CHEST

Question 1

Where and how will you place your marker for a PA Chest and a Lateral Chest

Answer 1

PA- place it top left with L facing backwards.
Lateral- top left L facing me.

Question 2

Say the breathing instructions for a Chest

Answer 2

“go ahead and take a deep breathe in for me - go ahead and let it out. Take another deep breathe in HOLD (expose) and let it out”

Question 3

What does the left lateral position anatomically demonstrate

Answer 3

Heart, aorta, left sided pulmonary lesions

Question 4

For a lateral chest do you want the arm or its soft tissues overlapping the superior lung field ?

Answer 4

NO - long field should be entirely visible

Question 5

For a LATERAL chest i want superimposition of the ____________________.

Answer 5

ribs posterior to the verterbral column

Question 6

For a LATERAL chest the ________ is in profile

Answer 6

sternum

Question 7

For Lateral chest and PA cheat what structure is running down the midline

Answer 7

trachea

Question 8

When shifting the patient for exposure where will u place the lead plate for PA- and where for Lateral

Answer 8

PA- i will have it below the wait on the back
than shift it to the side when i take the lateral