okay, that helps this newbie! ty! nm
Posted By: tibby on 2007-10-14
In Reply to: Short for a vancomycin trough level. You'll hear a vanco trough often. nm - wanderer
Subject: okay, that helps this newbie! ty! nm
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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.
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
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.
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.
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!!
Thank you! This helps. nm
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THANKS!! THAT REALLY HELPS!!
Subject: THANKS!! THAT REALLY HELPS!!
I believe he is actually saying that. If it helps any, he is ESL
Subject: I believe he is actually saying that. If it helps any, he is ESL
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It helps so much if you put more of
Subject: It helps so much if you put more of
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Helps very much!! Thanks!! : ))
Subject: Helps very much!! Thanks!! : ))
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this OP never says thank you when someone helps
Subject: this OP never says thank you when someone helps
if it helps sm
Subject: if it helps sm
Stedmans neuro book has "neural foramen" but does not have "neuroforamina"
Yes, that helps. Thanks. nm
Subject: Yes, that helps. Thanks. nm
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I don't know if this helps at all...
Subject: I don't know if this helps at all...
But in Stedman's OB/GYN work book, I only find the term hypercoagulability; nothing on hypocoagulability.
Not sure if this helps but...sm
Subject: Not sure if this helps but...sm
Not sure if this would help but I found this....maybe abdominopelvic ?
Migraine, abdominal: An attack of abdominal pain that may be preceded by a migraine aura and accompanied nausea, vomiting, and cognitive disturbance.
Thank you so much! That helps!
Subject: Thank you so much! That helps!
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Don't know if this helps any, but
Subject: Don't know if this helps any, but
there are Councill catheters and Merocel sponges.
Don't know if this helps
Subject: Don't know if this helps
but it might be Wright Medical Supramax (not sure about the strong part).
thanks, that helps! nm
Subject: thanks, that helps! nm
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*Anything* helps, believe me...
Subject: *Anything* helps, believe me...
thanks for providing these values. I know there's a difference between arterial and venous blood gases, but i've never typed anything but the arterial ones. I should probably sit down and memorize these, but my brain is full....
hope this helps
Subject: hope this helps
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hope this helps...
Subject: hope this helps...
Hi!
I would probably make just a minor adjustment as I think he's talking about edema in both ankles:
EXTREMITIES: There is edema of the right ankle at the site of fracture times two, trace to 1+ on the left. Significantly diminished pulses, equal 0-1 DP and PT lower extremities bilaterally. Normal upper.
As for the rest....looks okay to me...not sure about the "equal" part - sorry! Good job!
Hope this helps some...
Subject: Hope this helps some...
Conus medullaris and the cauda equina are within the normal limits. Intervertebral disk at L4-5 has mildly diminished signal, indicating desiccation at its interspace.
FINDINGS: There is a mild bulge centrally with facet osteoarthropathy but no significant canal stenosis.
**I'm not 100% without actually hearing the dictation that interspace and facet osteoarthropathy are definite, but with years of rad experience that's the best guess I can make for ya, both would be acceptable in that context as you have listed it. But I at least FINALLY figured out blank #1 (bulge..not bone)!! Yipee! LOL Hope this helps ya!
I fail to see how that helps them
Subject: I fail to see how that helps them
So they pass the test (with help here or wherever) and then they get in the job and fail. Are you really helping?
Always helps to know what it does, see inside.
Subject: Always helps to know what it does, see inside.
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hmm doozy ... see if this helps
Subject: hmm doozy ... see if this helps
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_England_towns#Trivia
Thanks, that helps! That's probably what he was referring to then.
Subject: Thanks, that helps! That's probably what he was referring to then.
I wasn't finding anything for AP node, but I do for the AP window lymph node as you said, so that seems right. Plus, it fits with the area he's talking about. Thanks!
hope this helps
Subject: hope this helps
defervesced
thank you, that helps alot
Subject: thank you, that helps alot
Grrreat - This helps.
Subject: Grrreat - This helps.
hope this helps
Subject: hope this helps
Reevaluation of osteoarthritis. Changed to Darvocet, ____ proteinuria. s/l "effectid". Using 3-3 per day. Losing weight.
Diagnosis: Osteoarthritis, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and elevated PSA.
okay. Thanks. I guess that helps, but this guy is
Subject: okay. Thanks. I guess that helps, but this guy is
really, really, really bad. I will try to figure this one out. Having one of those days again. Figures it is Monday. Thanks.
I hope this helps......
Subject: I hope this helps......
Head CT at_______ with or without contrast with BMP drawn prior. Appointment with Dr. ______ to consider s/l EDG.
Not sure if this helps, but there is an SPEP, not sure about IFC - NM
Subject: Not sure if this helps, but there is an SPEP, not sure about IFC - NM
NM
Well, spelling it right helps too! ha ha. nm
Subject: Well, spelling it right helps too! ha ha. nm
nm
Hope this helps - sm
Subject: Hope this helps - sm
Most of the ortho doctors I type for say medial and lateral joint line (or lines). I type what they say - if they say line, that's what they get, even if it seems like it should be lines. Same with medial and lateral versus mediolateral. I figure if I type what they say, I'm in the clear. With your example, if it sounds like he's saying medial lateral, I would type mediolateral, since it's the combining form for medial lateral.
As far as the lab, I would type it with the laboratory data. If there is no heading, I space it down one just to make is separate.
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