APC Chapters 1-3 Flashcards
What is the most important way to reduce patient dose?
Collimation
Who discovered X-rays and when?
Wilhelm Conrad roentgen
November 8th, 1895
What law describes the relationship between intensity of the beam and distance from the source?
Inverse square law
What is the annual dose limit for occupational workers?
5 REM/year or
.05 Sv/year or
50 mSv/year
How do you make REM into Sievert?
x.01
What are the 2 categories of effects that can occur from exposure to ionizing radiation?
Long term effects
ARS
What does ARS stand for?
Acute radiation syndrome
Whole body received a dose of 100 R or more
Acute radiation syndrome
What 2 things relate to people who are exposed to irradiation?
Somatic effects
Genetic effects
For a left lateral decubitus the patient is __________ & ___________.
Recumbent
Lying on their left side
4 elements for student success
Education
Emotional
Physically well
Financially prepared
What are the 2 major professional organizations in radiology at the state and national level?
State - ASRT
National - ISSRT
What is the practice standards?
A document that defines your job description and scope of practice
What document represents the application of moral principles and moral values for radiology?
Standard of Ethics
The right to make decisions concerning ones own life
Autonomy
The intent is good although a bad result may be foreseen
Double effect
Equal treatment and equal benefits
Justice
Honesty to patients
Truthfulness
Duty to refrain from inflicting harm
Nonmaleficence
Refusing to work with a patient because you do not care for the patients religion is violating _______ & _______.
The law
The ethics of your profession
What is the minimum thickness used for lead shields?
0.5 mm Pb
A set of principles that govern a course of action
Professional ethics
Covers the acute hospital care and home health care of a persons who are 65 years of age and older
Medicare
Provides medical care for children and disabled persons
Medicaid
What are 4 modes of thinking?
Recall
Habit
Inquiry
Creativity
Memorizing
Recall
Repetition; without thought
Habit
To question
Inquiry
To create something new
Creativity
Low level thinking skills
Recall
Habit
High level thinking skills
Inquiry
Creativity
What are the 3 types of learning skills?
Cognitive
Affective
Psychomotor
