In 1995, a survey was conducted in the US and Canada to determine the extent of injuries suffered by sonographers in the performance of their daily routine. The response was dramatic with an 84% injury rate. Recently, Sound Ergonomics LLC has completed a follow up survey here in the US to determine the injury rate today. The results were not encouraging as the new injury rate came in at 90%. Twenty- first century technology has allowed us to produce fantastic images of the human body with tremendous speed and accuracy, but it has also created new injury risks to the practicing sonographer. It has also become evident that as physicians take on more active roles in the actual scanning of patients they begin to exhibit similar injuries. Our goal is to identify the factors causing the rapid rise in injuries among physicians and help find ways to reduce or prevent those injuries from causing permanent damage and possibly ending careers.
We invite you to help us in this effort by participating in this brief survey. Your responses will help determine the scope of the injury problem and find ways to address it.