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Course Overview:
This course covers various issues that can challenge even an experienced x-ray technician:
- Unit 1: Challenges of avoiding artifacts
- Unit 2: Radiation Safety; Cervical Spine Challenges
- Radiation safety issues that may not be understood
- Challenging X-ray Projections in the cervical spine
- APOM
- The elusive C7 on lateral cervical views
- Cervical obliques
- Unit 3: Lumbar Spine & Pelvis Challenges
- Other Challenging X-ray Projections
- Lumbar obliques
- Lumbar obliques with segmental rotation
- Lumbar bending
- Sacrum, coccyx, S-I joints
- Ribs
- Other Challenging X-ray Projections
- Unit 4: Documentation; Body Type Challenges
- Difficulties with documentation
- Concerns related to dealing with certain body types: Large, Muscular, Osteoporotic
- Unit 5: Dealing with certain spinal conditions, certain patient groups
- Concerns related to dealing with certain spinal conditions: Scoliosis, Thoracic hyperkyphosis, Lumbar hyperlordosis
- Concerns related to dealing with certain patient groups: Children
- Unit 6: Dealing with certain patient groups, other challenging patient characteristics, personality types
- Concerns related to dealing with certain patient groups: Elderly, Other Languages
- Difficult patient characteristics: Pain, Antalgia, Coughing, Tremor
- Patient preparation difficulties: Boundaries, Gowning/Draping, Ascertaining Landmarks
- Difficult personality types: Worried, Crabby, The “Engineer”
- How to deal with rush orders
6-hour version includes Units 1-6.
4-hour version includes Units 1-4.