Allied Health
Vascular Technology A.A.S. Degree
Program Description
Vascular Technology is an allied health profession in which practitioners perform diagnostic and monitoring
procedures using sound waves. The vascular sonographer performs examinations at the request or direction
of a physician. Through subjective sampling and/or recording, the vascular sonographer proceeds with the
examination to create an easily definable foundation of data from which a correct anatomic and physiologic
diagnosis may be established for each patient.
The various types of ultrasound imaging equipment require a highly skilled sonographer to obtain the imaging
information or other data required. The vascular sonographer must obtain appropriate history, physical
findings, and pertinent laboratory data to adapt the imaging techniques to obtain comprehensive and
diagnostic information.
Students may change programs one time within related imaging programs with permission of the faculty.
Students must earn a grade of 2.0 or higher in each class in order to proceed to the next quarter.
Career Opportunities
Vascular Technologists are employed in a hospital setting, clinics, physicians' offices, free-standing vascular
laboratories, and mobile services where the technologist and/or the instrument is transported to the patient or
remote office.
Potential positions include: vascular technologist, vascular sonographer, cardiovascular technologist
Persons with Disabilities
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act
of 1973, accommodations for students with disabilities will be considered at the student's request. The student will be required
to register with the Disability Support Services office and provide documentation of disability. Once the student is qualified by
the DSS Manager as having a disability, requested accommodations will be considered. Accommodations for the classroom, laboratory,
or clinical setting will be considered according to reasonableness. Accommodations that compromise patient care, or that
fundamentally alter the nature of the program or activity, are not considered to be reasonable. A student denied accommodation may
request an individualized determination to assure that the denial is not a result of disability discrimination by contacting the
Manager of Disability Support Services and Testing at 533-7498. Procedures for appeal are outlined in the SCC Center for
Students with Disabilities Student Handbook. Other than accommodation issues, procedures for student grievances including
academic dismissal are outlined in the following SCC website:
www.scc.spokane.edu/?concerns.
For additional information, please contact Disability Support Services.