ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY ...From a Sonographer's Perspective Susan King DeWitt
Enhancing echocardiography education with engaging resources for cardiac sonographers, instructors & students!
My Mission
My mission is to provide reliable echocardiography resources that facilitate the learning process, clarify complex concepts, and assist cardiac sonographers in applying their knowledge and skills in the lab to improve patient care.
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ECHO...THE NOTEBOOK 8
ECHO...THE NOTEBOOK 8
ECHO...THE NOTEBOOK 8 is the primary textbook with clear objectives, a user-friendly format full of images & diagrams, updated ASE/AHA guidelines & recommendations, and detailed summaries at the end of each chapter. Review excerpts below and the Table of Contents in the FAQ.
ECHO...THE WORKBOOK 8
ECHO...THE NOTEBOOK 8
ECHO...THE WORKBOOK 8 challenges the participant with 1135 multiple choice, matching, true/false & coloring sections that improve retention of the material in ECHO...THE NOTEBOOK 8, help prepare for the ARDMS/CCI exam, and serve as the open book post-test for the CME activity (if applying).
ECHO...THE NOTEBOOK 8 & THE WORKBOOK 8 (as a set)
Bundle & save on shipping & handling! ECHO...THE NOTEBOOK 8 & THE WORKBOOK 8 are required textbooks in many diagnostic medical sonography programs, cardiovascular technology programs, and on-the-job training programs. The set is currently approved for 31 SDMS CME credits until 10 Dec 2025. Earn credits at your own pace, open book test, without travel or conference expenses!
APPLY FOR 31 SDMS CME CREDITS
Pay to apply for the 31 SDMS CME credits here! ECHO...THE NOTEBOOK 8 & THE WORKBOOK 8 are approved by the Society of Diagnostic Medical Society (SDMS) as a self-instructional activity for 31 SDMS CME credits until 10 Dec 2025. The CME ANSWER SECTION 8 includes the instructions and is located in the back of ECHO...THE WORKBOOK 8. SDMS membership is not required. SDMS CME credits are accepted by ARDMS, CCI, ARRT, and Sonography Canada.
ECHO...THE NOTEBOOK 8 PowerPoint
ECHO...THE NOTEBOOK 8 PowerPoint is a valuable teaching tool that corresponds with and supports ECHO...THE NOTEBOOK 8. The PP comes on a flash drive and has 500+ colorful slides broken down by chapter consisting of an outline of THE NOTEBOOK 8, every image & diagram, and 600+ interactive pop quiz questions with hidden answers. Review excerpts below. Only available to schools, programs, and approved OTJ programs that require ECHO...THE NOTEBOOK 8. Please contact susan@echonotebook.com for approval (include your title, credentials, business name & mailing address). A special invoice is required for this purchase - not available on my website.
ECHO....THE WORKBOOK 8 (Instructor Edition)
ECHO...THE WORKBOOK 8 (Instructor Edition) is the answer key to ECHO...THE WORKBOOK 8. Only available to schools, programs, and approved OTJ programs that require ECHO...THE WORKBOOK 8 as a student textbook. Please contact susan@echonotebook.com for approval (include your title, credentials, business name & mailing address). A special invoice is required for this purchase - not available on my website.
INSTRUCTOR PACKAGE 8
INSTRUCTOR PACKAGE 8
INSTRUCTOR PACKAGE 8
Bundle & save on all three items! INSTRUCTOR PACKAGE 8 includes a $100 discount on ECHO...THE NOTEBOOK 8 PowerPoint, THE NOTEBOOK 8 & THE WORKBOOK 8 (Instructor Edition). Only available to schools, programs, and approved OTJ programs that require ECHO...THE NOTEBOOK 8 & THE WORKBOOK 8 as student textbooks. Please contact susan@echonotebook.com for approval (include your title, credentials, business name & mailing address). A special invoice is required for this purchase - not available on my website.
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SUSAN KING DEWITT, AUTHOR, LLC
About the Author & Testimonials
About the Author...
In 1991, I earned a B.S. from Virginia Tech, with a specialty in Exercise Science. I witnessed and fell in love with echo during my internship, so I enrolled in a CAAHEP CVT Program and specialized in Non-Invasive CVT. Upon graduation in 1993, I earned both RDCS and RCS then worked full-time in a large, fast paced, very challenging lab with amazing mentors! While there, I taught a CME course for a local community college (1995-1996) and published ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY...From a Technologist's Perspective (1st & 2nd Edition).
Next, I was the Non-Invasive Clinical Instructor for a CAAHEP CVT School (1998-1999) and published ECHO...From a Sonographer's Perspective (3rd & 4th Edition). Following that, I was the Non-Invasive Educator/Technical Director for a large healthcare system where I prepared the application and helped achieve their first ICAEL accreditation. After being exposed to many different aspects within the field of echocardiography, I believe I truly understood the importance and need for reliable, easy to understand educational tools.
In the early 2000s, I published the 5th Edition and started reaching out to programs across the country. When they adopted my material - I just kept going! Luckily, in 2006 I found my printer & shipping manager, Launch Printing & Promotions, and have been working with them ever since! In 2011, I published 6 (& later 6.5) and the first WORKBOOK. Then in 2012, I released the first PowerPoint. After years of hard work, I released the 7th Edition in 2018, then the 8th came in 2022. I am forever researching, writing & editing! ;)
A few reader testimonials...
The best echo material in print!! Every echo program needs to teach using this book!! It is a must for reading and learning! - Margaret
Thank you, Susan! Your book is like a Bible for me, it was the only thing I studied for the CCI and ARDMS. As you can see, it has been thoroughly used (picture of worn-out book not included here)! I'm looking forward to the new edition. - Genevieve
Hi, I just wanted to say thank you! I passed my RCS exam today (3/28/24) and your book was the main thing I used to study. Very helpful and you do a great job creating echo education from a sonographer's point of view. I'll recommend your books to anyone I know taking the test. I was a vascular sonographer for 10 years and was lucky enough to work somewhere that brought me along in echo and got on the job training. But I passed the echo exam despite zero actual academic classes because of YOU. - Thanks, Brian, RCS
Thank you for your workbook & notebook. I truly believe your material is why I was able to pass (the ARDMS registry, 3/23/24). I was cross trained in echo and never had any didactic teaching. I pretty much taught myself with your help. So again, thank you!!! - Carl, RCS
Thank you!!! I want you to know I absolutely love your continuing education books. These are my definite go-to for my continuing education credits. - Michelle, CME participant
Best book and workbook I have used in the past 20 years. I was able to take the time to absorb concepts before moving on. Paced the reading over several months. Great drawings and explanations. - Beverly, CME participant
It was very easy to follow and really helped me understand echo well! I loved it all. This whole book - I would recommend to any sonographer learning echo. - Courtney, CME participant
I just want to tell you that I have been doing echoes for 27+ years and yours is still the most user-friendly, well-organized, comprehensive learning tool I have come across. I’ve used it to teach students in the lab and in the classroom. And now I want it for myself as a personal reference. I’m sure you hear that a lot, but just want to add my praise and gratitude! Thank you very much & God bless! - Rebecca
I just wanted to say thank you for all your hard work in putting this book together. Going through school we used the ___ Echocardiography textbook and the whole time I felt like it was drowning. During my last semester we used your book for our review class before taking our registry exams and it seemed like everything just clicked. Your work packs so much information but you lay it out in a simplistic way that is so easy to understand and digest. I can't sing you enough praises and always recommend your book to students I meet or those taking their registry. Thank you again! - Sarah
Your echo notebook is excellent! I recommended your book to every echo tech I know. I've been doing echo for 20+ years and I still learned new things and have a better understanding of other things thanks to you. I think most of us get caught up in the day to day of getting the best images possible as quickly as possible and forget some of the elusive disease processes we need to be on the lookout for, which is why I intend to use your book as an annual review. - Rebekah
Just wanted to thank you for replying so promptly. I truly appreciate your hard work. Your books definitely prepared me for my boards and simplified things that I couldn’t understand before. I’m proud of the work and effort that you have put into this project. Keep up the good work and thank you again. - Adriana
For some reason I just dread CME meetings, away from home, so much information so fast, I just shut down. This was actually fun, my own pace at my own time, will definitely do again (referring to the new edition in the future). Thanks again. - Tim
Susan puts things into perspective for fellow sonographers and/or future sonographers! This book is so easy to read and follow! This was the perfect way to refresh my brain and memory. Awesome CME activity! - Kelsey
I have been scanning for 15 years and yet I learned a lot from this CME. I Love Love Love the Notebook! I liked that I could take my time & review things. This CME activity was very complete. I am 68 and still working. Since I am required to find and purchase my own CMEs, I wanted you to know that I have enjoyed your book the most. Thank you - Jodi
Your book is fantastic. Thanks for putting this together :) I really like how you designed and wrote the notebook. It’s very approachable and easy to understand. I also really appreciate how you included a lot of visuals (with color!) and a summary at the end of each subject. This is a fantastic book! Thank you for making this! - Michael
I appreciate your contribution to the field of Echocardiography, every day I go to work and use it to assist my CVTECH students to learn cardiac ultrasound. Great work! - Rick
I would like to say thank you for your well-written book. I have scanned for many, many years and in that time purchased just about everything out there. Hands down, you wrote for the sonographer. I enjoy reading your book and I keep it on my desk for easy references. Warm wishes from a fellow sonographer. - E. Sansone, RCS, FASE
I'm so thankful our instructor switched to the "DeWitt" book this year. I find it very easy to understand and actually enjoy reading it. My favorite feature is the summary at the end of each section. It makes for a great study guide and all the key points have already been assembled for you. Thank you for taking the time to put this book together. I will treasure this book for years to come. - B. Spencer
Proud to say I passed my CCI test today!!!! Your book was so easy to understand, the workbook was a bonus!!! Thank you so much. - D. Ybarra
You have published the most practical sonographer related echo book in existence. I have referred others to it as well. - D. Karesha
I just wanted to say THANK YOU SO MUCH. I used your notebook and workbook for the CCI registry and I PASSED!!!! I took it twice before and missed it by a few points. A friend told me about your book and I ordered it online that day. I couldn't wait to read it. I read it from front to back and then did the workbook, then reviewed the book again. It helped me so much and I enjoyed reading the book. I had the LIGHTBULB moment and I am so happy I did! Thank you again for your help and for your book!! – Christina
I wanted to thank you for your books! I just got registered by ARDMS as RDCS. Your books really helped me understand Echo better than I ever have with countless other books. I finally had that "light bulb" moment you wrote about. And even though I'm now done with my exams, I will continue to re-read your book just for fun...because I began to really love Echo. I want to add that your book is so well organized and so easy to read! Other books took an already complex subject like Echocardiography and proceeded to complicate it further. However, your book broke it down into easy-to-understand concepts and made studying that much simpler. And because it's so well organized, I was able to compartmentalize the information in my head for fast retrieval later on. No more jumbled mess! I doubt very much that I would've passed my first try without this book! - A very grateful, newly registered tech! ;-)
I just wanted to take the time out to thank you for your helpful study materials I purchased from you. I found the study book and workbook to be extremely resourceful in my journey to passing this exam. You get 10 stars in my book and I was so well prepared I even finished the exam an hour earlier than expected. Thank you again and God Bless. - J. Temple
I purchased your NOTEBOOK and WORKBOOK a while back. I am 60 years old and have been in the field 37 years. I have not been successful in passing echo or vascular registry exams in the past over the years. Today I successfully past the CCI RCS exam with a score of 797 and I credit you with providing me with a guide that took me down the right track so I could rise above all my fears of the past in achieving my goal to become registered. Thank you for creating a wonderful study guide to lead to my success. - R. Spindle
Thank you so much for all that you do! I'm sure that you get overloaded with emails daily, I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate your work with your workbook and notebook. I purchased the notebook and workbook set some time ago back to pass my RCS, and it helped so much! I'm now planning on finishing my ARDMS and I knew that your workbook would again be essential. I have recommended it to anyone that has asked for a resource or something to study for the exams. Thanks again and I look forward to keeping up with what you continue to do. Have a great holiday!! - Elizabeth
I want to tell you how much I admire and appreciate all the hard work you put into the Notebook & Workbook! It is so difficult to attend conferences off site in this economy and your efforts are a great fit for our needs. Thanks again! - D. Beck-Colyott
I want to thank you for your book. I am an ultrasound technician (RVS) but I also do echocardiograms on a daily basis. I was trained to do echoes on the job and was a little unclear about some of the physiology, electrical conduction like understanding EKGs and had little knowledge about the fetal circulation and fetal heart. After reading your book (3 times cover to cover) in preparation for the RCS exam, I undoubtedly understood every concept and topic covered on the test. I thoroughly enjoyed it and recommended it to my coworkers. Oh and I did pass my RCS exam on the first try! =D Thanks again - S. Tamez, RCS, RVS
I received my books, and I have to tell you already I Love Them!!! It is the easiest to understand the best laid out information and diagrams! I wished I would have had this last year. Thank you for all your hard work and insight in writing this. It is a blessing! Wanted to share my appreciation. - K. Citro, 2nd year student
I just wanted to let you know that I took and passed the CCI-RCS exam today (I got a 829!). As you may remember, I have been out of the field for a few years as I took some time to raise my family and am now hoping to return to my chosen profession as an Echo Tech ... Your book and workbook were extremely helpful! I wanted to thank you once again for helping me out. - J. Woolard
Susan, I cannot verbalize the impact that your book had on my studies for the ARDMS Adult Echocardiography exam. I am a formally trained vascular technologist with no formal education in echo at all. I landed the opportunity to cross-train into your modality and decided to sit for the registry. I tried to read everything. I was just not getting it. I had convinced myself that I would have to memorize as much information as I could retain in the hopes of getting lucky on exam day. Then one day while I was shadowing Kathy and I asked her to explain pre-load and after-load to me. She told me that she would bring me a book that would explain it to me in an easy-read fashion. That day changed my life. I read your book from cover to cover in three days (twice more for fun) and after that initial time it all just clicked. I was able to answer most questions from my other study material after that. I walked into that exam with more confidence than I had when I sat for my RVT and I had went to school for that. I can remember sitting in front of that computer and saying "BRING IT ON!" Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and understanding with people like me. I believe that it takes a special person to be able to reach others and lift them up. I will tell any and everybody about you book for the rest of my career! Also, I am going to purchase a copy of your latest edition and workbook. - D. Latta, BS, RVT (almost RDCS) :o)
I took the CCI exam today. I passed!!!!! Yeah!! Wahoo. Thank you so much for your book. It is amazing. It really helped me. I will send in for the 25 credits in three years or whenever I need to renew. - S. Okleshan, RCS
I just wanted to say that I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your Notebook and Workbook set, and that they are going to be my main source for studying for the registry. Honestly, they are better than the textbooks I used in school! My instructor is well aware of that, believe me! Thank you so much for providing such awesome books for those of us learning echocardiography. Again, thank you for providing such a wonderful source of learning the 'ins and outs' of echo...and God bless you for doing it!!! - D. Mattocks
I would like to thank you for writing your book. I took the CCI RCS exam this past Wednesday and had been using your book as my primary study guide. It really helped me understand and clarify the concepts behind what was tested on the exam. By doing this, it helped me think in the right direction in determining the correct answers. I feel the key behind your book is your ability to explain the content in a straightforward and common sense manner. This allows anyone that reads your book to not only know what is normal but able to predict what is abnormal and the pathology behind it. I do not think I would have done as well as I did had it not been for your book. Thank you very much!!! - Sandeep
I want to inform you that I'M SO EXCITED to get this book of yours. I have honestly never heard of it until last night that I took a break from studying, and went online to INDEED.COM and it was there in one of the forums that people were talking about your book. I then Googled your book and it lead me to your web page, looked over the book and fell in love with your presentation. I'm so happy that someone like you FINALLY made a book easy to understand worth buying! I'm preparing for RCS, and I'm really counting on your book to bring everything together in a clear manner so I could PASS this test. I will inform you how that goes once I take it. Wish me luck, and CONGRATS for being such a successful woman, I really look up to you and you have truly inspired me. - C. Dalessandro, Future RCS, ARDMS
Thank you, honestly one of the best formats for teaching echo that I’ve come across. I wish you lots of success; you deserve it!! - T. Denard, RCS, Instructor
Your book is great. It provides a bridge between being a student and becoming a sonographer. Thank you so much. – D. Kent, Instructor
I am an instructor for the cardiac portion of the Diagnostic Medical Sonography program in our school. I have just received a copy of the updated editions of the books that you created. I just want to compliment you on the excellent work that you have done. In the past, I have highly recommended your books to my students. My students have responded and have expressed great appreciation for the manner in which the material is presented – in a language that they can understand, yet complex in its detail. Kudos to you for a magnificent job! - P. Penner, RDCS, CRCS, MLE, Instructor
I just wanted to let you know that echo is a lot easier to teach with your book. It has been a salvation to me. The students love it. One of my students was reading her book in clinic and a student from another school said she wanted to order it. Good Luck! - D. Sanchez-Suarez, BS, RDMS, RDCS, Program Coordinator
Sure, the same info is found in dozens of places but I love your clear presentation! It is concise and in "appropriate doses" with great drawings, tables and frame shots! I even like the type you've chosen...informal but very clear and readable. Bravo! to you! Each page or two is complete unto itself. In refreshing my technical echo skills, I really appreciate the "Sonographer's Perspective." I know your Notebook will suit my needs very well...beautiful to look at and a great focusing guide in my review! I've already recommended it to a friend! - R. Burnett, BS, RDMS, RDCS, RVT
ECHO…THE NOTEBOOK & THE WORKBOOK are the most user friendly and easily understandable language and very practical book for classes and Board exam currently available on the market. – B. Khan, MD