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"Unfortunately, during their careers the majority of sonographers will acquire some form of work-related musclo-skeletal injury due to the repetitive motion and constant pressure required to manipulate the transducer." Really? And what of sheet-metal workers, stenographers and hand-shaking Prime Ministers? You ought to be ashamed of your self-centred conceited comments. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.236.171.141 (talk) 13:02, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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This page should not be merged with Echocardiographer. If anything Echocardiographer is a sub-set of Sonographer. Sonographer should be a major topic. There are approxomately 50,000 Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (RDMS) world wide. "Diagnostic Medical Sonographer" is a profession recognized by the USA Department of Labor: http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos273.htm

The terms Echocardiographer and Sonographer should not be merged, but they should be cross-referenced. Echocardiographers specifically study the heart using sonography and are also known as Cardiac Sonographers. The credential for Echocardiographer is the “Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer” (RDCS). There are three specific credentials that fall under the title of Echocardiographer: Fetal Echo, Pediatric Echo and Adult Echo… all use the RDCS as a credential.

Sonographers include a number of different specialties besides Echocardiographers, including: abdominal, OB/GYN, breast, and neuro… among others, none of whom necessarily ever look at hearts except for obstetrical sonographers who also study the fetal heart. For specifics of the credentials of all of these see the ARDMS credentials: http://www.ardms.org/examinations/outlines.htm and http://www.ardms.org/appresources/app.pdf , see page 5. DuBose 13:49, 9 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

OK. But bear in mind: Lots of people who are not doctors perform ultrasound exams. I think the article should embrace all, not only those who live and work in north America. --Ekko 08:32, 10 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Merge proposal

Sonographers should be merged with this article. Comments? — DavidMack 23:33, 4 July 2007 (UTC) Sonographers are a distinct group and should not be merged with the other groupings. Whilst the entries should be linked, they appeal to different readers and the information from each needs to be kept independent of the rest. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Krendell (talk • contribs) 16:14, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done. There is no plausible reason to think that one Sonographer is materially different from multiple Sonographers. WhatamIdoing (talk) 03:56, 24 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]