SDMS Sound News, Volume 11, Issue 2

Volume 11, Issue 2 February 28, 2009 ISSN 1543-0448

SDMS Sound News is a way of sharing important or time-sensitive news with our members. It links to SDMS News Wave and other SDMS publications, and provides links to new information and services available on the SDMS web site. SDMS Sound News is published monthly. An archive of past issues is available at http://www.sdms.org/lists/soundnewsarchive.asp.

This issue of SDMS Sound News is sponsored by
Philips Healthcare, a PLATINUM supporter of SDMS.



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	SDMS News Wave - February 2009 Issue Now Available Online The Society's newsletter, SDMS News Wave, is published in an electronic-only (PDF) format on the SDMS website. Articles appearing in the February 2009 issue of SDMS News Wave include: Sonography in the ER: Emergency Ultrasound's Expanding Role Do You Have Trouble Deciding What is Legal, Ethical or Legal But Not Ethical? Upcoming SDMS Webinars SDMS Fellow Spotlight Member Benefit Spotlight: Long Term Care Insurance New Member Scan SDMS Answers Your Calls SDMS Member Benefit Change Fire Sale! SDMS Product Spotlight Make Your Way to Music City! SDMS Welcomes New Members NOTE: These headlines link directly to SDMS News Wave in Adobe PDF format, which requires Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0 or later. You can download a free copy at the Adobe website.



	SDMS Sonography Sentinel Issue Now Available The latest issue of the SDMS Political Action Committee (PAC) newsletter, the SDMS Sonography Sentinel, your information source for updates on SDMS and sonography-related legislative initiatives, is now available. Go to http://www.sdms.org/members/news/sentinel/sentinel-feb-mar-apr09.pdf to read the current issue. NOTE: Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0 or later required. You can download a free copy at the Adobe website.



	SDMS Sonography Puzzles SDMS Sonography Puzzles are a series of online crossword and word search puzzles that sonography educators can incorporate into their educational programs or can be used by students and sonographers just for fun. The puzzles are interactive and a fun way to learn sonography-related terminology. The March puzzle is titled Embryology. Call for Puzzles! You can help by becoming a contributor to SDMS Sonography Puzzles. Submit your word lists (or make it a project for your students or co-workers to submit) and SDMS will convert each word list into both a crossword and a word search puzzle. To solve, print or to learn how you can contribute a puzzle, visit: http://www.sdms.org/members/puzzles.asp



	News & Notes The News & Notes column includes links to web-based news articles of interest to sonographers. The articles do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of the SDMS. To submit articles, send the URL to webmaster@sdms.org. Report from ISET: Sonoelastography breaks through in carotid imaging http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/news/display/article/113619/1371617 Experimental therapy that uses bubbles agitated with ultrasound to break up clots shows promise in a trial at UAB http://www.al.com/health-fitness/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/living/123598532032480.xml&coll=2 Imaging's Got Game http://physician-assistant.advanceweb.com/editorial/content/editorial.aspx?CC=75136 Ultrasound tool may lead to protection from bone loss http://www.chiroeco.com/chiropractic/news/7426/847/ultrasound-tool-may-lead-to-protection-from-bone-loss/

Important Dates

March 19	SDMS Webinar: The Role of the JRC-DMS in the Process of Programmatic Accreditation 8 pm (Eastern), 7 pm (Central), 6 pm (Mountain), 5 pm (Pacific)
March 26	SDMS Webinar: Renal Transplant 8 pm (Eastern), 7 pm (Central), 6 pm (Mountain), 5 pm (Pacific)
April 2	SDMS Webinar: ARDMS and New SPI Test Update 8 pm (Eastern), 7 pm (Central), 6 pm (Mountain), 5 pm (Pacific)
April 16	SDMS Webinar: Pulmonary Hypertension 8 pm (Eastern), 7 pm (Central), 6 pm (Mountain), 5 pm (Pacific)
May 21	SDMS Webinar: Abdominal Doppler 8 pm (Eastern), 7 pm (Central), 6 pm (Mountain), 5 pm (Pacific)
June 11	SDMS Webinar: The Evaluation of Left and Right Sided Diastology by Echocardiography 8 pm (Eastern), 7 pm (Central), 6 pm (Mountain), 5 pm (Pacific)



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