01 · Getting Started
How to Get Into Ultrasound
Your step-by-step guide to starting a sonography career.
Beacon Sono · Adult & Pediatric Echocardiography Education
Guiding Sonographers.Empowering Care.
A library of clinically-grounded guides, charted like a course — from your first scan to the day the images stop leaving you guessing. Written by a cardiac sonographer who's still in the room.
Explore the Guides
Built for every stage of the sonography journey.
02 · Getting Started
The New Sonography Student Starter Pack
A quick-start guide to feeling prepared for ultrasound school, lab & clinicals — pre-program prep, your toolkit, study habits, and a first-semester goals worksheet.
03 · SPI Exam Prep
SPI Exam Prep Study Guide
A 58-page guide to the Sonography Principles & Instrumentation exam — physics, Doppler, image optimization, quick-review answer keys, 30 practice questions, and a seven-day final review plan.
04 · New Sonographer
The New Sonographer Survival Guide
Book One. A workbook for your first 90 days on the job — real scenarios, scripts, a protocol notebook, and a confidence tracker for the days that don't feel like it.
05 · Adult Echo
Echo Essentials: HOCM & SAM
Understanding dynamic LVOT obstruction through echocardiography — how to catch it, measure it, and know when it's actually SAM.
06 · Pediatric Echo
Tetralogy of Fallot
A pre-repair pediatric echocardiography guide — the twelve-question checklist and RVOT reference every pediatric scan deserves.
07 · Vascular
Carotid Duplex Scanning
A practical guide to technique, waveforms & pathology — from anatomy and angle correction to plaque characterization.
Beacon Sono began as a Facebook page for ultrasound students, and it's still a place, not just a product — questions get answered there every week. The library keeps growing, with new guides always in progress.
Our Purpose
To guide sonographers with knowledge, support, and resources that build confidence and elevate patient care.
Education
Quality learning you can trust.
Support
A community that lifts you up.
Confidence
Sharpen skills. Strengthen confidence.
Impact
Better scans. Better outcomes.
Why I Founded Beacon Sono
Beacon Sono was created to help sonographers move beyond memorization and develop the clarity, confidence, and clinical judgment needed at the bedside.
My goal is to make complex ultrasound concepts easier to understand, easier to retain, and easier to apply—so every learner feels more prepared when it matters most.
Amy Dittebrand
Founder, Beacon Sono
Come Scan With Us
Join 1,700+ new sonographers learning together.
Beacon Sono started as a community, and it still runs like one. If you want a guide, have a question about a guide, or just want to say hi — reach out directly. I answer every email myself.
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