Week 3 Power Point Flashcards
Radiology Assistant (RA)
•Extends the capacity of the radiologist in the diagnostic imaging environment thereby enhancing patient care.
•Perform under the direction of the Radiologist.
•Discovered by Wilhelm C. Röngten
•November 8, 1895
•German Physicist
•Received Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901
•First known x-ray image is of wife’s hand
•Died – Colon Cancer 1923
•Technology – advancing daily
Brief history of radiology
American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT)
A professional membership association that serves medical imaging technologists, radiation therapists, and radiologic science students.
Providing its members with ongoing education and professional development opportunities.
American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT)
ensures you possess the knowledge and skills needed to perform jobs within the radiographic field successfully.
A leading credentialing organization that helps people develop their career in Radiology with gold star accreditation nationally.
The Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology
(JRCERT)
assures all medical imaging and radiologic science programs achieve excellence in education through programmatic accreditation.
Integrity and high ethical principles are the fundamental values that guide in assuring a fair and unbiased accreditation process.
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
(JCAHO)
continuously improve health care for the public
in collaboration with other stakeholders, by evaluating health care organizations
inspiring them to excel in providing safe and effective care of the highest quality and value.
National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP)
seeks to formulate and widely disseminate information, guidance and recommendations on radiation protection and measurements
which represent the consensus of leading scientific thinking and safety when working with or around radiation.
Buffers
Activities that decrease the negative effects of stress but do not change the stressors.
Fight-or-Flight Response
Physiologic response resulting from anger and fear and triggered by a real or imagined threat.
Hassles
Unexpected negative changes or events
In-Control Language
Statements that reflect an attitude of choice and evoke positive feelings
Out-of-Control Language
Words or phrases that express a lack of control over a situation
Stress
Demand on time, energy, and resources with an element of threat
Stressors
Events, both real and imagined, that increase feelings of anxiety
Time management
Practice of self-management related to how time is used
Uplifts
Planned positive activities to balance hassles
Worry
Time and energy spent concerned for things over which we have little or no control
Cardiovascular Interventional Imaging (CI)
Radiologic procedures for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the cardiovascular system.
Diagnostic Medical Sonography (DMS)
Visualization of deep structures of the body by recording the reflections of pulses of ultrasonic waves directed into the tissue.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Process of using a magnetic field and radiofrequencies to create sectional images of the body.
Nuclear Medicine
Branch of radiology that involves the introduction of radioactive substances into the body for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.
Radiation Therapy
Branch of radiology involved in the treatment of disease by means of x-rays or radioactive substances.
Computed Tomography (CT)
Recording of a predetermined plane in the body using an x-ray beam that is measured, recorded, and then processed by a computer for display on a monitor.
(Scanning)
Professional Ethics
•ARRT Code of Ethics reflects the rules and standards that govern the conduct of professional technologists
•Failure to abide by the published standards may result in disciplinary procedures
Practice Standards
•Radiography practice standards have been developed by the profession for judging the quality of practice, service, and education
JCAHO
•Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
•Formerly The Joint Commission
Three categories of learning:
•Cognitive
•Psychomotor
•Affective
Three Phases –
Educational Experience
•Observation
•Assistance
•Performance
Radiography
Making of records (radiographs) of internal structures of the body by passing x-rays or gamma rays through the body to act on specially sensitized film or an imaging place or system.
Bone Densitometry (BD)
Measurement of bone density using dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA or DXA) to detect osteoporosis.
Mammography
Radiography of the breast
Echocardiography
Ultrasonographic imaging of the heart and associated vasculature.
Energy
Capacity to operate or work.
Ionization
Any process by which a neutral atom gains or loses an electron, thus acquiring a net charge.
Radiation
Energy transmitted by waves through space or through a medium.
Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
The creation of sectional images of the body that demonstrate the physiologic function of various organs and systems.
ASRT
•American Society of Radiologic Technologists
•National professional voice for radiologic technologists
•Almost half of the technologists in the country are members
