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Jeannie to compete in her first full Ironman
competition!
Jeannie
is an avid triathelte and has competed in numerous
competitions over the past several years. She has trained
exclusively for the full Ironman for the past 1 1/2 years
and is ready. She chose Tempe Arizona as the place to
fulfill this lifelong goal. This competition is
the ultimate athletic competition that tests the mind as
well as the body! It is outlined
below.
Swim
Course (2.4
miles)
The race
kicks off with a single-loop swim in Tempe Town Lake. The
deep-water start is just east of the Mill Ave. bridges and
begins by heading east. The rectangular course will go just
past Rural Road bridge and first turn north and then west all
the way back under the Mill Ave. bridges, where another turn
south will put athletes on course to head straight back to
shore and transition at Tempe Beach Park. Water temperatures
should be in the low to mid-60s F.
Bike
Course (112
miles)
The relatively flat
three-loop course heads out of Tempe and zig-zags out to
the Beeline Highway, which gradually climbs approximately
10 miles through the Sonoran Desert to the turnaround just
before Shea Boulevard. Athletes then return to Tempe Beach
Park to start their second and third laps.
Run
Course
(26.2
miles)
The run course is flat and spectator-friendly with a
few small rollers, as athletes wind their way around
Tempe Town Lake and through Papago Park. Athletes
should be sure to pack a visor or hat in their T2 bags,
as the course offers very little shade.
For more information or to follow her results
www.ironmanarizona.com
Of course, she be wearing
her CEP athletic compression socks from www.compressionsocks.pro.
Graduated compression socks has left the realm of
exclusively medical theraputics to an indespenible
tool for the eltite athlete.
The days of wearing socks “solely” to protect feet from
blistering are over. CEP compression sportsocks are the
first truly functional compression sport socks with a
patented pressure flow technology that provide a
scientifically proven increase in blood circulation and a
consequent increase in performance. In addition to blister
prevention, CEP socks provide more oxygen, more energy, an
improved metabolization of lactic acid, and faster recovery
so you can return to training quicker than
ever. Several studies have shown they
significantly impact performance and
recovery. To read more - 

QVI
personell were invited speakers
at
Th
e 25th
Annual Congress of the American
College of
Phlebology
November 3-5, 2011 in Los Angeles,
California
Jean
White, RVT, RPhS -
recently presented
numerous topics
Our
colleague John Mauriello, MD, FACPh, presented
our scientific paper on "Popliteal Vein
Compression"
This paper won third place best
abstract award!
The American College of Phlebology is
the largest organization in the country specializing ifn
the diagnosis and treatment of venous disease. To learn
more about the ACP and venous disease click on the
link!
www.PHLEBOLOGY.org

QVI goes INTERNATIONAL
!

Ecuadorian Dancers
Jeannie recently traveled to Rio
Bomba, Ecuador for a mission trip to provide free health
care to locals with no access to any substantive health
services. Part of a large contingent of health care
workers, Jeannie and other phlebology specialists provided
diagnostic ultrasound and treatment to hundreds of patients
with profoundly symptomatic venous disease.
While admitting to a week of "perhaps the hardest work I
've ever done", she also was very highly rewarded with the
gratitude and kindness shown by the beneficiaries of this
service.

Phlebology Group hard at work in
Ecuador Jeannie
performing ultrasound
guidance

Jeannie scanning an
Ecuadorian
women
At 16,000 feet near the summit of Mt
Chimborazo

Paris,
France

The Loueve The Seine
Bill recently took a "quick" trip to Paris
France to provide teaching to a number of angiologists
participating in a clinical trial. Education about specific
exam protocols and some Doppler data acuisition
strategies proved challenging due to the need for a
translator. While intimidating at first, Doppler ultrasound
proved to be somewhat of a universal language and the
teaching proved successful based on participants comments and
subsequent performance.


Several QVI staff
attended the Society for Vascular Ultrasound 2010 Annual
Conference in Boston in June. We submitted several papers
and one presentation was awarded the prestigious D.E.
Strandness Scientific Award for Excellence in
Research!
This award, established in
1987 as the Award for Excellence in Oral Clincial Presentation
and named in 2002 in honor of D.E. Strandness, the acknowledged
"father of noninvasive vascular diagnosis", is presented
annually to a member who is the primary author and presenter of
a scientific paper selected for presentation at the Annual
Conference. Its purpose is to recognize outstanding scientific
research in vascular technology.
To be eligible, the primary
author and presenter must be a current technologist member of
SVU. The Abstracts Committee judges all eligible abstracts and
submits the five receiving the highest number of points to the
Awards Committee. Members of the Awards Committee review the
manuscripts and score the presentations at the annual
conference. The award is given to the presenter receiving the
highest number of points.
"Does Distal Venous Hypertension Affect Lower
Extremity Venous Pulsatility?"
To read the
abstract, click here


There is a new competency examination for
sonographers practicing in the world of Phlebology. Developed
over the past 2 years by
Cardiovascular Credentialling International
("CCI") this exam
tests a very specific knowledge in venous ultrasound and other
skills typically utlized by sonographers in vein centers. Jean
and Bill recently sat for and passed this rigourous examination
and now hold the designation of Registered Phlebology
Sonographer ("RPhS")

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