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What does LATERAL mean in radiography?
An x-ray taken from the side of the patient.
Taking a temperature
Ensure thermometer is properly cleaned, center is poisonous, hold at opposite end of silver Mercury bulb. Shake until Mercury falls below 35 degrees. Place under tongue of fully conscious adult patient or armpit of a child. Keep in place for 3mins.
Read the temp at the level to which the Mercury has has written
Angina
Pt complains of tightness of the chest which can radiate across the left arm to the neck and jaw. They can also experience shortness of breath and nausea. This is due to lack of blood in the coronary artery, most often due to the narrowing of the vessel.
Precautions and drugs used for Angina
Precautions: Make sure medication is available
Use local anaesthetic with adrenaline
Keep pt more upright in chair
Drugs: GTN spray (glyceryl trinatrate) sub lingually
Coronary Thrombisis
This is a complete blockage of the coronary artery. There is no oxygen going to the heart muscle, leading to a heart attack.
Precautions and drugs used for Coronary Thrombosis
Precautions: The pt must see the GP to have an INR check (international normalised ratio). This will reduce the risk of haemorrhage.
Drugs: Anticoagulants, Heparin, Warfarin
Heart failure (attack)
This is not a disease, but it categorises many disorders such as:
- Hypertension
- Ischemic
- Heart Disease
Drugs used for this are: Aspirin, Digoxin (slows heart rate)
Precautions: To use LA without adrenaline
4 main ways X-ray photons can interact with matter
1: Absorption
2: Pure Scatter
3: Absorption and scatter
4: Transmission
Radiolucent
(Type of shadow)
Black areas are where x-ray photons have passed through the patient (no absorption) and hit the film.
Radiopaque
(Type of shadow)
White areas are where the x-ray photons have been totally absorbed by the patient.
Mixture
(Type of shadow)
Grey areas occur where there are varying areas of absorption.
Placement - explain the error and correction
Error: improper area recorded, crowns or apices cut off.
Correction: place receptor according to placement guidelines to cover structures.
Foreshortening - explain the error and the correction
Error - image shortened and smaller than the actual object length
Correction - decrease the vertical angulation of the beam
Elongation - explain the error and the correction
Error - image stretched and longer than the actual image length
Correction - increase the vertical angulation of the beam
Overlapping - explain the error and the correction needed
Error - proximal surfaces of the teeth are closed
Correction - direct the x-ray between the contacts of the teeth
Cone cutting - explain the error and the correction needed
Error - white zone where the x-ray did not strike the image receptor
Correction - center the x-ray beam over the image receptor
Under exposure - explain the error and the correction needed
Error - light or low density image
Correction - increase exposure factors, check for large patient’s size.
What does INR stand for?
International normalised ratio
Leukaemia
Increase of abnormal white blood cells (Leukocytes). Therefore the patient has reduced immunity.
Explain the Frankfort plane
A line from the tragus of the ear through the palpable bony infraorbitbal rim area is relatively parallel to the floor.
What are photons?
Photons are a type of electromagnetic radiation. They come in a wide range of energies which determine their properties.
The very low energy photons make up radio waves, whilst the photons with medium energy are visible to us as a light.
Gamma ray and x-ray photons
These have a high energy compared to other types of electromagnetic radiation. They are classified as ionising radiation.
They are the same thing, the only difference is gamma is naturally occurring and x-rays are man made.
X-ray photons can interact with matter in 4 ways. Name them and try to explain them.
Absorption- they hit the matter and their energy is absorbed.
Pure scatter - they are deflected in another direction with no loss of energy.
Absorption and scatter - they hit the matter and are deflected in another direction with loss of energy
Transmission - they pass straight through the matter without touching anything. Photons with a lot of energy will pass through the patient whereas photons with little energy stops inside the patient, known as absorption.
What does Kv stand for?
Kilovoltage