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So, I will get my probe and make sure that the notch is pointing towards the left shoulder and then I'll just position in the suprasternal notch, like this and I can reduce my depth, here. I think my width is about right. \u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003Cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-53d2459a-7fff-4eaa-cf21-46322aca5b39\">[00:01:00] \u003C\u002Fb>To find the view, sometimes it's useful to put some color on. That the blue surge down the descending aorta, that we see here, can help you navigate yourself a bit. And what I'm looking for are the head and neck vessels, up here. So, one, two, and there will be one up here as well. That's what it should look like. This is a diagram of the suprasternal view of the aorta. Our probe will be at the top of the screen, here. We're looking at the ascending aorta, \u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003Cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-53d2459a-7fff-4eaa-cf21-46322aca5b39\">[00:01:30] \u003C\u002Fb>the arch itself, and then the descending aorta, here. We also get the head and neck vessels. So, this first one is the innominate, some people call it the brachiocephalic artery. Then we have the left common carotid and then we have the left subclavian. Sometimes, you can see the right branch of the pulmonary artery beneath the arch. So, we're going to be scanning in a suprasternal view. So, I'm pointing the probe notch towards the left shoulder so I can \u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003Cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-53d2459a-7fff-4eaa-cf21-46322aca5b39\">[00:02:00]\u003C\u002Fb> see the arch, like this. I'm going to have a hunt around for those head and neck vessels. They're not the easiest to see and the color Doppler hopefully will help me. So, what I'm looking for are three different vessels, coming off up here, at the arch. There we are, so there's one, two, three. 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