Every good Mother and Father wants to be sure that what they do is safe for their baby. That is why we have put together this Safety Educational News Letter. This will provide you with information that will take you directly to prominent medical web sites and will give you the answers you need.
Ultrasound has been safely used for over 35 years, encompassing three generations of women. Hundreds of clinical studies over the past 30 years across the world have been done and has not shown to cause any harm to the mother or baby. In your research, you may find it helpful to visit one of the most highly respected web sites in prenatal ultrasound written by Dr. Joseph Woo, www.ob-ultrasound.net. This site gives you over 500 links to comprehensive studies in detail regarding the safety of ultrasound. Even the potential wellness benefits of mothers using ultrasound for bonding, from improved diet to quitting smoking.
The following is an excerpt from the conclusions of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine Bioeffects committee on the safety of Ultrasound:
"Widespread clinical use over 25 years has not established any adverse effect arising from exposure to Ultrasound."
Released excerpt from the AIUM statement on the Safety of Clinical Ultrasound:
"No confirmed biological effects on patients or instrument operators caused by exposure at intensities typical of present diagnostic ultrasound instrument have ever been reported."
Dr. Joshua Copel, a Yale professor of obstetrics and gynecology and member of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, agrees there is little chance of any bioeffects to the fetus or mother during a 4-D Ultrasound session as long as the Sonographer is trained and certified.
Safety Policy Regulations:
Here at Sneak Preview our medical responsibility is taken seriously with set rules for proper procedures.
- At Sneak Preview it is required that a patient is under OB Physician/Midwife care before they can come have a preview.
- Only Board-Certified Sonographers by the American Registered Diagnostic Medical Society with extensive training specifically in OB 3D/4D are allowed to be employed for Sneak Preview Imaging.
- A full diagnostic fetal scan from head to toe is done on each Preview with multiple head measurements, abdominal circumference and leg measurements to give accurate estimated fetal weight, due date estimate, amniotic fluid volume measurements, placenta location and grade, position of the baby, umbilical cord flow, 4 chamber heart with heart rate is documented. Also the fetal liver, gallbladder, kidneys, aorta, stomach, bladder, spine, lateral ventricles, cerebellum, long bones, diaphragm, extremities, 3 vessel cord with color flow Doppler, fingers, toes, umbilical cord insertion site, face, upper lip detail and nostrils are all documented in a full report.
- Reassurance scan on every Sneak Preview Patient with Complete OB Medical Report is sent to your Doctor or Midwife.
- If adverse results are produced upon the evaluation of the fetus during an Ultrasound Scan, Sneak Preview will call the patients Physician immediately after the patient and family is gone.
- Sneak Preview 4D Ultrasound does not in any way give medical advice to patients of family. The patient is here to celebrate life, have fun, receive videos, DVD, CD-R disc, and pictures and not medical care or personal opinion.
How did Sneak Preview get started?
It all began March 2004, reading an inspirational book called "The Purpose Driven Life" by Rick Warren. Wendy knew by Chapter 3 that her future would be changing. By Chapter 13 the Mission Statement was birthed for Sneak Preview. By the end of the book, she was consulting with her husband along with her Pastor at Covenant Community Ministries to discuss the possibilities of Sneak Preview becoming a reality.
Wendy K. Riha RT, RDMS began training as a Radiographer in 1981 at The School of Radiologic Technology. After graduating in 1983 she went on to study Medical Ultrasound at Lee Memorial Hospital Cleveland Campus in Ft. Myers where she became Board-Certified by the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers in 1986.
After working at Lee Memorial Hospital, Healthpark Hospital, and Cape Coral Hospital Ultrasound Departments, she had the opportunity to work for Dr. Charles McCurdy at Maternal Fetal Medicine where skill and knowledge became a constant goal thanks to Dr. McCurdy's teachings and expertise.
In 2001 Wendy became the office supervisor of the OB Division at Physicians Primary Care for the next 4 years. By Aug. 2004 Wendy was given the opportunity to move on and develop the Sneak Preview concept fully with the mission statement in action along with State of the Art Technology.
Upon opening the new office, the Media found out that Sneak Preview was the first in Florida to obtain the Medison Accuvix 4D Ultrasound Machine and the public interest soared with 3 different TV interviews, multiple magazine stories written and a front page Ft. Myers News Press story. "Southwest Florida's trendiest new business" Andi Atwater "I have the pleasure of introducing people to one of the greatest Loves they will ever experience"
Wendy Riha: "I never fail to appreciate the joy and delight in people's faces when they see their baby's face and movements in 4D. Here at Sneak Preview we have the privilege of providing an experience for the whole family to enjoy and that's what having a baby is all about."
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