A.O.S. in Vascular Ultrasound Technology

Please review the following requirements: General Admission Requirements for all programs.

Applicants must:

• Attend or view a live or recorded information session.
• Submit original transcripts from the Registrar at an educational institution for applicants requesting credit granting for some/all General Education courses. Copies are not accepted. All coursework must be completed and given a grade of at least a “C.” Anatomy and Physiology I with Laboratory must be completed within the last five (5) years. All credit granting is subject to the approval of the program director or program coordinator. Please allow seven (7) days for review.
• Submit a one-page essay in APA format that includes the following:
  • Statement of why you want to join the modality.
  • The essential functions and role of a technologist in this field.
  • Preparation to become successful in this program.
  • Sources used to prepare for the essay.
• Complete an admission interview with the program director and designees.

Please review the following requirements: General Performance Requirements for all programs.

Each program has specific physical and non-physical requirements to ensure student and patient safety and welfare. 

A.O.S. in Vascular Ultrasound Technology program, students must be in good health and able to:

• Lift more than 50 pounds (22.68 kg) and push and pull routinely.
• Hear sufficiently to assess patient needs and communicate verbally with other healthcare providers.
• Have full use of arms, hands, and wrists.
• Possess adequate visual acuity to review sonograms, including color distinctions.
• Stand and walk on your feet 80 percent of the time.
• Reach at or above shoulder level intermittently for 90 percent of work time.
• Work compassionately and effectively with sick patients.

A.O.S. in Vascular Ultrasound Technology program students must have sufficient strength, motor coordination, and manual dexterity to:

• Transport, move, lift, and transfer patients from a wheelchair or cart to a sonography table or a patient bed.
• Move, adjust, and manipulate a variety of sonographic equipment, including the physical transportation of mobile sonographic machines, to complete examinations on the patient according to established procedures and standards of speed and accuracy.

A.O.S. in Vascular Ultrasound Technology program students must also be capable of:

• Handling stressful situations related to technical and procedural standards and patient care situations.
• Providing physical and emotional support to the patient during the sonographic procedures, responding to situations requiring first aid, and providing emergency care to the patient without, or until, the physician arrives.
• Communicating verbally in an effective manner to direct patients during sonographic examinations.
• Visually recognizing anatomy on the CRT screen.
• Reading and interpreting patient charts and requisitions for sonographic examinations.

A.O.S. in Vascular Ultrasound Technology program students must have the mental and intellectual capacity to:

• Calculate and select proper technical factors according to the patient’s individual needs and the requirements of the procedure’s standards of speed and accuracy.
• Review and evaluate the recorded images on a CRT and archiving system to identify patient pathology, if present, accurate procedural sequencing, completion of a diagnostic examination, and other appropriate and pertinent technical qualities.