the lady who does ultra sounds ?

We are called sonographers, ultrasonographers or ultrasound technologists (technician is considered demeaning). You don't have to attend a college to become a sonographer, but you do need to attend an educational program at a school with an accredited ultrasound program.

When thinking about entering an ultrasound program, you need not be concerned so much about certificate vs. degree. What is important is that you go to an ACCREDITED program, whether it is college or hospital based. An accredited program allows you to take your registry (licensing) exams upon graduation. Once you get licensed, you will never be asked about your schooling again. An employer does not care what route you take to get licensed, they just want you to have that license.

Don't waste your time or money on a NON-accredited program. Upon completion and graduation from a NON-accredited program, you must work in the field of sonography for a full year prior to taking your licensing examinations. But, you will have a hard time finding an employer to hire you, unless you are licensed.

I would suggest you observe an imaging department to get an idea of what ultrasonographers do daily. There is much more to it than scanning pregnant women. Most people have no idea how much is involved in this career!

You can find a list of accredited schools in your area, by searching "diagnostic medical sonography" and your state at the following site. There are links provided for each program, which will give you additional information (including course duration and prerequisite courses):

http://www.caahep.org/Find_An_Accredited_Program.a...

Many people, myself included, go to school to become a radiologic technologist, before continuing to ultrasound school. In fact, it can be difficult to get into u/s school without the RT license. There are many more choices for schools for x-ray in most states. You can find them here, by searching “radiography“ and your state:

http://www.jrcert.org/cert/Search.jsp

The pay for ultrasound technologists will vary, depending on experience and geographical location. The American Society of Radiologic Technologists just did a large salary survey, in 2007. You can see how much a RT and/or ultrasound technologist averaged, per year, in your state here:

https://www.asrt.org/media/pdf/research/wss2007/ws...

The people who do ultrasounds are officially called ultrasound techs. or sonogram techs. The school takes 18 months( after completion of pre-recs). I am finishing radiology tech school and looked into ultrasound tech requirements. They are the same amount of time. These certifications are offered at community colleges and technical schools.

Sonographer or Ultra sound technician

Depends where you are in the world.

In Australia most ultrasound techs are qualified radiographers, or radiologists.

They do have to complete tertiary qualifications, usually a degree.

People Who Do Sonograms

Sonographer, you can do babies, or anything really.. like gall bladders, appendix etc.. theres a long wait for most colleges for it.. its like a 2 yr course for basic but most people want a bachelors in it i think... but yes its a medical sonographer

Ultrasonagraher.

Yes, a basic radiology course (associates degree) and then extra time for this- usually a bachelors when you are finished.

Sonographer and yes its a 2yr college course after your pre-req's, just like nursing school!

They are called ultrasound technicians. Yes you do have to go to school, I believe it is about the equivalent to the training of a medical assistant who are not as qualified as nurses.

with my first child, i was told i was having a girl when i was 17 weeks then at 34 they said it was a boy. i had a boy. usually the mistakes are made when they say its a girl b/c they just don't see the penis or the scrotum but when they tell you its a boy, it usually is. i'd go ahead & get all your baby boy stuff.