Inner-Vision Ultrasound : Technicians
Inner-Vision
Ultrasound has been set up by a husband and wife team of healthcare
professionals, Richard and Catherine Warriner. Richard trained as a
sonographer at Leeds in 1996. He worked at Pinderfields hospital Wakefield,
Queens Park Hospital Blackburn, Huddersfield Royal Infirmary and Liverpool
Womens Hospital as a sonographer before joining General Elecctric as
an ultrasound applications specialist. In this role Richard travelled
throughout the north of England demonstrating and teaching the latest
ultrasound techniques to sonographers and doctors in obstetrics and
general ultrasound. It was with his time at GE healthcare that Richard
was introduced to the Voluson 730. It is the class leader in 3d/4d technology
and as such the only choice for Inner-Vision. Richard has lectured to
ultrasound students at the universities of Liverpool, Leeds and Lancaster.
Catherine is a Midwife, gaining her degree in Midwifery from Newcastle
University in 1996. After working in the north east for a short while
after qualification, Catherine returned home to Lancashire and has now
worked at Queens Park hospital, Blackburn, for the last eight years.
She has been a community midwife, worked in an antenatal clinic and
has had extensive experience on the antenatal wards.
Why
Inner-Vision Ultrasound?
Richard - " I think
the name says it all - looking inward, sharing a magical experience,
the whole process of being able to visualize your unborn child is fantastic.
We know this from the reaction of expectant parents attending hospital
clinics, where in comparison to the service we offer they only really
glimpse the baby fleetingly".
Catherine
- "We offer parents the ability to choose if they want more scan
time, we don't offer a diagnostic service so we can give an extended
time concentrating on what parents want to see, and of course the other
major difference is that it's in 3d, you can really see the baby's features".
Why
Set Up Inner-Vision Ultrasound Now?
Richard - "It's only
now that the technology is available for us to scan with such clarity
in 3d and at a decent frame rate to give the moving pictures (4d) as
well".
Catherine
- "We hear in the departments, on the wards, in the clinics people
asking for this type of scan all the time and now we can offer the choice".
Richard
- "We provide a professional, no rush relaxed atmosphere
with the emphasis on your baby and what you want, giving time for you
to bond with your baby. Ultrasound scans are of course proven to reduce
anxiety and stress levels. It's also a great way to introduce other
children to their brother or sister, building up that acceptance and
being part of the process".
Catherine
- "We like the line that we came up with that we think
is really to the point, 'Celebrate the miracle of life before your baby
is born' ".