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Vascular Technology

Vascular Technology. By: Nikki Sheehan. What is a vascular technologist?. Use imaging technology to help diagnose cardiac and blood vessel sickness in patients. Help treat problems in the cardiac and vascular system. Ex: blood clots . Typical Workday. Turn on and prep the imaging machines

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Vascular Technology

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  1. Vascular Technology By: Nikki Sheehan

  2. What is a vascular technologist? • Use imaging technology to help diagnose cardiac and blood vessel sickness in patients. • Help treat problems in the cardiac and vascular system. • Ex: blood clots

  3. Typical Workday • Turn on and prep the imaging machines • Typically perform 7 to 10 studies/exams per day • At the end of the day • Clean and stock outpatient rooms • Turn off imaging machines

  4. Primary Responsibilities Personal Characteristics • Prep and maintain imaging equipment • Perform ultrasounds and vascular studies • Notice the difference between normal and abnormal images. • Like working with others • Patience • Good people skills

  5. Likes dislikes • Being around patients • Being able to help patients • Scanning • When patients are difficult to scan • When patients move around too much

  6. Challenges of Being a Vascular Technologist • Patients with physical limitations • Abdominal scans • Difficult because they take the most skill and concentration • Some patients are hard to scan • Ex: ultrasounds can’t see through air

  7. Stability of the Workplace • The workplace is pretty stable • There is a constant flow of patients • Patients have a recall schedule to follow, so they must keep returning

  8. Skills and Experiences • Good people skills • Independent decision making • Be open to always learn new things • A knowledge of medical terminology and anatomy • Medical experience for ultrasound program

  9. Hospital v.s Outpatient Hospital Outpatient • Techs are on call • Work holidays and weekends • Extra hours • More detective work when it comes to finding out what is wrong with the patient • Normal work hours • Have a set schedule • Normal patient schedule • No on call

  10. Salary and expected Growth • Entry Pay – 15.97 hourly/33,220 per year • Median Pay – 20.11 hourly/41,820 per year • Experienced Pay – 28.29 hourly/58,840 per year • The expected growth for this career is 21.4% over the next four years

  11. Education College Path Clinical • Get an associates or bachelor’s in applied science. Then go on to a tech program. • OR • complete a post-secondary training program offered through a technical institute, a hospital, or a 2 or 4-year college. • Scan for two years while in Vascular Tech program

  12. Certification and Licensure Requirements • Must be certified with either ARDMS (American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography)  or CCI (Cardiovascular Credentialing International) or both, depending on where you want to work. • To keep your ARDMS you must: • pay a renewal fee each year • Have a minimum of 30 medical education hours every three years • must complete the recertification assessment

  13. People tend to enter this career and stay until they retire. • There is room in this career to advance to a management position or become an application specialist with ultrasound companies

  14. Organizations Credentials • SVT – Society of Vascular Technologist • PAVA – Peoria Area of Vascular Technologists • SVU - society of vascular ultrasound • ICAVL • ARDMS • From ARDMS you get RVT (registered vascular tech) • From CCI you get RVS (registered vascular sonographer)

  15. Why you may want to join this profession • If you don’t like needles, but still want to be in the medical field • No matter how long you are in the job something new always comes along • This profession can be very rewarding • You could find an aneurysm on a patient and/or critical stenosis in a carotid artery that was unknown

  16. Advice about the job • Absorb as much as you can from your trainers • Ask lots of questions • Be willing to take on tests that you may not feel comfortable doing, that is the only way you will become comfortable

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