http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/feed/? Latest topics Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:59:13 GMT 10 http://i68.servimg.com/u/f68/11/98/68/17/svt_lo10.jpg http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/feed/? http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/education-training-f2/training-in-carotid-duplex-scanning-t31.htm KAREN EDWARDS Hi Everyone My name is Karen and yes I like a drink or two hic! I run the vascular lab in Morriston Hospital, Swansea and I have a little problem that I would like some feedback / comment on from the membership. Nearly all the local district hospitals within the South and West Wales have contacted me recently asking for help with regard to carotid duplex scanning. Management have told unsuspecting ultrasonographers locally that because of the new national stroke guidelines etc that ... Education & Training Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:41:54 GMT http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/education-training-f2/training-in-carotid-duplex-scanning-t31.htm#49 http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/education-training-f2/training-in-carotid-duplex-scanning-t31.htm http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/education-training-f2/training-in-carotid-duplex-scanning-mailshot-sent-22-09-09-t54.htm HaynsSar Dear SVT Member The Department of Health National Stroke Strategy is aiming to revolutionise stroke care through raising public awareness of the condition and improving the assessment, management and treatment of TIA / stroke patients. The strategy has led to an inevitable increase in demand for carotid duplex ultrasound scans and there is currently a national shortfall in the number of healthcare professionals capable of performing these scans. In order to achieve the required throughput ... Education & Training Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:59:13 GMT http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/education-training-f2/training-in-carotid-duplex-scanning-mailshot-sent-22-09-09-t54.htm#108 http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/education-training-f2/training-in-carotid-duplex-scanning-mailshot-sent-22-09-09-t54.htm http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/education-training-f2/basic-upper-lower-limb-arterial-study-day-t53.htm Admin Basic Upper & Lower Limb Arterial Ultrasound: Programme 4th Sept '09 08:30 Registration 08:55 Welcome & Introduction 09:00 Peripheral Arterial Waveforms Explained Crispian Oates, Head of Regional Vascular Ultrasound, Newcastle General Hospital 09:30 Peripheral Arterial Anatomy & Pathology Explained Mark Black, Clinical Vascular Scientist, Manchester Royal Infirmary 10:00 Basic Lower Limb Arterial Scanning & Pathology ... Education & Training Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:51:11 GMT http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/education-training-f2/basic-upper-lower-limb-arterial-study-day-t53.htm#107 http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/education-training-f2/basic-upper-lower-limb-arterial-study-day-t53.htm http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/vascular-imaging-f4/incidental-thyroid-findings-t52.htm yvonne Just wondering, does anyone have a specific policy on reporting thyroid abnormalities (and if so what type of thyroid abnormalities) that maybe picked up incidentally during a carotid ultrasound assessment?
Thanks,
yvonne]]> Vascular Imaging Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:28:25 GMT http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/vascular-imaging-f4/incidental-thyroid-findings-t52.htm#106 http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/vascular-imaging-f4/incidental-thyroid-findings-t52.htm http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/technical-area-f3/ge-e9-t44.htm walkerrac I'm in the market for new equipment. Is anyone using the GE E9? I've heard good reports about it (indirectly!) but would be grateful for any experience direct form the horses mouth! Thanks!
Rachel Waker (11 weeks til Christmas!)]]> Technical Area Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:37:15 GMT http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/technical-area-f3/ge-e9-t44.htm#84 http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/technical-area-f3/ge-e9-t44.htm http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/education-training-f2/prof-issues-in-vasc-u-s-study-day-5th-june-09-t51.htm Jo Walker Professional Issues in Vascular Ultrasound Study Day – 5th June 2009 Southmead Hospital, Bristol Provisional Programme (titles and times subject to change): 08:30 Registration & coffee 09.00 Welcome 09:15 Medico-Legal Aspects + Personal Indemnity – Warren Town, Director of Industrial Relations, Society of Radiographers. 09:45 Clinical Governance – Simon Messer Senior Lecturer University of the West of England 10:30 Protocols and Reporting – Rita Phillips Senior ... Education & Training Fri, 22 May 2009 09:23:46 GMT http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/education-training-f2/prof-issues-in-vasc-u-s-study-day-5th-june-09-t51.htm#103 http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/education-training-f2/prof-issues-in-vasc-u-s-study-day-5th-june-09-t51.htm http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/education-training-f2/physics-haemodynamics-theory-exam-may-2009-t47.htm Teresa Robinson A new Forum for candidates taking the Physics & Haemodynamics theory exam in May 09. Need Help or support? Use this Forum to communicate with fellow candidates! The Forum will be supported by the exam coordinator who will advise and help where possible and set practice questions every couple of weeks !!!!!!!! So visit regularly...... Education & Training Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:28:27 GMT http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/education-training-f2/physics-haemodynamics-theory-exam-may-2009-t47.htm#93 http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/education-training-f2/physics-haemodynamics-theory-exam-may-2009-t47.htm http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/education-training-f2/physics-exam-t50.htm caz I know the obvious one is study hard, (which I am doing) but I just wanted to know if anyone had any handy hints or tips.
Thanx
Caz.]]> Education & Training Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:11:21 GMT http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/education-training-f2/physics-exam-t50.htm#98 http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/education-training-f2/physics-exam-t50.htm http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/professional-standards-f5/nice-needs-new-members-t49.htm Jo Walker I just got this email, so i thought i would pass on the info here: National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence seeks new members for its independent advisory committees on the use of health technologies The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is recruiting members to join its fourth independent advisory Appraisal Committee. The Appraisal Committees consider and interpret evidence on the clinical and cost effectiveness of health technologies and formulates ... Professional Standards Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:11:52 GMT http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/professional-standards-f5/nice-needs-new-members-t49.htm#97 http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/professional-standards-f5/nice-needs-new-members-t49.htm http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/education-training-f2/venous-forum-spring-meeting-t48.htm Frith Noble I have been trying, without success, to find an application form for the meeting on the 30th April. Can anyone help please? Education & Training Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:49:19 GMT http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/education-training-f2/venous-forum-spring-meeting-t48.htm#95 http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/education-training-f2/venous-forum-spring-meeting-t48.htm http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/technical-area-f3/lower-limb-venous-reporting-templates-t40.htm markyoung72 Does anyone out there use diagrams for reporting their lower limb venous incompetence scans? The diagram we currently use tries to show the anterior/posterior leg in the same diagram. As you can imagine it can be very confusing for surgeons to figures out which veins we mean to be anterior or posterior. Does anyone have a good diagram of the lower limb veins? Perhaps a seperate one for the posterior leg? I would be greatful if you could email me a copy to markyoung72@mac.com. Technical Area Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:48:11 GMT http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/technical-area-f3/lower-limb-venous-reporting-templates-t40.htm#69 http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/technical-area-f3/lower-limb-venous-reporting-templates-t40.htm http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/technical-area-f3/vascular-reporting-package-t45.htm Grace What do you use? Have you seen or heard of anything for vascular?
Does anyone use a computer package that incorporates images to a report? that can be stored to a hard disk?
We would like to keep pictures that we can annotate rather than revert to text only reports.


Thanks!
Jenny]]> Technical Area Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:50:43 GMT http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/technical-area-f3/vascular-reporting-package-t45.htm#87 http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/technical-area-f3/vascular-reporting-package-t45.htm http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/technical-area-f3/toe-brachial-pressure-indices-t46.htm KAREN EDWARDS Hi Everyone Can anyone help me with some info please? What are the normal values for toe / brachial pressure indices when both brachial and toe pressures are measured with PPG as compared with measuring the brachial pressure with doppler and the toe pressure with PPG? There seems to be a very wide variation looking through the literature and no real consensus. Does anyone out there know? Thanks Karen Technical Area Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:20:38 GMT http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/technical-area-f3/toe-brachial-pressure-indices-t46.htm#90 http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/technical-area-f3/toe-brachial-pressure-indices-t46.htm http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/off-topic-chat-f7/introduce-yourself-and-say-hello-t23.htm Jo Walker Hiya, and welcome to the forum Here's a thread for you all to say hello Let me start the ball rolling.... "My name's Jo, and i'm an alcoholoic".....erm, actually, no - but I am Jo, from Leicester Royal, and it was kind of a mad idea of mine to start the forum thing rolling here - so i hope its okay You kinda get the idea, so go-on.....say Hi Off-Topic Chat Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:55:11 GMT http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/off-topic-chat-f7/introduce-yourself-and-say-hello-t23.htm#26 http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/off-topic-chat-f7/introduce-yourself-and-say-hello-t23.htm http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/education-training-f2/september-2008-study-day-t29.htm frankeltre The September Study Day will be on 'Basic Lower Limb Venous Ultrasound' and will be held on Friday 19th September 2008 in Derriford Hospital, Plymouth. The programme for the day is likely to look something like this: 09:00 Registration & Coffee 09:30 Clinical Presentations 10:00 Anatomy and Histology of Veins 10:20 Normal and Abnormal Physiology and Pathology 10:40 Coffee Break 11:10 Scanning DVTs 11:30 Scanning Varicose Veins 11:50 Pre-operative Mapping 12:10 ... Education & Training Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:26:32 GMT http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/education-training-f2/september-2008-study-day-t29.htm#43 http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/education-training-f2/september-2008-study-day-t29.htm http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/technical-area-f3/stresst-er-ergometer-t43.htm KAREN EDWARDS Hi All Can anyone tell me whether you can still purchase a stresst'er ergometer and if so where from. I think it was sturert medical systems originally but i can't find them on the web or find any other means of contact. I have to replace my old treadmill with something alot smaller ( space within the lab is now at a premium ) and with something that most patients can possibly use. Does anyone out there have experience of the stresst'er? or does anyone use anything else that would be ... Technical Area Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:04:04 GMT http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/technical-area-f3/stresst-er-ergometer-t43.htm#80 http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/technical-area-f3/stresst-er-ergometer-t43.htm http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/vascular-imaging-f4/c5-2-probe-for-calf-dvt-s-t41.htm Grace Hi, I was just wondering if other people used a C5-2 probe for imaging calf veins for DVT assessment on difficult cases, e.g. large leg, oedema? Personally I don't see the problem in using it to diagnose calf DVT's in difficult cases, but have recently become aware that this may not be the general consensus. What are your opinions/experiences? Thanks! Vascular Imaging Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:05:06 GMT http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/vascular-imaging-f4/c5-2-probe-for-calf-dvt-s-t41.htm#70 http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/vascular-imaging-f4/c5-2-probe-for-calf-dvt-s-t41.htm http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/technical-area-f3/greyscale-median-gsm-t42.htm HaynsSar

Any info much appreciated.

Thanks.]]> Technical Area Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:56:02 GMT http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/technical-area-f3/greyscale-median-gsm-t42.htm#78 http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/technical-area-f3/greyscale-median-gsm-t42.htm http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/professional-standards-f5/training-of-surgeons-t26.htm Admin Training of Surgeons – Feedback Survey How to Vote: You must be registered, and logged on. You can then select your choice by clicking the relevant option. You only get 1 vote. Thank you for registering your vote. How to post your reply/comments: You must be registered to post a reply, and logged on. You can then click the 'postreply' button at the bottom of this page. A reply box will appear for you to type into. You can click the 'send' button at the bottom of that when you've ... Professional Standards Fri, 02 May 2008 08:05:04 GMT http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/professional-standards-f5/training-of-surgeons-t26.htm#35 http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/professional-standards-f5/training-of-surgeons-t26.htm http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/technical-area-f3/help-please-t38.htm KAREN EDWARDS Hi Everyone My old faithful scimed portable vascular lab has finally become obsolete and I have to find a replacement for it. The only equivalent machine that i could find is the Viasys Microlite however my finance department wants me to provide three different quotations for three different machines or else cost every single individual item required for all the different tests! What do other members use or recommmend? I need to be able to perform the following examinations:CW doppler, ... Technical Area Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:21:21 GMT http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/technical-area-f3/help-please-t38.htm#57 http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/technical-area-f3/help-please-t38.htm http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/off-topic-chat-f7/abpi-page-in-wikipedia-t39.htm Jo Walker http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankle_brachial_pressure_index I came accross this by accident, but its intresting to see specialist subjects reach the masses. However, i wondered about a couple of points in the text: 1) That "an ABPI of greater than 0.9 is considered normal" Would you be happy to say your own circulation was 'normal' with an ABPI of 0.9? I rather think that 0.9 'does not suggest any significant PVD', meaning there may be a little (hence the lower than 1.0 figure) ... Off-Topic Chat Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:25:41 GMT http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/off-topic-chat-f7/abpi-page-in-wikipedia-t39.htm#65 http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/off-topic-chat-f7/abpi-page-in-wikipedia-t39.htm http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/technical-area-f3/talking-to-your-iu22-t37.htm Jo Walker I saw the voice recognition on the iU22 at an SVT day ages ago, but we haven't got one of these machines in our uint. I wondered if anyone who has an iU22 uses this function (or was it an added option, or dropped from use?)? I would feel silly doing it, but was thinking the other day that it would be great to use from an ergonomics point of view for VV scans for example - esp for taking a Doppler trace with augmentation ( "Doppler on"......."Doppler off"...) Does ... Technical Area Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:52:46 GMT http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/technical-area-f3/talking-to-your-iu22-t37.htm#55 http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/technical-area-f3/talking-to-your-iu22-t37.htm http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/off-topic-chat-f7/carotid-scans-for-tia-s-7-days-a-week-t35.htm Jo Walker
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_085146

How are we all planning to implement the 7 day a week cover for access to carotid scanning for TIA's?

(Who already offers 7 day a week cover?)]]> Off-Topic Chat Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:30:34 GMT http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/off-topic-chat-f7/carotid-scans-for-tia-s-7-days-a-week-t35.htm#53 http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/off-topic-chat-f7/carotid-scans-for-tia-s-7-days-a-week-t35.htm http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/education-training-f2/may-cpd-questions-link-t28.htm Jo Walker
Heres a quick link to the May CPD Q's:

http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/7/326

enjoy reading ]]> Education & Training Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:41:47 GMT http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/education-training-f2/may-cpd-questions-link-t28.htm#42 http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/education-training-f2/may-cpd-questions-link-t28.htm http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/technical-area-f3/tcd-t20.htm Tim Hartshorne
Many thanks.

Tim ]]> Technical Area Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:04:42 GMT http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/technical-area-f3/tcd-t20.htm#23 http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/technical-area-f3/tcd-t20.htm http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/technical-area-f3/pocket-ultrasound-t21.htm Jo Walker see: http://www.pocketultrasound.siemens.com/ Acuson P10 has anyone see this? There was one at the recent study day, and i was surprised at how 'reasonable' the image was for such a small thing! The chap was indicating that they were marketing it towards AAA screening. I guess it may be okay and would cope with basci measurements. The data can easily be carried on a memoery stick, and a basic 1G usb stick will hold loads of patients. images: http://www.pocketultrasound.siemens.com/index.asp?PageAction=Custom&ID=24 If ... Technical Area Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:29:58 GMT http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/technical-area-f3/pocket-ultrasound-t21.htm#24 http://svtgbi.forumotion.com/technical-area-f3/pocket-ultrasound-t21.htm