I am about to start the program this month and your channel is a literal lifesaver!! Please keep making more radiology videos. Id love to keep watching you
i have been binge watching your videos, and they have answered so many of my questions. i’m going to start my radtech program next semester, you have me motivated!!
my student notes for theatre radiography Michael `s theatre II Tips 1. Take all the keys to every machine just in case yours stops working 2. Let the surgeon decide where the II comes from , where the Monitor should go, don’t assume 3. If the body part is over the steel table base, or the metal table edge, or gaps in the foam table are in the way then -solution- Move the patient. 4. Beware sandbags , can be put under hips/ chest by inexperienced theatre staff 5. Set a manual kv for extremities -so that even if you come in and are centred in the wrong place , the image will be correctly exposed. Otherwise if your going in and out, over the body part, even slight miss centering, will result in a black/ underexposed image, because it will give a fresh air exposure eg 44kv ( which would not get through a finger). Generally hand 52kv, ankle 57kv, knee/ shoulder 62k , then tweek it. I once I had a student who never centred bang in the middle once, for an ankle op . The surgeon didn`t notice. The foam table makes 2 kv difference. Some machines require the first exposure to be on the AED. 6. The ii has an obese button, which is the maximum mA output, find out where this is. If this doesn’t work and the image is black - still under exposed , the only thing you can do is try and use the Monitor brightness/contrast - this may well not work ! there`s nothing you can do !! with this machine. 7. Save all the images- make this a habit- you don’t know which operation turns out wrong, even though it seems ok at the time 8. If your doing AP and Lateral, every time you go to the other position , swap the image over on the monitors. So you always keep an AP on one side, and a Lateral on the other. This takes concentration. 9. The worst problem is obesity with osteoporosis. Obesity means the II will use a high KV eg 110kv ,so LOW contrast. The bones will be very hard to see, because they don’t have any bone in them ! If the surgeon is moaning explain this LOL I had the same problem with AP hip on a young man- biggest muscular thigh in England. 10. Expect the first image to be wrong, wrong place , wrong orientation. Move the wheels in the direction you want to go, either towards head/ foot or in/out , make it easy for yourself , move in each direction in turn, and you will get where you want to be. Small movement`s to keep control. 11. Don’t let the surgeons use the flat II surface to apply a wet Plaster of Paris, unless you cover it first with a plastic bag, or water will get into it and it will go bang ! 12. For hips / DHS cover the tube ( under the table/ hip) with a plastic bag ,so blood doesn’t get into it. 13. You can get a lateral of the humerus, femur with the patient flat ( both legs down) on the table if you come in sideways, from the opposite side, and angle 70 degrees. and the body part ( shoulder/ hip/ femur) is right over the edge of the table ( so the metal table sides are not in the way) 14. If you leave the theatre for a break ( very long case) always tell someone whose sterile ( surgeon/ scrub nurse) where you will be, just in case they suddenly need you back. 15. Only ask the surgeon a question when hes not doing something dangerous e.g. with a drill. 16. At the end of the operation get a clear answer you are finished BEFORE you remove the sterile xray cover.
I'll be starting the program at the end of this month. I am so nervous and just trying to be as prepared as I can be. Thank you for your content, it was very helpful!
Today I got accepted into a Rad Tech program and am so excited!! They just started one last month, so I won't be in school until Novemeber, but i cannot wait!
@@alexishill9528I have to finish my transitional classes first before I start my prereqs (for reasons 😂😂😂) but I wanted to ask how was the classes for prereqs
@@Marzie-o2z Human Anatomy and Physiology 1 and 2 , College Algebra, Medical Terminology. Those are the core classes for my community college and to increase your chance science and math classes are the way to go
I’m thinking about starting rad tech I have a BS in health services admin so I think I wanna go radiology route did you have to take an exam before starting the program?
i’m currently completing an associates in health science. what steps did you take to become a rad tech? this is one of my dream jobs and i don’t know how to get started in this field!
I really network and reached out to people in the field to get there experience and few point also the degree i got had require me to get an internship and i got an internship at a imaging center. I would say for you look up schools in your area that offer a radiology program and speak to those professors in person if you can express your interest and ask them the necessary steps you need to take to get in the program
Guirl i need a friend like you ! I’m 30 thinking avout going to college for rad tech and i am so scared that i will fail! I went to medical assistant school when i was 20 but didn’t practice my certificate and dedicated this entire time to my family and kids but now i want something for me. I’m scared im too old and i can’t
