I'm a radiologist as well and my biggest pet peeve of this show is that they regularly x ray with tons of people still in the room. The majority of the workups, diagnoses and therapies are on point though, so I really do enjoy the show.
I would like to plug in an ALARA guideline from Texas and other states for Radiation Control & Safety. Here is that principle : " The amount of radiation exposure is not inversely proportional to the distance from the radiation source, but is inversely proportional to the square of the distance [2,4]. This means that double the distance from the radiation source can reduce the radiation exposure not to 1/2 but to 1/4. " ALARA - As Low As Reasonably Achievable, is a standard rule adopted at all the facilities where there is any source of radiation - X-ray/fixed or Portable, C-Arm, CT, Fluoroscopic Fixed units.
I think the show is mostly diagnosticaly correct also (based on my own little knowledge about pathologies). But the way they do things on the floor is unrealistically incorrect 😂! I'm a former radiographer myself and all I have to say is yikes.
I'm a radiographer and the way they x-ray on this show really makes me cringe - the amount of people in the room, the lack of lead, the blatent tube mis-positioning...I mean they should at least point it at the chest if they're doing a CXR 😂
Yeah it can be subjective. It helps to have a normal baseline image to compare to. If you don't have that, look for other signs like enlarged heart, pleural effusions, widened vascular pedicle.
I'm a radiologist as well and my biggest pet peeve of this show is that they regularly x ray with tons of people still in the room. The majority of the workups, diagnoses and therapies are on point though, so I really do enjoy the show.
Your reaction in the first scene when they were looking at the CXR was priceless.
I would like to plug in an ALARA guideline from Texas and other states for Radiation Control & Safety. Here is that principle :
" The amount of radiation exposure is not inversely proportional to the distance from the radiation source, but is inversely proportional to the square of the distance [2,4]. This means that double the distance from the radiation source can reduce the radiation exposure not to 1/2 but to 1/4. "
ALARA - As Low As Reasonably Achievable, is a standard rule adopted at all the facilities where there is any source of radiation - X-ray/fixed or Portable, C-Arm, CT, Fluoroscopic Fixed units.
Thanks for the correction!
This is funny hope you can do more
Would you make a video about pulmonary embolism pitfalls?
As a training radiographer, I am sorry about too many EKG leads in the way! HAHA
Lol. Sometimes it's unavoidable
In 2nd hemopneumotx patient was supine so how can we see air fluid level which is seen in upright position?
Funny . Thanks
I think the show is mostly diagnosticaly correct also (based on my own little knowledge about pathologies). But the way they do things on the floor is unrealistically incorrect 😂! I'm a former radiographer myself and all I have to say is yikes.
I'm a radiographer and the way they x-ray on this show really makes me cringe - the amount of people in the room, the lack of lead, the blatent tube mis-positioning...I mean they should at least point it at the chest if they're doing a CXR 😂
Hello I have some difficulties to find if vascularisation is increased or not in a chest X-ray
Yeah it can be subjective. It helps to have a normal baseline image to compare to. If you don't have that, look for other signs like enlarged heart, pleural effusions, widened vascular pedicle.
hahahahah
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Lol these medical shows are super dumb