Worklist--> query--> click exam
Vasc probe= 9L
Button to right of circle is to click
P2 single shot
P4 cine
Images send automatically
West
Worklist--> query--> click exam
Vasc probe= 9L
Correct automated settings- scrotal is under small parts
Cine- freeze, unfreeze, scan, p1 to capture= last few seconds of images
Single image- freeze, p1
To send exam: click End exam--> permanent store-->end current patient
If it doesn’t work, press F4 on keyboard “bc it could be in the spooler” (box comes up)...Click Resend
Beth Israel
24 h US techs... BUT if there's no tech, then:
Check in with US techs at beginning of shift, make sure they leave the US probes with you, if there will be no tech that day
For troubleshooting - same machines as Morningside/West, so refer to the other columns.
How to "Complete" an exam in IDX (and thus Dictate your report)?
How to correctly place a used pelvic Ultrasound probe?
Make sure to:
Wipe the probe to remove gel residues
Write on a piece of paper labelled with the MRN so the techs can register the correct information in the trophon log book while disinfecting the dirty probes the next morning
Place the probe and the paper inside a clear plastic bag