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Yes, I know I sound like newbie, but SM

Posted By: Sally Forth on 2009-05-21
In Reply to: Probably referring to the lateral recesses in the spine. Never heard of a "recessectomy" - RockinMT

Subject: Yes, I know I sound like newbie, but SM

I'm an oldie and the doctor giving dictation sounds about 101.

I left it as recess, since recessectomy does not exist and I'm tired of doctors making up words.

I really do appreciate input I receive here, so thanks.


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Yes, I know I sound like newbie, but SM
Subject: Yes, I know I sound like newbie, but SM

I'm an oldie and the doctor giving dictation sounds about 101.

I left it as recess, since recessectomy does not exist and I'm tired of doctors making up words.

I really do appreciate input I receive here, so thanks.
Hey Newbie MT
Subject: Hey Newbie MT

I don't mean to put you down at all and I see that you are getting some excellent report, but your reports indicate that you are doing trauma level work.  Where is the QA staff with your MTSO?  I mean, if you are needing this much help and you are working a trauma hospital, it is going to be hard for you to make it in the long run if you are needing this much help with so many small issues. 


 Also, from a QA MTSO standpoint, if I thought that if this much of actual reports was being put in a web forum, I would have serious issues with your understanding of any confidentiality agreement you had to sign with the company.


I'm all for helping someone out but I seriously think you are overstepping the bounds of what the intent of creation of this board and of the people enabling you here.  How did you pass all the testing to get a job on a trauma hospital?  I really do wish you well but I hope someone at your company doesn't recognize these reports and lays you low.


To Newbie (sm)
Subject: To Newbie (sm)

I don't know how new you are, but I think your work is excellent, and you obviously care about doing a good job.  We all needed help (still do) and most of us oldsters had people right there with us to help.  If I ever see your posts on here, I'll be glad to help you.



As a newbie myself I am also sad to see this...sm
Subject: As a newbie myself I am also sad to see this...sm

... It stinks that someone can get a job by 'cheating' BUT once they are working that will certainly show and the position will open up again.  However, this type of thing may be a big reason why so few companies are willing to hire a new graduate.  Very sad.
Are you a newbie?
Subject: Are you a newbie?

I have the word *radiology* flagged to auto email me - for potential jobs...

Could you write your questions without that word (radiology) so I don't get them?


Newbie needs help!

I am brand new so this question will probably seem funny to you more experienced MT's....I am typing about a patient's sutures and the doctor said he used 4 0 nylon...how do you type that out?


Thanks for your help!!!


Susan


Newbie needs help again
Subject: Newbie needs help again

I need help from you wonderful people on this board! I am dealing with outward deviation of boty eyes, and here is the sentence:


Apparently the child was operated on at age 2 for (sounds like scabusiness)


please help!


Thank you!


Susan


 


newbie needs help...Please
Subject: newbie needs help...Please

Continue some OTC cold medicine which has acetaminophen, s/l gawfinocin, dextrum, s/l methorphane and pheniramine.  I cannot get these. 
Newbie
Subject: Newbie

Okay, I am sure this is asked over and over and over but I haven't been able to find any recent examples.  I am in training and really growing to understand so many reasons why this is an extremely complicated field to work in.  I have had to transcribe, as of late, some extremely slurred and garbled transcriptions.  I'm doing pretty good on figuring out procedures, drugs, equipment, conditions, etc.  But trying to figure out some doctor who sounds either drunk or half asleep, and what they are trying to say is next to impossible.  I have found that it doesnt matter how much I slow down or speed up a slurred word, I will still not understand it.  So, I would just like to hear some tips of things you guys have tried over the years in this area.  I realize that it is something that doesn't have just one or two tricks to figure out, but I have learned there are many creative and resourceful people here!  Thanks. 
Give us a s/l, Newbie! nm
Subject: Give us a s/l, Newbie! nm

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Newbie MT, you did a really great job with this sm
Subject: Newbie MT, you did a really great job with this sm

tough op! I'm impressed! Not being able to hear it limits the help I can give you, but I've been doing ops for many years, and I think you did great!! As far as paragraphing is concerned, only paragraph if the doc dictates it unless your company says you can do it on your own. Most of the MT we do nowadays is "type what they say," so if they don't paragraph, don't paragraph.

There were a few spots where you should relisten as I couldn't grasp what should go there. Most of my changes involved adding hyphens, as in 12-mm this, or 5-mm that. Both 12 and mm modify the following noun so you need a hyphen here. You had a couple of misspellings (and I think I left you one with "unde") (some things didn't fit my screen). Basically, I think you're being audited because your QA may be thinking you can be advanced to the tougher stuff.

Note, Steri-Strips is a proper name. Also, I see where I didn't change one term which should read (at the end) umbilical port site was closed AT the level of the fascia. And then, The skin was then...

Ya did good, NewbieMT!!!
Newbie's reports
Subject: Newbie's reports

The area in which you most need help is in how to decide what is ethical. The moderator herself does not allow such reports to be posted here. You should have known better. Now you do.
okay, that helps this newbie! ty! nm
Subject: okay, that helps this newbie! ty! nm

x
newbie needs help with drugs
Subject: newbie needs help with drugs

Okay doc says earlier in the report pt lost his prescription for verapamil.  In plan doc says renewal of his Verelan SR.  In drug book it says they can get easily confused with one another.  However, it also states Verelan is listed under brand names for verapamil.  Would leave as is or flag it?
Yes, thanks. I'm a newbie and never had an transfusion before.
Subject: Yes, thanks. I'm a newbie and never had an transfusion before.


newbie reply
Subject: newbie reply

I google what the word sounds like with different spellings and sometimes that helps. Many slurring doctors on my end too! Jenny
Newbie posting reports
Subject: Newbie posting reports

Newbie, this is the stuff of which lawsuits are made. Get informed. Get some ethics. Get a clue. Good thing you do not work for my company or you would be out in a New York minute.
You may not be a newbie, but you "pubically stated"???
Subject: You may not be a newbie, but you "pubically stated"???

nm
Newbie works for Sten-Tel
Subject: Newbie works for Sten-Tel

as previous bragged about on the new MT board.
TY! You ladies are lifesavers for a newbie!!
Subject: TY! You ladies are lifesavers for a newbie!!


Patient with diarrhea. Labs: s/l ESR 3 but sound is a bit distorted. Does that sound low for ESR?
Subject: Patient with diarrhea. Labs: s/l ESR 3 but sound is a bit distorted. Does that sound low for ESR?


no, I definitely hear a p sound at the start and an f sound at the end
Subject: no, I definitely hear a p sound at the start and an f sound at the end

nm
I am a dork! Definitely a "V" sound not "B" sound. nm
Subject: I am a dork! Definitely a "V" sound not "B" sound. nm


No, she said there was a for sure "K" sound. Hespan does not have a "K" sound. nm
Subject: No, she said there was a for sure "K" sound. Hespan does not have a "K" sound. nm

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It's when it has a short vowel sound rather than a long vowel sound.
Subject: It's when it has a short vowel sound rather than a long vowel sound.

x
Thanks but he says something with a di sound
diar, dial...
Help with sound
Subject: Help with sound

This will not fix all of your sound problems but if you plug your headseat directly into your computer rather than you speakers, you will get better sound quality.


Just because a doctor is a doctor doesn't me he got good grades in med school.  It just means he passed!


Does it sound anything like....
Subject: Does it sound anything like....

Fowler; this is a back stretcher for MRI.
are you sure it's not an FFF sound as in
Subject: are you sure it's not an FFF sound as in

FIGO which is a staging system for cancer patients
sound a like
Subject: sound a like

drugs for mass of breast



  • uravel

sound a like
Subject: sound a like

DHS?
sound-a-like
Subject: sound-a-like

distension versus distention in the abdomen and neck.
Help!! Does this sound right?
Subject: Help!! Does this sound right?

Very rarely transcribe anything on echocardiograms so I'm not familiar with terms.


Echocardiogram performed August 4, 2006, does show normal left ventricular size of function without any valvular abnormalities. Ejection fraction of 55 to 60 percent. Cardiac cath performed August 3, 2006, 80 percent right coronary artery stenosis for which a drug-eluding stent was placed.


Does this sound right?
Subject: Does this sound right?

She reports that her symptoms of epigastric burning discomfort and coughing due to possible **acid rash** has been improved with initiation of Protonix.


 


I'm not sure about the acid rash part. Does this make sense to anyone else? Thanks!


Does this sound right?
Subject: Does this sound right?

There is still necrotic tissue in the central aspect and it does probe down to the bone.


Does that make sense?  Have not run across this one before.  Thanks in advance.


does this sound right? ESL
Subject: does this sound right? ESL

Her left shift resolved within one day of IV antibiotics* at 645 band* Lymphocytes 41, monocytes 90
"S" sound or "K" sound for the CAB?
Subject: "S" sound or "K" sound for the CAB?

I've been looking, I'm making the assumption that the AB would stand for Adjustable Band. I found a Swedish Adjustable Band procedure, but they abbreviate as SAGB.
Sorry it's not more helpful.
It was K sound, thank you!
Subject: It was K sound, thank you!

x
does this sound right?
Subject: does this sound right?

It sounds like the doctor is saying one of these two words, but I can't verify.  (moderate, minor) disease was noted in the carotid arteries on the right and left.  thanks for any help!!! 
Do the "c's" have an "s" or "k" sound? nm
Subject: Do the "c's" have an "s" or "k" sound? nm

x
does this sound right?
Subject: does this sound right?

After general anesthetic had been induced and Foley catheter STD's were in place, 5cc of Lymphazurin die was similarily injected in the breast.  help please? 


Does this sound right?
Subject: Does this sound right?

He has quadriceps tightness in the prone position with an inability to (s/l-get his ear close to his glute.-) 
thanks, but no "c/k" sound in it... thanks tho.
Subject: thanks, but no "c/k" sound in it... thanks tho.


It does sound like....
Subject: It does sound like....

It does sound like he is saying:  A topical regimen of tar baths s/l applied by high-potency topical steroid??????
that does not sound right ...
Subject: that does not sound right ...

why would doctor say at end of letter to therapist that the patient got a copy of their MRI? It sounds like he means put cc at bottom of letter so patient gets a copy of the letter, and that the MRI scan results should be enclosed with the letter to the therapist for review, where you would put at end of letter:
Enclosure: MRI results.
Does it sound like (sm)
Subject: Does it sound like (sm)

Does it sound like nipple retraction?
sound like any of these?
Subject: sound like any of these?

TURBT - transurethral resection of bladder tumor. This would be my guess

TUVP - transrurethral vaporization of the prostate

TURP - transurethral resection of the prostate

TUEP - transurethral evaporation of prostate

TUIP - transurethral incision of prostate

TUMT - transurethral microwave thermotherapy
what else does it sound like could it be
Subject: what else does it sound like could it be

Finkelsteins
it did not sound like q.h.s., so could at h.s. be right??
Subject: it did not sound like q.h.s., so could at h.s. be right??


Does it sound like
Subject: Does it sound like

benzocaine?
That does sound more like it. Thanks nm
Subject: That does sound more like it. Thanks nm

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