Ultra+sound+Technician

Category : Allied health Career : Ultra sound Technician Job Description : An Ultrasound Tech talks to the patient and explains how the process works and how it’ll help the physician to make a diagnosis. It’s the technician’s responsibility to make the patient feel comfortable with the process and to assure any fears they may have. Ultra sound technicians work in a variety if fields with special equipment to produce images of structure inside the body.The sound imaging machinery works in a similar way as radar technology that is used to map ocean floors,except that ultrasound equipment is utilized to map the human body.

Education Required : Most students take a two-year training program for their associate degree or a four-year program to get their bachelors degree in medical sonography. If a student is already trained in health care field then a year certificate and program will allow the health care professionals to enter a second occupation as an ultrasound tech.

Salary ﻿ $$ : Average- $53,000 to $58,000 a year Experienced- $61,000 to $72,00 a year Temporary- $51,000 to $56,000 a year

Colleges : University of Phoenix, Kaplan University, Walden University, Sanford brown