Why Won the Ultrasound Tech Tell Me Whether Im Miscarrying?
Why Won’t the Ultrasound Tech Tell Me Whether I’m Miscarrying? I went in for an ultrasound because I was having some bleeding. The ultrasound tech got a concerned look on her face but wouldn’t show me the screen. Why wouldn’t she just tell me what was going on?Answer: Different types of medical practitioners may be involved in performing ultrasounds. Sometimes, physicians (and other medical personnel qualified to make diagnoses) may perform ultrasounds themselves, in which case you may be told right away what the results of your ultrasound mean. In many cases, however, ultrasounds are performed by ultrasound technicians (ultrasound techs) who may have only two to four years of training. And although that training makes them perfectly qualified to operate ultrasound equipment and take appropriate measurements for interpretation by a medical practitioner, ultrasound techs usually are not qualified to
