The foot stand used in Podiarty cases, a far cry from displacing a cassette on a chest stand!
An unusual day spent with the team in Podiatry, these clinics look at Pre-Op and Post Op patients of a variety of ages with conditions affecting their feet.
Feet are a part fo the antomy as a student which are possibly the most unattractive area of teh body, I however quite enjoy imaging feet and bariums too??
Feet are a part fo the antomy as a student which are possibly the most unattractive area of teh body, I however quite enjoy imaging feet and bariums too??
Possibly a bit weird but hey ho
Anyway back to Podiatry, the clinic runs from 10:00am till 15:00 and during this time the clinics consultant podiatrist looks at around thirty patients, of these patients around 15 of them will be sent for imaging.
All images for this clinic are weight bearing and usually the projexctions required are a DP and Lateral, the DP is acquired with the aptient standing on the plate and the lateral with the patient stood on a specially made box with the cassette inserted.
This box has a lead insert so that only half of the cassette can be exposed by the primary beam, I have been taught to image the lateral first using the box, and place the correct marker on the lateral and dont move the marker, that way you know when the cassette is placed on the fllor which side is unexposed. It is simple when you know how!
I spent the whole day working with the podiatrist and followed the patients from entering to leaving, the images reproduced were done by me so if they were not right I was to blame, in this situation you can see how your role affects the consultants and therefore accuracte imaging is essential.
The Radiographers involvement however is not to repeat the image but to pull a films list first compile the days films packets from storage and prepare them for collection by the poditarist nursing team, then put them all away again when the clinic ends once the records are updated.
This situation was particularly good for developig my skills in reporting the podiatrist spent an incredible amount of time taking me through the images nad explained why accurate imaging was of the upmost importance in Pr and Post Op surgery cases.
When the clincs were over I went back to start working on the casualty patients, for the last two hours.
A thouroghly enjoyable day
Anyway back to Podiatry, the clinic runs from 10:00am till 15:00 and during this time the clinics consultant podiatrist looks at around thirty patients, of these patients around 15 of them will be sent for imaging.
All images for this clinic are weight bearing and usually the projexctions required are a DP and Lateral, the DP is acquired with the aptient standing on the plate and the lateral with the patient stood on a specially made box with the cassette inserted.
This box has a lead insert so that only half of the cassette can be exposed by the primary beam, I have been taught to image the lateral first using the box, and place the correct marker on the lateral and dont move the marker, that way you know when the cassette is placed on the fllor which side is unexposed. It is simple when you know how!
I spent the whole day working with the podiatrist and followed the patients from entering to leaving, the images reproduced were done by me so if they were not right I was to blame, in this situation you can see how your role affects the consultants and therefore accuracte imaging is essential.
The Radiographers involvement however is not to repeat the image but to pull a films list first compile the days films packets from storage and prepare them for collection by the poditarist nursing team, then put them all away again when the clinic ends once the records are updated.
This situation was particularly good for developig my skills in reporting the podiatrist spent an incredible amount of time taking me through the images nad explained why accurate imaging was of the upmost importance in Pr and Post Op surgery cases.
When the clincs were over I went back to start working on the casualty patients, for the last two hours.
A thouroghly enjoyable day
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