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Yes, it shows. Suggest helping yourself out sm

Posted By: Another wonderer on 2006-07-19
In Reply to: No, but I just started doing this a month ago! - Rebecca

Subject: Yes, it shows. Suggest helping yourself out sm

by investing in some MT reference materials. It's much easier (and much, much faster) to look things up that way, and learn as you are researching. Also suggest your getting someone to mentor you 1 on 1. This job is tough enough!!

Are you the same Rebecca who was a surgical tech for 8 years?




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You are welcome...........suggest...sm
Subject: You are welcome...........suggest...sm

What I do is I put the little feet up on the keyboard - underneath the keyboard on the underside of keyboard are 2 little feet - to have the keyboard now on a little slant (a regular microsoft keyboard) and I try to remind myself to not strike the spacebar as hard as I used to with my right thumb (am right-hand dominant). 


Hope you feel better soon in those hands (my hands feel like the hands of a REAL old person inside them from pounding on some keyboard for pretty much my entire life, piano first for 14 years, then a typewriter, then 5 years I worked in kitchens pounding it out on butcher blocks with knives, then back to MT work commencing in 1980 - so yeah, my hands, while they look young, feel inside like the hands of someone in their 80s!!). 


well then suggest the BOS *S*....NM
Subject: well then suggest the BOS *S*....NM


They suggest q. 4 (space)h. (nm)
Subject: They suggest q. 4 (space)h. (nm)

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was just going to suggest D5W shot as well
Subject: was just going to suggest D5W shot as well


I would suggest maybe *sensations*? just a thought. nm
Subject: I would suggest maybe *sensations*? just a thought. nm

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I hear ya, there! For starters, may I suggest sm
Subject: I hear ya, there! For starters, may I suggest sm

your first investing in the big Dorland's medical dictionary with definitions (or Stedman's big one--though I've always preferred the Dorland's). That will hold you for quite a while. As a matter of fact, when I started out, that was pretty much the only reference book we had.

Also, a good drug book would help you immensely--suggest Drake & Drake. Since we have the Internet, you can use that, but the book is more helpful.

After you get going, you'll be able to see what specialties you transcribe the most and then can get the word books specific to that specialty. Like I said, though, the big illustrated dictionary will carry you through for a long time.

If you do ops, I highly recommend Stedman's Med/Surg Equipment Words. This is great when looking up instruments, etc. For example, if you needed to look up a certain catheter, you would have 21 pages of alphabetized catheters listed from which to select. Beats jumping around the Internet, chancing the spellings.

The Stedman's Path/Lab book would be another good investment down the road. Those terms are sometimes very difficult to locate and there are lots of helpful tables in the back of the book.

Little by little you can build up your reference library.

BTW, when you get your reference books, you can look up terms by going to the noun. Earlier you had questioned Mallory-Weiss tear. You would find that in the list under "tear."

Good luck to you in your career!

or we suggest taking a basic medical.....sm
Subject: or we suggest taking a basic medical.....sm

The most basic medical terminology course (my first course 27 years ago) teaches all about the *o* use as a connecting letter for words in medical terminology.  If you haven't even learned that yet, how is it exactly that you are an MT?  *very curious*


 



This is very close so I'll suggest it with a marker.
Subject: This is very close so I'll suggest it with a marker.


Good idea. May be suggest to the Administrator. NM
Subject: Good idea. May be suggest to the Administrator. NM


Could it be gout? Anything in lab to suggest excessive uric acid?
Subject: Could it be gout? Anything in lab to suggest excessive uric acid?


If a child or juvenile, would suggest growth to be correct
Subject: If a child or juvenile, would suggest growth to be correct

There are articles about the growth of visual fields.
She does not have an extensive history of travel to suggest “ham et ic” infection. sm
Subject: She does not have an extensive history of travel to suggest “ham et ic” infection. sm

presents for evaluation of chronic cough with peripheral eosinophilia and abnormal CT of the chest, per report (thickening of the bronchial wall).  The constellation of findings is suspicious for chronic eosinophilic pneumonia or allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis.  However, the patient does not have a prior history of asthma and per report, the chest x-ray or chest CT did not show any pulmonary infiltrates.  She does not have an extensive history of travel to suggest “ham et ic” infection.  However, she traveled through Brazil many years ago.  The IgE levels are elevated but not the point to suggest allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis. 


 


Was going to suggest same for both, but with addition of the word "thin" before nonpurulent.
Subject: Was going to suggest same for both, but with addition of the word "thin" before nonpurulent.


On fluoroscein staining there was no evidence of s/l streaming to suggest puncture.
Subject: On fluoroscein staining there was no evidence of s/l streaming to suggest puncture.

I know I should know this, but it has been a long day to say the least.  Thanks!!!!
sentence... His ECG does suggest multis criteria for the LVH in the left axis. thank you
Subject: sentence... His ECG does suggest multis criteria for the LVH in the left axis. thank you


No evidence of cramping abdominal pain that would suggest a s/l hydraged obstruction. Help??
Subject: No evidence of cramping abdominal pain that would suggest a s/l hydraged obstruction. Help??


MANY MANY thanks for helping.
Subject: MANY MANY thanks for helping.


Thank you for helping
Subject: Thank you for helping


Hi, thanks for helping. She is 30.
Subject: Hi, thanks for helping. She is 30.


Sorry, helping!
Subject: Sorry, helping!

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Thanks for helping!
Subject: Thanks for helping!

Thanks all!
ah ok thank you for always helping me
Subject: ah ok thank you for always helping me


That's it. Thank you very much for helping :)
Subject: That's it. Thank you very much for helping :)


Thanks for helping!
Subject: Thanks for helping!


Thanks for helping...nm
Subject: Thanks for helping...nm


Thanks for helping..nm
Subject: Thanks for helping..nm


I really enjoy helping others, especially sm
Subject: I really enjoy helping others, especially sm

MTs like you and NewbieMT who show a lot of promise.

To answer your questions, I majored in medical secretarial and got my AA in that. After that, it was tough finding a job with no experience, but I managed to get a great job at an ivy-league teaching hospital. I worked as a medical secretary in the outpatient department for 7 years and then decided I hated the "front line" with the phones, appointments, yelling patients, screaming doctors (and doing transcription as part of that job, too), that I branched off into transcription. So, in total, over 30 years. Even after all this time, I haven't forgotten how terrifying it was starting out, so I really feel for you guys.
Would anybody mind helping me. sm
Subject: Would anybody mind helping me. sm

I am doing a report and doc marked an area on the arm states "was demarcated in lines of ____, sounds like langar? Thank you so much.  I appreciate all your help.
Sounds more like "a-RYE-tol" but thanks for helping so far!
Subject: Sounds more like "a-RYE-tol" but thanks for helping so far!


Thanks Txczech for always helping around here!
Subject: Thanks Txczech for always helping around here!

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We don't mind helping you!
Subject: We don't mind helping you!

Tympanic membranes are clear. No elicitable or spontaneous nystagmus is recognized.

Hey, we were all once in your shoes - it's okay!
MT50 - thanks for helping -
Subject: MT50 - thanks for helping -

I've never heard this - are you saying the rest is correct and would be written as 5 Hz resting tremor? Thanks.
You guys!! Thanks for helping!
Subject: You guys!! Thanks for helping!

Usually I work nights but I'm going to ask for a shift change because the MT Stars board is so much more active during the day!  This newbie appreciates you taking the time to help.
It's Versed! Thank you both for helping me! :-))
Subject: It's Versed! Thank you both for helping me! :-))

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Okay, I'll leave as a value. Much thanks for helping.
Subject: Okay, I'll leave as a value. Much thanks for helping.


You're welcome. I really enjoy helping, sm
Subject: You're welcome. I really enjoy helping, sm

as it keeps me up on what's going around in the MT world.

If I don't mind helping her, then you shouldn't either. sm
Subject: If I don't mind helping her, then you shouldn't either. sm

This MT shows promise, and a little mentoring won't hurt any of you, so relax. She's doing a great job on her own, and working hard, too.

If you all worked in a hospital setting, you would get this kind of help, too. I did, and I won't ever forget the help I received and how much I learned.
Just a helping thought - if you go to google
Subject: Just a helping thought - if you go to google

and type in "99-m diagnostic" google will question you with "99m" and provide you with technetium 99m. Ta dah! Double check to see if it is capped or not by going to a reputable website (i.e., mfr or such). Just a hint for future searches.
you're very welcome...helping keeps me awake! :) nm
Subject: you're very welcome...helping keeps me awake! :) nm


Not a question but a site for helping
Subject: Not a question but a site for helping

Not sure if anyone has found this site or not, www.mt-stuff.com.  I stumbled upon it when looking up a word on Google and thought it might be helpful to some.  There are samples of reports in the directory section of the menu plus other links.  Might want to check it out. 
I listened for that and I am pretty sure that is not it. Thank you for helping!
Subject: I listened for that and I am pretty sure that is not it. Thank you for helping!

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I usually try helping myself first to save egg on my face
Subject: I usually try helping myself first to save egg on my face

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Helping hand is one thing...
Subject: Helping hand is one thing...

but the questions I see being asked are indicative of a total beginning depending on training provided by the board.

It's inappropriate and unfair.
Thx. I am helping on new acct for holidays, and not doing too well :(
Subject: Thx. I am helping on new acct for holidays, and not doing too well :(


I think you are right, thanks MT50. You are all helping me so much today. nm
Subject: I think you are right, thanks MT50. You are all helping me so much today. nm


Was taking Naproxen and this is not helping. Please sm
Subject: Was taking Naproxen and this is not helping. Please sm

Was prescribed s/l A-lod-id and this did not agree with him. Patient has complaints of back and left leg pain. Thanks
Found it..Xolair. thx for helping :)
Subject: Found it..Xolair. thx for helping :)


Thanks for helping, TZ, I confirmed chain sutures.
Subject: Thanks for helping, TZ, I confirmed chain sutures.

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OB.. I am helping someone out while on vacation...we will do another pregnancy test....
Subject: OB.. I am helping someone out while on vacation...we will do another pregnancy test....

just to make sure she does not have a s/l glueto-phase pregnancy as she has had intercourse..thank you
Thanks for helping. Patient is in for metrorrhagia, if that helps.
Subject: Thanks for helping. Patient is in for metrorrhagia, if that helps.


Thanks for helping. Sorry I didn't have time to get back to thank you immediately. NM
Subject: Thanks for helping. Sorry I didn't have time to get back to thank you immediately. NM