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Built With the Community
Beacon Sono began as a Facebook page for ultrasound students. It grew into a library — but it's still a place, not just a product. I answer questions there every week.
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.
Your Path to Confidence
Scroll through the journey. Every waypoint is a guide you can carry into the room.
Beacon Sono isn't a catalog — it's a path, charted in the order sonographers actually need it: from the first day of school to the scans that used to make you nervous.
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The Guides
Where it started, and where it's going.
Scroll to move through it — the line fills as you go.
Stage 01 · Before You Scan
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.
$5.99Get it now →
Stage 02 · Registry Ready
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.
Digital workbookGet the guide →
Stage 03 · Your First 90 Days
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.
Digital workbookGet the guide →
Stage 04 · Clinical Clarity Vol. 1
Echo Essentials: HOCM & SAM
Understanding dynamic LVOT obstruction through echocardiography — how to catch it, measure it, and know when it's actually SAM.
Digital ebookGet the guide →
Stage 05 · Pediatric Echo
Tetralogy of Fallot
A pre-repair pediatric echocardiography guide — the twelve-question checklist and RVOT reference every pediatric scan deserves.
Digital ebookGet the guide →
Stage 06 · Vascular Skills
Carotid Duplex Scanning
A practical guide to technique, waveforms & pathology — from anatomy and angle correction to plaque characterization.
Digital ebookGet the guide →
Stage 07
Your Turn
The library keeps growing — new guides are always in progress. Wherever you are in your training, there's a waypoint here for you.
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 1,400+ 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.
Every guide is a secure, instant digital download — delivered right after checkout.