Emergency Situations
Trauma Radiography
Pediatric Radiography
Miscellaneous
100
The medical term for "nosebleed"
What is epistaxis
100
Injury to this body region accounts for 25% of all trauma related deaths.
What is the chest
100
According to Dr. Westacott, this is the age of the neonate.
What is birth to one month.
100
This the hormone in the body whose job is to regulate blood sugar appropriately.
What is insulin.
200
The correct first 4 steps to take if your patient goes into a seizure while on the xray table.
What is 1. stop the procedure 2. protect the patients airway and head with a pillow(and body from falling off the table) 3. call for help 4. note how long the seizure lasts and what body parts were affected
200
According to Dr. Lee these are the 5 areas that a patient can bleed to death from:
What is the chest, abdomen, pelvic area, thighs and externally.
200
This is the name of the device used to hold pediatric patients between 6 mos-2 years for chest and abdomen xrays.
What is the pigg-o-stat
200
This the minimum length needed for a portable machine exposure switch cord.
What is 6 feet
300
These are the 3 common symptoms of new onset of stroke.......think of the cute song!
What is........Does your face look a little bit uneven, does one arm hang down? Is your speech not making sense?.........better act FAST!! F-face, A-arm, S-speech, T-time to call 911!
300
These two names are give to the two separate exam methods that may be done to evaluate for broken hips when bilateral hip fractures are suspected:
What is the Sanderson method and the Clements-Nakayama method.
300
This type of precaution must be used when droplet nuclei are smaller than 5 micrograms.
What is airborne precautions.
400
This is the score everyone in this room would earn right now if we were evaluated using the GCS tool used to evaluate brain injury.
What is 15.
400
This projection of the pelvis best demonstrates fractures to the ramus area.
What is the AP axial outlet projection.
400
This document outlines the boundaries and expectations for the radiography profession.
What is the Scope of Practice
500
This is the name of one of the 4 types of shock which radiographers are more likely to encounter during a severe contrast reaction....
What is vasogenic shock. (anaphylaxis is a type of vasogenic shock)
500
When doing an AP open mouth cervical spine image to demonstrate the dens, the technologist must position the patient so that this patient plane is perpendicular to the IR
What is known as the occlusal plane. (the bottom of the top teeth to the mastoid process)
500
This is a serious diabetic condition that can lead to coma or even death.
What is ketoacidosis.
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