janjoy52

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1. Do U Apply Abdominal Pressure During Colonoscopy?

   janjoy52 replied to JEEMA's topic in Gastroenterology

   Nice to meet up with another gutsy member of a GI crew. Sounds like you know how to work "under pressure". Do keep your back safe. When all is said and done you don't want your back to be UNdone! Take care cecumseeker! janjoy52

2. Do U Apply Abdominal Pressure During Colonoscopy?

   janjoy52 replied to JEEMA's topic in Gastroenterology

   I've been doing flexible sigmoidoscopies for 17+ years and I apply the same pricipals of scope advancement as the doctors use with the colonoscopes. The difference is I have the patients, who are not sedated, turn to their backs and press on their l...

3. My 1st colonoscopy - draping & pain questions

   janjoy52 replied to carolla's topic in Gastroenterology

   Patients are repositioned during a colonoscopy to facilitate scope advancement. Sometimes a scope comes to an impass and is unable to proceed and moving the patient creates a new configuration to the turns that makes it easier to maneuver around. I...