DMS General Procedures 3

Catalog description

This course prepares Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Vascular Technology students to continue learning obstetrics by expanding into abnormal pregnancies. The obstetrical portion will cover fetal anomalies as visualized on ultrasound during the first, second, and third trimesters. This course will cover abnormal fetal development, including discussions of pathology, pathophysiology, measurements, sonographic appearances and techniques, Doppler patterns in disease processes, and teratogens. The laboratory portion of this course allows students to simulate ultrasound examinations of anatomical structures for the purpose of identifying structures and pathology, and to reinforce scanning techniques in preparation for performing these examinations in the clinical setting.