Docs Corner
Procedures
For the Techs
IR Life
Nurses Station
100
This phrase guarantees the patient will move
What is “Don’t move”?
100
This device is deployed to keep a vessel open after angioplasty.
What is a stent?
100
This procedure is performed when dialysis access repeatedly thromboses.
What is fistulogram?
100
This law explains why stepping back dramatically lowers exposure
What is the inverse square law?
100
This medication is commonly paired with fentanyl for moderate sedation
What is Versed (midazolam)?
200
This imaging technique subtracts pre-contrast images from post-contrast ones to highlight vessels
What is digital subtraction angiography (DSA)?
200
This procedure places a catheter into the gallbladder for drainage.
What is a cholecystostomy?
200
If a laser beam was pointed at Earth, which IR tech has to successfully shoot the crumpled-up glove wrapper into the trash can across the room or we all explode
Who is... CRADIC
200
It's only 11:00 and the cases are done for the day. What must you immediately do if someone asks "Are we done for the day?"
What is 'Knock on wood'?
200
This assessment scale measures agitation and sedation depth.
What is RASS?
300
This doctor recognizes this swing
Dr Sanders
300
This procedure opens a narrowed vessel using a balloon
What is angioplasty?
300
This item allows dilation of a newly created tract.
What are dilators?
300
The principle that stands for minimizing radiation exposure by time, distance, and shielding.
What is ALARA?
300
This phrase most of the time guarantees the patient will become anxious (during the procedure)
What is, "You might feel some pressure"?
400
This fluoroscopic feature lowers radiation dose by reducing the number of images acquired per second.
What is pulsed fluoroscopy?
400
This procedure treats portal hypertension by creating a shunt in the liver
What is TIPS?
400
This needle is commonly used to access the biliary system
What is a Chiba needle?
400
What was one of Dr. Khares nicknames during fellowship
What is Princess?
400
This assessment must be checked after arterial access removal.
What is loss of distal pulses?
500
This fluoroscopic artifact occurs when dense contrast obscures underlying structures.
What is blooming?
500
This type of catheter is typically used for short-term or emergent access.
What is a non-tunneled catheter?
500
This flushing solution prevents clot formation within catheters and sheaths
What is heparinized saline?
500
This is the universal IR signal that something went wrong
What is silence in the room?
500
This airway classification helps predict difficult intubation risk.
What is the Mallampati score?