Practical 1 - Cervicals And Thoracics Flashcards
Lateral cervical patient placement
Sitting
Make sure base of skull and upper occlusal plane line are parallel to the floor
Lateral cervical measurement
Side of neck to other side of neck
Lateral cervical film size and orientation
8x10 lengthwise
Lateral cervical Collimation
8x10
Lateral cervical CR placement
C4
Make sure top of light field goes just above the ear
Lateral cervical SID
72”
Lateral cervical breathing instructions
Exhale and hold
APOM patient placement
Sitting
Make sure base of skull and upper occlusal plane line are parallel to the floor
APOM measurement
Corner of mouth to base of skull
APOM film size and orientation
8x10 lengthwise
APOM collimation
Below orbits into mastoids
APOM CR placement
Middle of mouth
APOM SID
40”
APOM breathing instructions
Don’t breathe don’t move
AP cervical patient placement
Sitting
Make sure base of skull and upper occlusal line are parallel to floor
AP cervical measurement
C4 level of front and back
Thyroid
AP cervical film size and orientation
8x10 lengthwise
AP cervical collimation
Side to side soft tissue
AP cervical CR placement
C4
AP cervical CR told and direction
15 degrees cephalic tilt
AP cervical SID
40”
AP cervical breathing instructions
Don’t breathe don’t move
Anterior oblique patient placement
Sitting
“Side” is the shoulder touching the Bucky
Anterior oblique cervical measurement
Side of neck to side of neck
Anterior oblique cervical film size and orientation
8x10
Anterior oblique cervical collimation
8x10
Anterior oblique cervical CR placement
C4
Make sure top of light field goes just above the ear
Whatever side you are taking, that is the shoulder that is placed against the bucky
Anterior oblique cervical CR tilt and direction
15 degrees caudal
Anterior oblique cervical breathing instructions
Don’t breathe don’t move
Flex/ext patient placement
Sitting
Flex/ext measurement
Side of neck to side of neck
Flex/ext film size
10x12 (medium)
Flex/ext collimation
10x12
Flex/ext CR placement
C4
Flex/ext SID
72”
Flex/ext breathing instructions
Don’t breathe don’t move
AP thoracic patient placement
Standing
AP thoracic measurement
Over the shoulder - sternum to spine
AP thoracic film size
14x17
AP thoracic collimation
7x17
Step filter 1/3 of the way down #3 filter down to crosshair
AP thoracic CR placement
T6
Top of film is 1.5 inch above VP
Top of light field is above sternal notch
AP thoracic SID
40”
AP thoracic breathing instructions
Inhale and hold
Lateral thoracic patient placement
Lateral position side touching the Bucky
Arms up and out to the front like praying position
Lateral thoracic measurement
Under arms side to side
AP thoracic film size
14x17
Lateral thoracic collimation
10x17
Filters #2,3,4 bottom up to bottom of humeral head
AP thoracic CR placement
T6
Top of film 1.5 inch above VP
Top of light above sternal notch
AP thoracic SID
40”
AP thoracic breathing instructions
Inhale and hold
swimmers patient placement
Sitting
Swimmers measurement
Underneath arms side to side
Swimmers film size
8x10
Swimmers collimation
8x10
Swimmers CR placement
C7, T1
Swimmers SID
40”
Swimmers breathing instructions
Don’t breathe don’t move