Doesn't bother me too much. If they have the phone within reach and
don't have to get up off the bed to get the phone I don't mind, as long
as I don't have to stop scanning. Ideally it would never happen but with
all the toys and gadgets people have now it will only get worse. We have
signs that say no cell phones but everyone leaves their phone on anyway.
I'm not sure posting signs work - people will be people. We also have
big no smoking signs in the restrooms and every once in a while someone
will enter the restroom and find themselves in a cloud of cigarette
smoke from the prior occupant.
Jeff Stanley
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From: UVM Flownet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Williams, David M.
Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 10:51 AM
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Subject: cell phone etiquette and u/s exams
I am soliciting opinions here.
My 2nd patient this morning asked if it was OK to take a phone call
during her carotid exam. I asked if the call she was expecting was a
matter of life or death. She stated that it was not, but an important
call about a business venture. I told her I understood the significance
of her call, but that my answer was no, then told her why.
But it got me to thinking; how are the rest of you in the vascular
community dealing with issues like this? The woman asked pleasantly and
was told pleasantly that no, it was not possible to talk on the phone
and get an accurate carotid exam simultaneously. Doesn't common
etiquette dictate that since she was there for an exam that, by
definition, she gives up a little of her time for me to do my job?
Would you ask a CT or MRI tech the same question? How about the dental
hygienist or even the dentist, the surgeon, the PA or the nurse? My
biggest problem with her asking the question is that the incessant use
of cell phones has become so pervasive that people now ask you if it is
OK to be rude, right to your face.
You can now buy large, colorful posters to place in waiting rooms with
long and boring explanations, with cell phones in red circles with lines
drawn through, with pictograms showing electrical shocks and even in
different various languages...VERBOTTEN, PROHIBE, INTERDIT,
FUGETTABOUTIT.
It is an interesting issue with many facets. I'm sure opinions on the
matter range from the sublime to the militant. Fire away!
David
David M. Williams, MS, RDCS, RVT
Suite B300
805 Pamplico Hwy
Florence, SC 29505
843-676-2760
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