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I Want To Be An Ultrasound Technician
An ultrasound technician needs to know how to work the equipment and read what is on the screen. The equipment can be difficult to use, you have to angle the transducer probe just right to get the best image. It is also difficult to angle the transducer probe correctly since you are dealing with the human body and each person is different,. It is your job to find the organs you need to find in the ultrasound. That is why I wish to obtain this Scholarship. I want to be able to receive education courses that will help me learn how to handle the equipment so that I may be able to help people in the future.
I aspire to help people, so that I may be able to help people like myself. I have had several ultrasounds, my first ultrasound was a vascular

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