Ancillary services are categorized into 3 categories; diagnostic, therapeutic and custodial. Please describe each one of these types of custodial service and answer the following questions. Diagnostic ancillary services are a broad range of tests that are an essential part of patient care, allowing physical to detect disease earlier, make diagnoses, prescribe therapies, and monitor the patient’s results. They generally provide in office or in support physician services at a hospital. One example of using these types of services would be if a physician sent a patient in for a blood test, this is using a diagnostic ancillary service.
Cerebrovascular Accident By Mike Smith RADT153 Radiography Patient Care Cypress College Just what is a cerebrovascular accident (CVA) one might say? A cerebrovascular accident otherwise known as a stroke occurs when the blood supply leading to the brain is interrupted or reduced; causing the tissue in the surrounding area to become oxygen deprived, which can lead to brain damage. This can be caused either by a type of blockage, known as ischemic stroke or by a rupture in a blood vessel, a hemorrhagic stroke. There is also a condition called a transient ischemic attack, where the individual for a brief period of time shows symptoms that are similar to a stroke. About 85 percent of strokes are ischemic strokes (Stroke, 2014).
Unlike a CT scan, MRI does not use x-rays. Instead, it uses a strong magnetic field and radio waves to produce very clear and detailed computerized images of the inside of the body. MRI is commonly used to examine the brain, spine, joints, abdomen, and pelvis. A special kind of MRI exam, called magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), examines the blood vessels. Nikola Tesla discovered the Rotating Magnetic Field in 1882 in Budapest, Hungary.
Venipuncture is the act of drawing blood for testing and is performed by a phlebotomist. The results from this process allow doctors to diagnose patients. It also allows for DNA matches for criminal cases and missing person alerts. The patient will be set up in a sterile room with a place to sit before the process begins. In the room with him is a tray which contains a tourniquet, gloves, medical tape, sterile gauze, alcohol preparation pad, vacuum tube(s) with label(s), and a sterile needle with a needle holder.
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.
Robotic abdominal surgery, and colon and rectal surgery are used to treat conditions like the following: gallbladder cancer, liver cancer, and pancreatic disorders. When these conditions are treated with robotic surgery there is a good chance that patients will avoid nerve damage due to the flexibility and precision of the robotic arms used. Da Vinci, which is a popular brand of robotic surgery system, makes only small incisions during these procedures instead of the large open incisions used during traditional laparoscopy. Robotic cardiovascular surgery includes invasive heart surgery, heart valve surgeries, and coronary bypass surgery. The most commonly performed robot-assisted cardiac procedure today is a mitral valve repair or replacement (Bush, Nifong & Chitwood, 2013).
This medical field is referred to as Sonography. Ultrasound uses sound (sonic) waves to capture images of the internal organs and tissues for the diagnosis and treatment of medical problems inside human beings. The Sonographer takes readings of the appropriate areas and angles that the physician had requested, and then sends the information back for interpretation. Unlike other diagnostic imagining system’s that use radiation, ultrasound is completely radiation free and is safe for both patients and ultrasound technicians. Knowing this little bit of information I’m sure questions are flaring up in your mind wondering what else Sonography has to offer for patients, and if still interested in learning more continue reading as for my facts about ultrasound will have your minds amazed about how technology has changed over the years and how it lets
The signals can be analyzed to detect medical abnormalities, activation level, or recruitment order or to analyze the biomechanics of human or animal movement. ------------------------------------------------- Medical uses EMG signals are used in many clinical and biomedical applications. EMG is used as a diagnostics tool for identifying neuromuscular diseases, assessing low-back pain,kinesiology, and disorders of motor control. EMG signals are also used as a control signal for prosthetic devices such as prosthetic hands, arms, and lower limbs. EMG then acceleromyograph may be used for neuromuscular monitoring in general anesthesia with neuromuscular-blocking drugs, in order to avoid postoperative residual curarization.
With the MRI and the CT scan, an injection of dye goes into a vein in the arm which then allows a picture to be taken of the blood vessels in the brain as well as the blood vessels in the neck which take the blood to the brain from the heart. To find out what caused the stroke, further tests can be done on the heart and blood vessels to confirm and this can include an ultrasound which uses a high frequency sound waves that produce an image of the inside of the body which can show the professional if there is any narrowing or clotting in the arteries leading to the brain. Physical examinations can also be used to check risk factors of the stroke by taking blood tests, checking the individuals pulse and blood pressure and using a stethoscope to listen to the sound of the blood in the neck
Magnetic Field Therapy: It is a procedure where magnetic field penetrates the human body and reacts and treats the target organ. If used properly, there is hardly any harmful side effect. It treats both physical pain and emotional stress, relieves symptoms and retards the cycle of new disease. The earth is surrounded by magnetic fields produced by itself, by weather, and by electrical devices. Even a human body produces a delicate magnetic field produced by chemical reaction within cells that generates the ionic currents of the nervous system.