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TIPS FOR CHILD COOPERATION AND TRAUMA REDUCTION Let's be honest here: most young children aren't going to be as happy-faced as our little friend in the picture on this site when they're crammed naked inside of a plastic tube. Would you? We also know that the Pigg-O-Stat might be a little weird (read: scary) looking to a young child, making it harder for the technologist to do his or her job (not that children aren't squirmy enough without being scared to death!). Some te …

Radiologists, even when they follow the most stringent safety procedures, are already working with an energy for which there is no safe exposure limit. There is always risk involved with exposure to radiation, and there’s absolutely no way to eliminate that risk fully. However, the standards set for exposure limits for radiologists in the course of their occupation are designed to be reasonable. For example, Stanford uses radiation limits that were recommended by the International Com …

Eljay now carries Techno-Aide's NEW revolutionary design, which ELIMINATES ghosting and line artifacts! Quoted from the manufacturer: "For years, Radiology Technologists have faced the difficult task of using positioning sponges to position their patients correctly just to see sponge line and ghosting artifacts on their x-ray image. Especially from the coated sponges. With the Stealth Core and Stealth Cote sponges, however, those days are history as Technologists can now avoid unnecess …

For patients who are claustrophobic, the idea of getting an MRI can be an absolute nightmare. It may be worse than just about any medical procedure they can imagine, in fact. It forces them to face a fear that causes a primal reaction in them, making them feel as if they are in real danger of life and limb, leading to panic. The whole time, they will have to remain perfectly still and allow the scan to be completed. There are ways that claustrophobic patients who need an MRI can be comf …

Personal protective equipment is part of any job where hazardous energies or materials are in use. For radiology techs, of course, personal protective equipment means a combination of equipment, both that which shields the technician from ionizing radiation and equipment which provides a gauge to let the technician know when they have received too much radiation. The shielding integrity of a good pair of lead-lined gloves has to be tested at least once per year, and testing more oft …