Highway to Health - Flipbook - Page 24
Kirstie
Advanced Practitioner Sonographer
HOW IS YOUR CAREER
CONNECTED TO HEALTH?
WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE AT AGE 15?
My job is at the front line of health care. Almost
every patient that is admitted to hospital is seen in the
Imaging Department, and Ultrasound is a huge part of
that.
I wanted to be a Doctor or a Scientist. I loved
Science and learning about the human body, as it’s so
amazing.
WHAT IS YOUR CAREER NOW?
At University I studied Diagnostic Radiography
and Imaging and qualified as a Radiographer,
which involves using Xrays to image bones. I then
undertook further Post Graduate training to become
a Sonographer, specialising in Ultrasound. I work in
a busy hospital imaging patients to look for illnesses,
observing and assessing babies in the womb and
diagnosing diseases along with other methods of
imaging such as X-Ray, MRI and CT.
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FUN FACT ABOUT YOUR JOB
Ultrasound travels at 1540 m/s in human tissue and
was first used in submarines in 1917.
BEST BIT OF JOB
Meeting lots of new people, being a detective looking
for clues as to why someone is ill and helping people to
feel better.