TECHNICIAN SECTION

Journey from technician to professional.

Heat Detection Accuracy and AI Technician Evaluation

The following points are important to remember in the quest to achieve a successful dairy reproductive program: • Pregnancy rate is a sensitive and valuable indicator of reproductive performance. • Insemination risk and conception risk are components of pregnancy rate. • Low heat detection accuracy can reduce conception risk and ultimately decrease pregnancy rate. • In an on-going heat detectio...

Dental technician pneumoconiosis mimicking lung cancer.

A 47-year-old man was referred for assessment of bilateral lymph node enlargement identified on a routine chest radiograph. Positron emission tomography showed high standardized uptake values (SUVmax: 20.5) in right supraclavicular, right intercostal, and multiple mediastinal lymph nodes. Biopsy samples obtained from the right upper and left lower paratracheal nodes by mediastinoscopy revealed ...

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Emergency medical technician education and training.

Emergency Medical Services (EMS) training and education are vital and vibrant aspects of a young and evolving profession. This article provides a perspective on this effort in the United States and reviews current activity in Rhode Island.