Excellent image analysis! I'll be using this as content in the radiography positioning course I teach. Thank you for sharing. I'd love to see more content like this!
Greeeeeeeeet channel, plz help us to learm about the tue positioning and how to fix it if it's not a true position, such as lateral knee, AP pelvis, and so on....
Thanks so much man! 1st semester RT school, zoom style (shoot me), and we are being asked to critique images not even knowing what a good quality image looks like since we have close to zero direction in this department until AFTER we turn everything in! Passing on your channel to all my classmates ASAP!
I have heard 45 degrees for both oblique wrist and oblique hand xrays, but if you look in textbooks and look at real world xrays, the hand is way more obliqued in a wrist than a hand. I've never been able to get a proper hand xray at 45 degrees (using a sponge even) because the metacarpals are way too superimposed.
I disagree. The wrist doesn't have a joint that allows it to be obliqued a different amount than the hand (just flexion, extension, ulnar deviation and radial deviation). A 45 sponge shouldn't be needed... you can just look at the posterior surface of the hand - as long as that is 45, it will be positioned optimally. You could also touch the tips of the index finger and thumb together to determine amount of rotation needed. Just don't forget to straighten them before exposing.
I am a 2nd year student and we just started doing our clinicals.I just want to know what does it take to be fast when doing Xrays?I'm worried about the time I take.
I wouldn't focus on efficiency if you just started clinicals. Focus on positioning accurately, properly identifying the patient, technical factors... basically all the stuff that feels mundane at this point. Efficiency is only going to come with repetition. Sure, be mindful that you don't take 20 minutes for a chest or extremity exam... we're not looking for perfection from someone just starting clinicals, but you won't be efficient at any exam without performing it several times. That will come naturally as you gain more experience.
