Communication will occur with not only the Radiologist and the other Radiologic Technologists but also with the patients. During my job shadow at Maine General Medical Center, I experienced observing an elderly patient who was getting prepped to have a CT scan. The man was very stressed and uncomfortable and the result was they ended up rescheduling the scan. X-rays and scans can make people feel intimidated and uncomfortable. It’s very important to talk to the patient and make them feel as comfortable as possible in order to get them to cooperate for the perfect image that you need to get. It’s also very important that there’s no confusion between the Technician and the Radiologist, because you don’t want to have to re-do the scan. Everyone is limited to a certain amount of radiation in his or her lifetime; you wouldn’t want to be responsible for exposing a patient unnecessarily as a result of a bad
Communication will occur with not only the Radiologist and the other Radiologic Technologists but also with the patients. During my job shadow at Maine General Medical Center, I experienced observing an elderly patient who was getting prepped to have a CT scan. The man was very stressed and uncomfortable and the result was they ended up rescheduling the scan. X-rays and scans can make people feel intimidated and uncomfortable. It’s very important to talk to the patient and make them feel as comfortable as possible in order to get them to cooperate for the perfect image that you need to get. It’s also very important that there’s no confusion between the Technician and the Radiologist, because you don’t want to have to re-do the scan. Everyone is limited to a certain amount of radiation in his or her lifetime; you wouldn’t want to be responsible for exposing a patient unnecessarily as a result of a bad