Chapter Four Flashcards
Must include ______ to ______ when performing bone images
Joint to joint
When demonstrating lumps/bumps on structures use __1__. To indicate entrance or exit wounds, use __2__.
- Metallic BBs
- Arrows
Do you remove splints or wraps when doing a radiograph?
No, unless indicated on orders
When performing finger or toe exams be sure to _____ what digit has been imaged to avoid confusion.
Annotate
If multiple digits on the same extremity, you must _________
Radiograph each digit individually
MCP
Metacarpophalageal
PIP
Proximal interphalangeal
J
Joint
IP
Interphalangeal
General procedure for radio graphing digits 2-5
- Film size
- SID
- Projection
- 8x10 LW or CW
- 40”
- PA
When x-raying fingers 2-5
- Patient should sit ________
- Extend the digit and place ______ surface on IR, as flat as possible
- Center the _______ to the IR
- CR
- Collimation
- At end of table
- Palmer
- PIPJ
- Perpendicular to IR and directed to PIPJ
- Closely, tip of finger to head of metacarpal
Always __1__ orders and only perform the exam that has been ordered.
Check *if in doubt contact physician for verification
For a PA Oblique Projection (lateral rotation)
- seat patient where?
- place patients ______ on the table with hand pronated and palm resting on IR
- Center IR at level of _______
- rotate hand ______
- Digits seperated and at a ________ degree angle
- CR: perpendicular to IR directed to ______ of the affected digit
- at end of table
- forearm
- PIPJ
- externally
- 45
- PIPJ
Lateral Projection
Lateromedial or mediolateral
- seat patient at end of exam table
- most comfortable position for pt.
- extend digit to be radiographed, close the remaining digits into a __1__ and hold them with the __2__
- CR: perp to IR, directed to __3__ of affected digit
- fist
- thumb
- PIPJ