REFLECTIVE ESSAY PD1 Life is a journey whereby one is continually learning new things or improving what is already known. The year I have spent at University has marked an era of academic and social learning though from a different platform. Initially the journey has been marked with feelings of apprehension‚ anxiety‚ anticipation and sometimes confusion. In the succeeding account‚ I reflect on the past year at university and placement focusing on the knowledge and skills acquired as well as hitches
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a persistent cough‚ raspy breathing‚ and fever came into the Veteran Affairs Medical Center Emergency Department. The physician on staff examined the female veteran‚ and did not find any specific abnormalities. The physician still ordered chest radiography and reviewed the radiographs once she received the radiographs. The emergency physician on staff released the female veteran with a diagnosis of an upper respiratory infection and asked the female veteran to call her primary care physician if her
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Destructive and Non-destructive Testing for Maintenance Applications Why use testing? * Make best use of limited budgets • Repair vs. replace • Increase load limits * Preserve our infrastructure • Economics • Historic structures * Make sound judgments to repair or replace * Increase level of confidence / decrease uncertainty * Increase overall safety Destructive Testing Destructive testing (DT) includes methods where your material is broken down in order to determine
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Abstract Introduction The head of the femur articulates with the acetabulum in the pelvic bone forming the hip joint‚ while the distal part of the femur articulates with the tibia and kneecap forming the knee joint. By most measures the femur is the strongest bone in the body. The femur is also the longest bone in the body.Using the AP view of the hip‚ angle formed by axis of femoral shaft and line drawn along axis of femoral neck passing through center of head of femur. At birth‚ the femoral neck
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Scoliosis is diagnosed as one of three forms: idiopathic‚ which means the cause is unknown; congenital‚ which means the bones are asymmetrical at birth; or neuromuscular‚ which means the scoliosis is symptomatic of a systemic condition like muscular dystrophy‚ Friedreich ’s ataxia‚ or cerebral palsy. In this case study‚ the patient suffers from neuromuscular scoliosis because he has cerebral palsy. Some of the signs that a person suffers from scoliosis include: • A spine that curves inward or downward
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Radiographer’s Role in Assisting the Nursing Team As a routine practice‚ post-operative radiographs will be requested within 24 hours of the surgery to validate the success of the Open Reduction Internal Fixation surgery and the placement and alignment of the screws and plates (Jibri et al.‚ 2007). These images have significant diagnostic value as it assists in the assessment of the implantation and hence‚ the likelihood of long-term success of Mrs. Churchland’s surgery (William & Neep‚ 2012).
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A reflection on collaborative practice: interprofessional working together A medical imaging student with bias for Diagnostic Radiography‚ a clinical profession within the allied health and working in the National Health Services (NHS) Since the beginning of my programme‚ I have had the opportunity to work with other professions like the Surgeon in the theatre‚ Doctors in A & E‚ Orthopaedics‚ ICU and Adult Nurses at various wards within the multidisciplinary NHS. Although the Radiographers’
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therefore emits x-rays as a result of being smashed with high-energy electrons. The x-rays spread out from the focal spot‚ through the tube window and onto the region to be examined. How is an image formed? X-ray films that are used in dental radiography consist on an emulsion/gelatine mix containing chemicals that are sensitive to x-ray radiation. This is a silver halide - either bromide or chloride. The emulsion/gelatine mix and their suspension is set onto a flexible‚ transparent tinted blue
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Osteoporosis ("porous bones"‚ from Greek: οστούν/ostoun meaning "bone" and πόρος/poros meaning "pore") is a progressive bone disease that is characterized by a decrease in bone mass and density which can lead to an increased risk of fracture.[1] In osteoporosis‚ the bone mineral density (BMD) is reduced‚ bone microarchitecture deteriorates‚ and the amount and variety of proteins in bone are altered. Osteoporosis is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a bone mineral density of 2.5 standard
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As an undergraduate at IUPUI‚ I’m eager to pursue my goal and obtain an associates degree in radiography. Accomplishing this goal would be a major deal to me as it will be the opening gate to my career as a radiologist. I expect to use my degree to full use and dive straight into the medical field directly after graduation. My plan is to start my career as radiographer at any hospital and to eventually specialize as an MRI technician. From that point in my career the goal is to continuously advance
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