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I first learned scanning from the head, but I never felt comfortable that way. If i tried to scan the left carotid with my right hand i had my arm in the patients face, or so it felt like to me, if i tried to scan left handed it was difficult to reach the controls with my right. Also, I am very uncordinated left handed. So, I scan at the patients side, sitting. I am very comfortable that way. Also, the images are not backwards. :) Robin Don Ridgway wrote: > > This isn't what you'd call Earth-shaking, but there's a bit of a bet: > > What position are people taking relative to the patient when scanning > carotids? I'm still of the old school, sitting behind the patient's head. > Another tech tells me nobody scans like that any more; he stands at the > patient's side, facing the patient, much as one would doing an abdominal > scan but a bit farther toward the head. > > Could I ask for a bit of a survey? There's a lunch riding on this. You can > reply straight to me so as not to clutter the Flownet up severely: > > [log in to unmask] > > Thanks a ton. > > Don Ridgway > Grossmont Hospital > Grossmont College