Duties and Responsibilities for being an ultrasound technician are very interesting but also demanding. For example, preparing patients for procedures by taking a patients history and answering any questions about the procedure. Record findings and also keep track of patient’s records. Also have to apply a gel to aid the sound waves’ ability to show the inside of the body. Recognizing the difference between normal and abnormal Images.
Parents rushing their children into the emergency room with broken bones depend on a very important person, a Radiologist Technologist. The job of a radiologist technologist is to provide information that is used to diagnose medical problems by taking x-rays, CAT scans, MRIs and ultrasounds. Once the radiologist technologist does the procedure that the doctor tells him/her to do, the doctor can then look at the image and decide what needs to be done. X-rays are pictures that show the bones of the body and can help determine where and how bad a break or fracture is. A computerized axial tomography (CAT) scans internal organs, bones, soft tissue, and blood vessels, which provides a better clarity and shows more detail than an x-ray does.
Research being currently carried out into cystic fibrosis includes trying to find a cure through gene therapy, this would try to prevent lung disease in a cystic fibrosis sufferer. People with cystic fibrosis suffer with their lungs becoming clogged with a sticky mucus making it very difficult for them to breathe. Prevention of cystic fibrosis could be done through screening a person to see if there is any family history of the disease present. Also by testing a woman during their pregnancy, by performing an aminocentisis test which would mean a sample of fluid taken from the womb. Also "chronic villus sampling", this involvs a sample of tissue (a biopsy) taken from the placenta and tested.
Medi-ports are placed to gain venous access and are usually placed in the chest. She had a few lymph nodes removed under her left arm and as a result of that, she can no longer have blood drawn or blood pressure taken on her left arm to reduce the risk of developing lymphedema. Lymphedema is swelling that occurs in one of your arms or legs, but sometimes both limbs can be affected. Lymphedema is caused by a blockage in the lymphatic system, which is an important part of your immune and circulatory systems. When the lymphatic fluid does not drain properly due to the blockage, the fluid builds up and the swelling continues.
The physician orders an EKG to rule out a possible cardiac event. The range of codes that would be used for this patient would be Codes 390-459 because the treating physician
Her first point of contact with the emergency department is triage (Farrell, 2005, p.2158). The emergency nurse then needs to determine the clinical urgency of the patient. The emergency nurse would do a primary survey maintaining vital signs and then continue to a secondary survey of the patient, to uncover any other serious threats. The nurse shall then prepare the patient for any diagnostic tests, contact family, make sure pain is under control, monitor and document their findings (Laskowski – Jones, 2006, p.54). A patient presenting with a head injury can pose a lot of complications and the nurse needs to assess and monitor the patient thoroughly.
Therapeutic Radiographer. Therapeutic radiographers treat patients, mostly those with cancer by using ionising radiation.As a therapeutic radiographer you are responsible for the accurate planning and delivery of a prescribed dose of radiation to specific areas of the body and wider aspects of oncology (tumours.) As a radiographer you play an important part in helping patients to cope with the daily physical and psychological problems assosiated with radiotherapy treatment, you need to be able to support patients and give them the correct information and even conselling. You need to be able to communicate with other members of the team and to provide support for pateitns who may be frightened or uncertain about what is going to happen.I enjoy working as part as a team and I feel that I am able to contribute to group discussions and decisions, I also appreciate working individually as it allows me to be independent. Radiographers require good communication skills to be able to deal with patients of all types and ages, many who need considerable reassurance.Making it essential that radiographers develop excellent communication skill.I feel that as an individual I am confident which allows me to support people in all types of situations and can provide the reassurance when essential.
I had already gained consent from patient A for myself and the nurse to give a bed bath in accordance with the NMC code of conduct (NMC, 2008) and following this I went to collect the correct equipment to perform the task. As patient A had Clostridium Difficile they needed to be isolation nursed. We isolate nurse to “prevent the risk of spreading germs to other patients and staff” (NHS, 2010). Outside of the side room there were red aprons and gloves which needed to be put on before entering. Before entering the side room, it is essential to collect all equipment to avoid leaving the room unnecessarily.
After telling the lady at the front desk my symptoms, I waited to be called. While waiting for my name to be called, I tried diagnosing myself and thought I must have a urinary tract infection. A few minutes later, a nurse came out of a back room and called my name. I was surprised because I was called before many people who were in the waiting room when I entered. The nurse took me to the back room and asked me to describe my symptoms once again.
Most diagnostic tests conducted in a Radiology Department expose patients using ionising radiation that are considered to be generally safe. There is no doubt that any radiation dose implicated could produce some form of effects on such individual. Hence, the purpose of radiation protection and safety programmes aim to prevent such unnecessary radiation exposures and to control the amount of exposure dose whenever is required. Even though it is necessary to reap the benefits on the use of radiation in the diagnosis of certain illnesses, it is still imperative to maintain the level of dosage to be at its minimum. This helps in reducing the patient’s lifetime risk of developing cancer while undergoing the different types of x-ray examinations.