However, walk-ins with referrals are welcome. Critically ill patients will be scheduled and given priority. Mammography exams are done in a dedicated room under the guidance of expertly trained and accredited technologists. A mobile mammography unit travels to Southeast Alaska towns during the summer months. Both programs are FDA accredited, and the films are interpreted by a board-certified radiologist.
Exams take about one hour.
Twenty-four hour emergency call is available. Ultrasound utilizes high frequency sound waves similar to the depth sounder on marine vessels. Ultrasonography is very useful in following pregnancy because it offers no radiation to the patient or fetus. Nuclear Medicine exams or scans are scheduled 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. with 24-hour emergency coverage by nationally licensed technologists. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission grants Bartlett Regional Hospital a license to administer radiopharmaceuticals to patients.