From the first-week reading assignment I’ve learned about the history of x-rays, and who have discovered them. I’ve learned about different organizations, certification requirements, I’ve learned different names for radiographers, their tasks, duties. I’ve learned about law and ethics, Medical Asepsis and Patient care which deals with Infection Control, Ergonomics and Principles of Body Mechanics, the HIPAA Privacy Rules. Learning about law and ethics are very important. The radiographer needs to understand about certain law and ethics in the field of radiology so she can prevent the unnecessary mistake from happening. There are several types of ethics to understand in the field of radiology such as biomedical ethics or bioethics and professional …show more content…
To prevent spreading an infection to patients or anyone in the health care environment, the care giver should remember these rules: apply handwashing, proper disposal of contaminated items, table top, calipers, x-rays machines, and immobilization aids should be disinfected before and after every use. Infections are easily spread, from direct contact to indirect contact. Direct contact infections are spread when the infected person has direct bodily contact with an uninfected person and the microbe is passed from one to the other. Indirect contact infections spread when an infected person sneezes or coughs, sending infectious droplets into the air. Vital signs are part of the human body sign of life. They consist of temperature, respiratory rate, pulse, and blood pressure. Taking a patient's temperature would help the radiographer to determine whether the patient’s temperature is normal, higher than normal, or lower than normal. The respiration rate is to allow you to check the number of breaths the person takes per minute, by doing this the radiographer would be able to observe if the patient breathing is regular or irregular. The radiographer needs to check the patient’s pulse so she can find out the number of times the heart beats per minute, by doing this she’ll be able to check for normal or abnormal heart rate. The importance of taking the patient blood pressure is to …show more content…
When the radiologist is in the same room with a patient taking an x-ray her body also receives a little bit of that radiation even though the amount may be negligible, the cumulative effect could have devastating consequences. This is referred to high levels of radiation and when measures precaution are not as effective. Despite the risk, x-rays are vital. People take x-rays so the radiologists can check for abnormalities within the human body. X-rays can be dangerous when there is a lack of precautions. Doctors and physicians use x-rays so they can check for broken bones, with chest x-rays they can spot pneumonia. Also, dentist use x-rays so they can check to see in what shape are your teeth. Overall x-rays are like private eyes for doctors and physicians. Radiologists are duty bound to perform diagnostic procedures on patients. They cannot refuse to do so simply because x-rays are dangerous because they are ethically bound by the oath they take as doctors. X-rays have many properties that are very useful for medical diagnosis and treatment: they have a very short wavelength (about the same size as the diameter of an atom. They can add or remove electrons in atoms and molecules. They affect photographic film in the same way as visible light by causing it to turn black. They are transmitted by passing through