Radiation 3-27-15

Learning Report:
1. I got to help on of the technologists to write down info and to help transport patients.
2. I learned that dye makes an x-ray way clearer and that there are technologist only take pictures and radiologist interpret them.
3. The best thing that happened was that I got to see a myelogram.
4. The worst thing that happened was that there was down time at the end of my rotation.
5. This week was good because I got to see multiple things and help out.

Experience report:
Technology- The radiology unit is the unit with the most technology in my opinion. There are multiple machines that take pictures, such as an x-ray and a CAT scan machine. They also have the computers and the drug cabinet with the fingerprint system.

Diagnostic-Almost everything they do in radiology is diagnostic procedure, every picture and frame they get is to determine what is wrong in the body of the patient. There are multiple ways they can look into the body and the most common is with an x-ray and take a one dimensional picture. They can also take Ultra sounds, MRI, CAT scans and myelograms.

Therapeutic- The radiologist barely do anything that is included in therapeutic care. They do give numbing drugs before shots into the spinal cord and other procedures. There are certain drugs they can give but they are usually given after their procedure.

Diseases- The main patient I observed was a patient with lower back pain and trouble moving. Another patient had drug withdrawals or drugs in his systems (different nurses said different things), those were all the patients I saw.

Medical terminology-
MRI- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
CAT- computed tomography scan

Experience Journal:
I. This unit is well lit in all the rooms except the rooms were the pictures take place. There are no patients staying in the unit so its more important with a good work environment for the staff. It also doesn't smell as sterile as the other units and is louder than the others. The staff is talking to each other or the patients, there is almost always some noise.

II. The staff in radiology is very nice and willing to help. They all worked well together and helped each other out, they also greet each other in the hallway which is something that I haven't seen in the other units. They were all very skilled but not afraid of asking for help.

III. I learned that dye makes the pictures of an x-ray appear a lot clearer. I also learned that a technologist is the one that take the pictures but the radiologist is the one who interprets the pictures. I also did not know how many different procedures that included in a radiologist spectrum, there are so many.

IV. I really enjoyed this unit, and I learned the most in this unit. The reason I learned was that I got to see things, as well as, getting taught the things by the staff. For these reasons it is also my favorite rotation I have been to this year.