Diagnosis - blood tests - scans and monitors

Question 1

What was used during WW1

Answer 1

X-ray machine used to locate objects stuck in the body - before object could only be removed through surgery

Question 2

What was the positive impacts of x-rays

Answer 2

Surgeons made more precise surgeries and prevented patient from unnecessary blood loss/infection

Question 3

How was ultrasounds used in medical practice

Answer 3

Medical practitioners used to examine body using high frequency sound waves and monitoring echoes to produce images

Question 4

How was ultrasound scanners used in hospitals

Answer 4

Incorporated into hospitals - safer than x -rays didn’t expose person to radiation

Question 5

What were the two different ultrasounds

Answer 5

Internal ultrasound - very clear and magnified image of an organ
Endoscopic ultrasound - inserted into the body - used on stomach

Question 6

CT and MRI scans

Answer 6

1970s - CT scan - combined multiple x-rays views internal organs and detects tumours
1980s - MRI scan - radio waves and strong magnets examine brain and spinal cord - identified tumours, strokes , inflammation and infection