MedWorm.com provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 5000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest items from the 'Desert Imaging' source. Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:41:22 +0100 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2008/05/updatefinally.html Well, I imagine there aren't too many readers left for this blog and it's my own fault. But if anyone is still left out there, here's an update.I graduated in late December of 2007 and took the registry exam 2 days later. Unfortunately, the results took a couple of weeks to get to me, but when they finally did, I found out that I PASSED!! I ended up getting a score of 96, not too bad if I do say so myself. I was hoping for at least a 90 and was VERY pleasantly surprised when I got the results.A little about the registry exam.....It was very serious business. They fingerprint you before you go in to take the test and then scan your fingerprint again if you leave to use the bathroom and then again when you come back. You are monitored via cameras the whole time to make sure no one cheats. The online account that my school provided use for doing practice tests and for studying before the exam was very similar in format to the registry exam software, so it already felt familiar when I sat down. I believe you are allotted 4 hours to take the test but I finished in 3, even though I was shooting for getting done in 2. Other than that I can't really say much about the registry exam. It felt VERY, VERY good to get it over with and although I came out of the test not feeling very confident that I did well, I at least knew that I had passed. Our teacher had told use over and over in class that if you feel like you failed coming out of the exam it is actually a good sign and it likely means that you passed. It was true in my case as well as several other people from my class to whom I talked after taking the exam. Either way, I am very happy to have it over with.The most annoying thing about it all was that it took several weeks (about 6) to get my actual license in the mail and unfortunately, in the state of Arizona, you can't work until you can produce your actual license for your employer. So I spent the better part of January at home on my butt, unable to work. But once I got the license I started work right away at Flagstaff Medical Center here in Flagstaff, Arizona. However, since a full time position was not open they hired me on a per diem basis, which means I am not garanteed any hours each week, but rather fill in for people when they are sick or on vacation. Unfortunately, I'm still waiting for a full time position to open up but it has worked out fairly well so far. I have averaged about 28-30 hours per week for the past several months. However, it will be very comforting to finally have a concrete, full time position, which may happen in July sometime. Keep you fingers crossed for me.So that's where I am now. I still love my work (most days! :-) and still learn something new each day. I am feeling much more comfortable in surgery, which was a weak spot for me for a long time. My skills were recently really put to the test when there was an 80 car pile up on I-40 just outside of Flagstaff and the ED was immediately flooded with about 50 injured people. The hospital called a Code D (disaster code) and called in extra employees from every department. It was amazing to see all the techs working so fluidly and it felt good to be part of that team.Anyway, if there is anyone left reading this blog I thank you for hanging in there with me. I still plan to update it from time to time and let you know my progress in my career. My future plans involve landing a full time position (obviously) preferably on day shift, as well as getting cross trained in bone densitometry. After that who knows!Another major change in my life is that my wife and I finally bought our first house. We close on it on July 31st, and can't wait to have a place of our own. Flagstaff homes are very expensive in relation to the average income, so getting into the market is very hard. Fortunately, because of the burst of the housing bubble, it's a buyers market and we were able to find a great house that was in our price range that we would never have been able to afford 2 years ago, even if I hadn't been in school. In short, 2008 is shaping up to be a great year. :-) (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1466841 Sat, 24 May 2008 18:14:00 +0100 1466841 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2007/10/morbid.html Our latest review section is actually full of some really morbid stuff. For example did you know that it takes more than 5000 rads of radiation to fry your central nervous system, with death occurring in 0-3 days. If I got blasted with 5000 rads I would be hoping for closer to the 0 day mark than the 3 myself. Yikes! Also, it only takes about 200 rads of full body exposure to destroy your bone marrow, circulating blood cells and lymphatic tissue, causing death in 10-60 days. Yeah, happy thought, huh.Anyway, the moral of the story, kids, is PROTECT YOURSELF from radiation at work and clinicals. Granted the amounts of radiation we work with are extremely low compared to the numbers I quoted above, but.....Think of it this way, too much radiation protection can never hurt you, but too little protection sure can.Also, the three body parts that are most sensitive to radiation are the lenses of your eyes, your thyroid and your gonads. So don't forget those lead aprons and thyroid shields when you're in fluoro. And why not pick up a pair of leaded glasses (or BCGs), you can even write them off on your taxes as a work expense. Something to think about. We wanna keep all you radiographers out there happy, relatively unirradiated and able to reproduce. ;-) (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=962513 Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:44:00 +0100 962513 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2007/10/review.html My whole last semester is review, which is good because I haven't thought about Compton scatter and the like since we first learned the material almost a year and a half ago. Our school has provided us with an online account that allows us to take practice tests that are set up just like the registry exam.We can control how many questions there are on each test as well as which subcategories they come from (e.g. patient care, positioning & procedures, physics, techniques, etc.). It has been extremely helpful in studying for the Registry exam. I don't feel ready to take it yet, but I will soon. I just need to keep studying. Speaking of that, I better get to it. It seems to help if I take 1 or 2 30-question practice tests each night when I get home from clinicals. That way I've gone thru a large number of questions in a fairly short amount of time. Works for me!! (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=942976 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 01:17:00 +0100 942976 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2007/10/me-slacker.html SLACKER!!! That's the word to describe me. At least in regards to this blog. I cant believe its been so many months since my last post. Unforgivable! With that said, please forgive me!! I've been so busy with school, clinicals, summer travel, my photo blog and various other things that I have completely neglected this blog. Sorry. In a nutshell, school is going well. I'm half way thru my last semester. I cant believe it. The other night my wife and I were reminiscing about how long ago it seems that I started my program. Its been less than 2 years but it feels like so much longer. I have seen and done so many things in that time. I've grown and changed as a person and done things I didn't think I could ever do. But having said that, I still have A LOT to learn. We all do, I guess. That is one of the things about radiography that really interested me in it in the first place. You never stop learning and experiencing new things. Some good, some not so good. But at least they are new. On the school front I'm doing well. I have finished all my competencies. My last was the skull, go figure. I did a great job if I do say so myself. It was actually on a Behavior Health patient who was very unpredictable. I must have had a rapport with him though because he cooperated perfectly for me, even though I was half expecting him to take a swing at me at any moment throughout the entire exam. Either way I comp'ed and it was my last one. Yay me! I'm becoming pretty proficient in surgery and fluoroscopy, which is good because in 2 months and counting I will be on my own on that front. I still need to get more experience with children though. For whatever reason, we don't seem to get too many kids in our dept, so I don't have a lot of chances to "practice" with them. (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=936764 Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:56:00 +0100 936764 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2007/07/rt-wannabe.html Check out this blog, RT Wannabe, by a new Rad Tech student in the Southeast. Just two posts so far, but I have a feeling there will be many more to come. Show your support to a fellow RT student. (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=737517 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 01:29:00 +0100 737517 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2007/07/goin-good.html Hey Everyone! Sorry for the "Long Time, No Write" situation. Everything is going pretty well in my clinicals and I'm pulling straight A's in my two classes, Pathology and Film Critique. They are starting to let me do a lot more on my own at clinicals, which I really enjoy. It really gives me the freedom to solve problems on my own, instead of someone just telling me how to do something. Granted, I'm not as fast as most of the other techs, but my images sure are starting to look good.I have to say I'm pretty lucky. From what I've read on other Rad Tech student blogs and heard from classmates, the techs at my clinical site are extremely supportive and patient with me. Even though I do complain sometimes (especially about surgery rotation), I'm really happy to be where I am and am looking forward to getting hired on there once I graduate.As for competencies, I only have 1 mandatory and about 5 elective comps left to test off on. Unfortunately, my last mandatory comp is of the skull, which we very rarely get, since most head trauma patients go straight to CT. But I'm hopeful that sometime soon I'll get a nice juicy, walkie-talkie outpatient to do my first and last skull on. The positioning for the skull is actually pretty easy if you have a cooperative and fairly mobile patient. The routine positions for the skull at my clinical site are PA Caldwell, AP Towne, both laterals and the good ol' SMV. So cross your fingers for me that I'll get that soon. (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=735502 Sun, 15 Jul 2007 23:02:00 +0100 735502 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2007/07/new-photoblog.html If you're at all interested in photography, check out my new photoblog. It's dedicated to my amateur photography from in and around Flagstaff, Arizona. Here's a link to it: Flagstaff Photoblog I hope you enjoy. Please don't hesitate to leave comments on this blog or my photoblog. (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=719801 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 00:29:00 +0100 719801 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2007/06/x-ray-radiation-vs-visible-light.html Recently, a reader left a comment on my blog asking how visible light is similar to x-ray radiation. And being the big nerdy, bookworm geek I am, I got right to researching it. His or her question was a good one and got to the very basics of Radiation Physics. Most of my classmates hated the Radiation Physics class we took first semester, but I loved it and found that I was actually quite good at understanding it. So hopefully I’ll be able to answer this readers question here, so that everyone can understand. Visible light and x-ray radiation are similar in that they are both composed of photons traveling in waves, but differ in the frequency and energy of the waves. The electromagnetic spectrum is made up of several different types of radiation. From highest energy to lowest energy they are: Gamma rays, x-rays, ultraviolet light, visible light, infrared light, microwaves and radio waves. The first three are what are called ionizing radiation. That is, the waves are so energetic that they can actually interact with and possibly destroy or alter DNA molecules in cells. This can result in the destruction of the cell, the organ or the creation of mutant forms of the DNA we call cancer. Hence, if you receive too many sunburns (caused by ultraviolet light from the sun), you may eventually get skin cancer. However, visible light, infrared light, microwaves and radio waves have such low energy that the waves are unable to interact with DNA and therefore have no effect on cell reproduction. So in summary, all these types of radiation (x-ray, visible light, radio wave, etc.) are, in their basic form, the same thing. They are “packets” of photons that travel in waves. However, what makes them different is the frequency and wavelength of those waves (which is in itself a function of the amount of energy in the wave). Having gone back and read the previous two paragraphs, I realized that I made x-rays seem like pretty scary and damaging things. In reality they are not. Not only does modern x-ray equipment use relatively little radiation to obtain a radiograph, but also, believe it or not, your body is mostly made up of open space, which the x-rays pass right through. Your body is also composed of lots of water and minerals (e.g. calcium) which are unaffected by x-ray radiation. While it’s obvious you don’t want to be exposed unnecessarily to x-rays, almost always the benefits outweigh the risks when getting an x-ray image. I hope this answered the reader’s question and has helped you get a basic understanding of x-ray radiation, at least in its relationship to visible light and other radiation types on the Electromagnetic spectrum. (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=693228 Sun, 24 Jun 2007 17:36:00 +0100 693228 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2007/06/since-i-was-born-in-canada-i-have-sort.html Since I was born in Canada, I have sort of a soft spot for my brethren to the north. So when I found this video on YouTube.com I had to post it here.I can really relate to all the stereotypes about Canadians that are mentioned in this Molson Beer commercial, because when I first moved to the US I got a lot of the same comments.Anyway, if you are familiar with Canada or Canadians, this commercial will make you laugh.Enjoy! (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=675048 Thu, 07 Jun 2007 01:25:00 +0100 675048 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2007/06/surgery.html Yuck! I'm in surgery all this week. Not my favorite place to be. Although watching some of the surgeries like lap choles and IM roddings, I really prefer doing general x-ray exams or fluoro. As an X-ray Tech in surgery, you seem so removed and disconnected from the patient. For me, it also seems to be made up of long periods of boredom, broken up by short bouts of extreme nervousness and awkwardness on my part.I'm not that great with the C-arm. I'll just admit it. And I think my CI knows that, so he keeps putting me in surgery every other week. I guess its good.....in a way. It forces me to get to know the C-arm and the quirks of each doc, and will ultimately make me a better tech, but man, do I hate being down there.Firstly, I am stressed out the entire time, just waiting for the doc to get pissed cuz I did something wrong or I'm not doing something fast enough (e.g. I actually had the doc grab the head of the C-arm today and shove it out of the way, almost taking out a table to sterile instruments in the process! Jeez, ever hear of something called patience! I'm new here buddy!!).Secondly, as you have all heard me complain about before, I've had chronic back pain for more than 7 years now, and wearing those lead aprons all day really takes a toll on the old "espalda".Thirdly, F$%# it's cold in there. Why do they keep it so cold!!??.......Well, I know why....to keep down infection and all that good stuff, plus I think the docs get pretty hot in their sterile gowns. But could they bump the thermostat up a degree or two, so I don't turn in to a block of ice in blue scrubs?Anyway, sorry for using this posting to complain so much. But it's my right, as a student, to complain, especially since we don't get a paycheck at the end of the week!! :-) (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=658750 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:03:00 +0100 658750 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2007/06/pathology-class.html Having pathology class is pretty freaky. If you're not careful you could really become a major hypochondriac with all the information you learn in that class. Considering that our pathology book is just shy of 500 pages long, contains only pathologies that can be seen radiographically AND doesn't discuss some of the more rare conditions, it's enough to keep you up at night worrying about whether or not you have pleural effusion, renal vein thrombosis or a host of other weird pathologies.The only thing you can do is, when you're not in class or studying, push that info into the back of your mind otherwise you'll never be able to get thru the day. (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=655437 Sun, 03 Jun 2007 19:19:00 +0100 655437 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2007/04/returned.html Hello, again everyone. Thanks to all for your kind thoughts and prayers for the loss of my grandmother. We are all doing well and dealing with her death in our own ways. I was lucky enough to see her quite recently in March when she was healthy and still up and moving around easily. That's how I want to remember her. Thanks again to everyone.On a radiography note, I found out that one of my past radiography teachers started a blog, too. Although he doesn't work at my school anymore he still keeps in touch with his old students. So I thought I would post a link here to his blog. It's called Topics in Radiography and it details some "tricks of the trade" that he has figured out over the years. Could be helpful for techs and VERY helpful to new techs or student techs. Take a peak when you get a chance. Just click this link ---> Topics in Radiography. (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=558328 Sat, 21 Apr 2007 00:19:00 +0100 558328 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2007/04/loss.html FYI, I probably won't have a chance to post for a week or two. My grandma died a few days ago, so I have some family stuff to take care of. It was a my mom's mom, so my main concern right now is that my mom is doing ok and dealing with the loss. She was 94 years old, so she had a long, full life and didn't suffer in the end, which was important to me. She fractured her femur about a week and a half ago and quickly went down hill from there. She was already under hospice care, so she had the best people with her to make sure she was comfortable. It all went as best as it could of, I guess you could say.Anyway, I apologize for the lack of future posts and I will do my best to get back here soon. Take care everyone.Dustin (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=537901 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 01:33:00 +0100 537901 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2006/04/factoid-1495.html Recent reseach has shown that playing your music real loud in your car with the windows down DOESN'T, in actuality, make you cool. (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=514409 Sun, 01 Apr 2007 04:43:00 +0100 514409 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2007/03/invite-to-joost.html Can anyone send me an invitiation to Joost? It looks great and I'd like to test out the Beta version, but I need an invite to Joost to be able to test it out. Can anyone help me with this? You can email it to arizonadb2005@yahoo.com.Thanks guys! (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=514410 Sun, 01 Apr 2007 02:20:00 +0100 514410 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2007/03/carswho-needs-em-unfortunately-i-do.html Well, I think my car is finally starting to die. It only has about 115,000 miles on it, but about 45,000 of those have been put on in the last 8 months. I guess it has held up for me pretty well up to this point, but I was hoping it would last until I was done with school and actually had a job and could afford to buy a nice new one.I'm trying to figure out a time I can get it into the shop without severely restricting my mobility for clinicals. I have to drive about 65 miles to clinicals each day and 150 miles to class in Phx on Mondays, so I rely on it a lot.The place I take it to here in Flagstaff is one of the few places that don't screw you, so needless to say they are usually pretty busy. Which means I have to call ahead of time and make an appointment to get in. Crazy huh? Anyway, the logistics of it are a real pain in my arse, and I always dread trying to get my car in when its most convenient for my wife and I.Anyway, that's what's going on with me. On a radiography note, I have been on the other side of the hospital all this week in the Out-patient dept, which has been a nice change. It gives me a break from all the stupid drama of the in-patient rad dept. Tomorrow I hope to get a chance to work in CT for a few hours. The CT tech who works on Fridays is a great teacher, not to mention a cool guy and he usually doesn't mind explaining things to me and taking the time to teach. We'll see how it goes. Fridays are usually especiallly busy in CT, so I better start lacing up my running shoes now. Have a great Friday everyone. (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=492334 Fri, 23 Mar 2007 02:24:00 +0100 492334 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2007/03/changes.html You may have noticed the new title and banner for my blog. I have changed the title from Desert Imaging to Mountain Imaging, since I'm not down in Phoenix any more. The banner photo is of the San Francisco peaks which is a small mountain range just north of Flagstaff, Arizona, which is where I live, will be doing my last clinical rotation and hopefully get a job once I'm done with school.Anyway, I hope you like the new look. (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=480797 Sat, 17 Mar 2007 22:05:00 +0100 480797 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2007/03/clinical-challenges.html You would think that the hardest and most challenging part of a clinical experience would be learning new skills, interacting with patients and following hospital policy. But, as it turns out at least for me, the most challenging part is getting along with my coworkers.All modesty aside, I would say that I'm a pretty smart person and can acquire new skills rather quickly if given the chance, and so the "skills" part of clinicals has not been especially challenging for me. And in general I almost always develop a good rapport with my patients, assuming of course, that they are not delirious or unconscious or something. But, for the first time in my life, I am having a hard time getting along with my coworkers.I have been told that radiography generally attracts people with strong personalities, but it seems that my clinical site has taken that theme and run with it. I am, at least in my opinion, a pretty amiable person; I like to go with the flow and can make friends quickly, but I have had the hardest time fitting in with the other techs at my site. I try not to take it personally and tell myself it's because I'm a student and at the bottom of the heirarchy that no one asks my opinion or listens to my suggestions, but that will only take you so far, you know. Maybe I'm being too sensitive, maybe I should suck it up and stop caring what people think about me. This idea is all good in theory, but putting it into practice is another story.I guess in the grand scheme of things it doesn't really matter. I will be leaving that hospital in a few weeks and never plan to return to it, but at the same time I do value peoples opinions of me and find it hard not to be taken seriously. I really hope, though, that it just happens to be this group of people and that at my next site and eventually where I work will have a more supportive, positive atmosphere. I guess in a few weeks, I'll find out.Anyway, I'd like to hear from some other x-ray tech students or techs out there who have also had this problem. How did you get around it? All comments and suggestions are welcome. (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=480798 Sat, 17 Mar 2007 20:31:00 +0100 480798 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2007/03/plateau.html January 3rd! I can't believe it's been since January 3rd that I have updated this blog. What a slacker I have become. But I have an excuse. 850 miles and 16 hours in the car a week, PLUS 32 hours at clinicals and 4 hours a class really cuts into your blogging time, you know. But alas that is no excuse to neglect my readers.......if I even have any left.The last couple months have been rather "blah" for me. I guess I had hit a slump. I had kind of plateaued in my learning. I had learned enough to get by and, for whatever reason, I stopped challenging myself, stopped stepping out of my comfort zone. Call it the Winter Lazies. Anyway, Spring has sprung here in northern Arizona and I have begun to take a more proactive stance at clinicals.During the last few months things had not been going well for me at my clinical site. My Clinical Instructor (CI) dumped me in February, so I had to scramble to find a new one to take me on, with no help from my school. Several people left the department whose positions had to be filled by some rather surly travel techs. And I had gotten pretty fed up with spending a good chunk of my day stuck in the car.But luckily things have turned around. I have a new CI who is a great teacher and very patient with my questions and problems. I had worked with her before and was very glad that she agreed to be my new CI. Some of the travelers have left and the ones who have stayed I have started to get along with a little better. And I finally found out where I will be for my next clinical rotation and I was fortunate enough to get my first choice. It's a hospital in the town I live in and my 75 minute commute will turn into a 7 minute commute in approximately 36 days and 15 hours........not that I'm counting or anything. So, in a nutshell, things are starting to lookup.I have to admit that I have gained a good base of knowledge at this first clinical site, but I am ready to move on and work with some new people and experience new challenges. My next clinical site will offer a lot more in the way of trauma imaging and OR experience, two of my more weak areas, so it will be good for the "learning process". I hope to update this blog more frequently in the next couple months, too, so check back often.I hope everyone else who reads this blog is doing well in their classes/clinicals/jobs and please feel free to leave questions, comments or suggestions.Good luck and be safe out there! (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=474763 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:31:00 +0100 474763 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2007/01/young-couple.html They came into the ED early in the morning. Before most of us have had our first cup of coffee. Their SUV had traveled at least 500 yards off the freeway by the EMT's estimate, rolling countless times. Neither had been thrown from the vehicle, although no one knew how, since the couple reported that seat belts were a distant afterthought for them. 22 and 23 years old, too young to spend a sunny January morning being extricated from a severely crippled automobile."I don't know how it happened," she told me. A typical response after a violent car accident. It usually takes time to process what happened. The EMTs and firefights who brought them in had some idea of what caused the crash. "See that bruising on her mid-thigh," an EMT said to me, "that's not from her seatbelt, that's from her jeans. They were halfway down when we found them in the car." "Seriously!?" I replied. "Yup, and her boyfriend here either forgot to get dressed before he left the house this morning, or some serious hanky-panky was going on in that SUV when they lost control, because he was totally naked when we arrived on-scene."I tried to control my laughter, but it was a losing battle. Just moments before I had felt the unfairness of the situation; a young couple injured in a terrible auto accident. But as the real reason for the crash sunk in, the humor of the situation hit me and I had to leave the room so that the patients didn't see me laughing. Had their injuries been more severe, I would have felt guilty about my laughing at their situation. Inexplicably they sustained only minor cuts and abrasions, but left the hospital that day with severe bruising to their egos. (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464631 Thu, 04 Jan 2007 01:33:00 +0100 464631 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2006/12/top-10-reasons-to-date-x-ray-tech.html 1. We do our best work in the dark2. We can see through your clothes3. We know all the positions4. We are well developed5. The chemistry is always right6. We know what buttons to push7. We have all the right techniques8. We know how to warm up a tube9. We know how to get the best penetration10. When you need it now, we make it wet.Thanks to Kristen from Kristen's Chronicles for the list. (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464632 Tue, 05 Dec 2006 00:09:00 +0100 464632 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2006/11/new-rad-links.html Hi Folks! I've recently been alerted to some really useful websites relating to radiography and radiology. Links to these sites are below and have also been added to the side bar.Radiology RamblingsDave's Places in RadiologyDave's Radiology Student's PagePlease take a minute to check these sites out. They have tons of useful information for Rad Techs, Rad Tech students and Rad Tech students-to-be! (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464633 Mon, 27 Nov 2006 23:51:00 +0100 464633 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2006/11/happy-tg.html Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! I hope you all have a safe and happy holiday weekend with friends and family. Eat some extra turkey and cranberries for me! :-) (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464634 Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:48:00 +0100 464634 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2006/11/office-politics.html Office Politics! Man, I hate that sh!t! Even though we don't work in an office, per se, the politics are there, none the less.Generally, I try to stay out of office politics. People playing each other off each other, mini vendettas, gossip, grudges; they all seem to get in the way of actually working and doing a good job, but always seem to worm their way in anyway.Since I've been at clinicals for almost 3 months now at 32 hours per week, people are starting to see me as a coworker rather than a lowly student. So as a consequence, I'm starting to get included in conversations about how so-and-so is a lazy worker and should be fired or how such-and-such is her fault. I prefer to work in a team-oriented atmosphere and I'm starting to realize that that idea might be a little naive, at least at my clinical site.For the most part everyone puts on a happy face and works efficiently together, if not completely amicably. But once a person leaves the group, they usually start talking about him or her and how they would have done such-and-such differently. I quietly listen and keep my mouth shut. People have a right to vent, but when things get personal thats when I draw the line. I am not there to bad mouth people or talk about how the director sucks, I am there to learn and be taught so I stay as far away from the gossip circle as possible.The thing that really bothers me is that they usually talk bad about a person who is just having a bad day or even someone who has screwed up just once and had to repeat an exam. So that starts me thinking, "My god, I repeat stuff all the time. What must they say about me, the idiot newbie student." But at the same time I tell myself "Hey I'm allowed to screw up from time to time. Thats why I'm here, to learn. Even if that means learning from my mistakes." So in short, I try not to include myself when the group starts gossiping, and just hope that whatever goes around about me is minimal in its personal attacks on my character. What else can I do, right? (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464635 Sat, 18 Nov 2006 23:40:00 +0100 464635 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2006/11/retirement-plans.html Rumsfeld's plans for retirement. (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464636 Sun, 12 Nov 2006 18:12:00 +0100 464636 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2006/10/caf.html If you're a coffee-aholic like I am, these cartoons will brighten your day. If not, you still might like 'em! :-)Coffee Cartoons (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464637 Wed, 01 Nov 2006 01:35:00 +0100 464637 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2006/10/change-of-color.html The fall colors are just about at their peak right now in Flagstaff and the city and mountain are gorgeous.Because of our local climate (i.e. high elevation and very little precipitation), there are very few deciduous type trees that thrive here. Pondarosa pine is the most common type of tree, but the next most common is the aspen.I love aspens. Not only are they very aesthetically pleasing (at least in my opinion), they also make a wonderful quaking sound when the wind rustles the leaves. Hence the name "quaking aspen", I guess. In the fall, the green leaves turn to a bright yellow color that, as the fall light filters through them, fills the forest floor with a warm, buttery light that keeps you warm even when the air is cool.Unfortunately it won't be long until the wind and snows come, knocking the foliage to the forest floor. Luckily, we took a hike last weekend and were able to get some great pictures of the leaves. So I'll shut up now and post some pretty pictures. I hope you enjoy them. (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464638 Fri, 20 Oct 2006 01:45:00 +0100 464638 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2006/10/wet-roads-traumas-arrive.html I saw and participated in one of my first major traumas today. It was not a very uplifting experience.The hospital I'm at for my clinicals is pretty small and most major traumas are automatically sent to Flagstaff or Phoenix since both cities have hospitals that are rated Trauma 1. But today they sent us one for reasons unknown to me.It was an 18 year old man who had been in an MVA. The poor kid had hydroplaned on some wet asphalt slid off the road and was ejected from the car. He had head, neck and abdominal trauma and was in pretty bad shape. They called us for a stat portable chest and pelvis x-ray and would later do a CT scan of the head and neck areas.It was amazing to watch the docs and nurses swarm around him, all of them doing their jobs with infinite efficiency. I attempted to do my part, namely x-raying the patient's chest and pelvis, in as timely manner as possible.Upon visual inspection it was clear the kid was in pretty bad shape and once we got the CT scan there was no denying his condition. The head trauma he had sustained had caused a massive bleed in his brain and he was more than likely brain dead already.At this point they transfered him to Flagstaff since my hospital doesn't have a very advanced neurology dept. The news of his condition hit me harder than I would have expected. I thought about how his family's life would be forever changed by the events of that day. I did my best to continue on during the day, x-raying patients and keeping a cheery demeanor with them. But I kept thinking about when the doctor would finally have to break the news to the kid's family that he was almost certainly brain dead and would most likely not survive for many more hours. How would I react if I were given the same news about my brother, mother or wife? There is no way to know how one will react until one is put into that situation and with any luck I will never have to find out how I would respond. (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464639 Sun, 15 Oct 2006 01:22:00 +0100 464639 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2006/10/my-first-tipping-experience.html I had an interesting first experience today. One that most people will never get the opportunity to experience in their lives. I "tipped" a BE patient for the first time."Tipping" a patient is a nice way of saying that I inserted the tip of an enema tube into the patient's rectum and administered liquid barium sulfate into their colon. Nice huh?! I hope most of you never have to experience it.And believe it or not the "tipping" part isn't the worst of it. In many patients the barium, and air that is added later, expands the colon and makes the patient feel like they are having horrible gas cramps. I have never had one myself, but from what the patients have been describing to me during the exam, I hope to never have to have one........or at least put off having one for many years!BEs are often done in conjuction with or instead of a colonoscopy to look for problems in the large intestine like colon cancer, diverticula, polyps, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease or even appendicitis. Most of your organs are not visible on standard x-rays, so in order to visualize the colon a radiopaque material (in this case barium sulfate) is used to coat the inner lining of the large intestine and then air is injected to expand the walls so all parts of the intestine are visible on the x-ray image or under fluoro examination.BEs are a very common exam and provide the doctors with a lot of good information about the condition of the colon.Truthfully, I had been dreading my first experience tipping a BE patient. In school the instructors always tell horror stories about techs being pooped on by elderly patients who have not been prepped properly or of patients being unable to hold in the barium and letting loose all over the table. But so far I have not seen this and, although I am sure it happens, I don't think these problems are very common.I guess I was most concerned with the rather intimate aspect of actually tipping the patient for the first time, but everything went well in this case. I explained to her what I was going to do and made sure she was ready before I did anything. Another tech was there to make sure I did everything correctly.I'm actually extremely relieved that my first time is over and that it went so well. I know that they wont all go so well, but at least I can always look back and remember that my first BE tipping went smoothly. (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464640 Sat, 07 Oct 2006 01:23:00 +0100 464640 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2006/10/what-are-you-sinking-about-har-dee-har.html What are you Sinking about?har dee har har! (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464641 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 06:57:00 +0100 464641 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2006/10/hiv-positive-patient.html I had my first HIV positive patient today. It was a little surreal. She didn't fit any of the stereotypes of what one might have for an HIV positive person. She was young, healthy-looking, well-spoken and polite. She seemed like your typical college-age women from anywhere in the US. She wasn't the one to tell us she was HIV positive (it was evident in her chart) and we didn't talk about it with her. All she needed done was a simple abdominal series and single view chest x-ray, so discussion of her condition was not warranted.On a lighter note, I did my first shoulder x-ray today. Not too exciting but the pictures sure came out pretty. The shoulder is a really strange and complex joint and it's a wonder more people don't have problems with it. The patient needed both shoulders radiographed (he had been bucked off his horse a few days earlier). The tech I was with did the first one, showing me his techniques for positioning, and I positioned the patient for views of the other shoulder. Unfortunately, I couldn't comp this time because I have to do at least one exam with supervision before I can actually comp on it, but I'll be ready next time. (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464643 Wed, 04 Oct 2006 01:08:00 +0100 464643 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2006/10/camping-trip-to-lockett-meadow.html Here are some pics from my wife and my camping trip to Lockett Meadow, a few miles north of Flagstaff, AZ. The meadow and hills are full of aspen and in the fall the colors are amazing. Our campsite is at about 9000 ft asl, so the nights are already pretty cold....... like 25 degrees F cold!! But we brought plenty of blankets and the fire kept us warm until we headed for the sleeping bags. It was so cool to hear the elk bugling in the distance. They kept at it for hours. My wife was sure the male was looking for a booty call! :-) Anyway, enjoy the pics.Our camp siteBecky looking at the San Francisco Peaks from Lockett MeadowMe at a pulloff on our way to Lockett MeadowBecky holding an aspen leafView from Lockett Meadow the morning after we campedYeah...........it was frickin' cold!!!!!!Me contemplating the meaning of life or something just as philosophical, I'm sure ;-)aspeninteresting plantBecky holding some aspen branches (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464642 Tue, 03 Oct 2006 23:32:00 +0100 464642 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2006/09/good-with-bad.html Working in a hospital is always interesting. You see things you would never see in other jobs. To work there, however, you must take the good with the bad. You are usually seeing people at their worst, most vulnerable point, and you have to be sensitive to that.In the short time I've been working in the radiology department I have seen some great things, but, unfortunately, some not so great things as well.For example, on Friday I assisted with an UGI Series on a patient who had been complaining of acid reflux and abdominal pain. During an UGI Series the patient swallows barium and we watch it pass thru their GI tract on fluoro. After we were done and the patient was changing back into their clothes, the doctor pulled me aside and showed me some of the shots he took of her stomach during the exam.He pointed to a large, rough section of her stomach wall and explained that part of her stomach was being destroyed by cancer and could been seen on the film. Stomach cancer is one of the worst to get and metastasizes very quickly.It was a strange and sad feeling to stand there and know that this person has cancer and probably doesn't have many more months of life left and she didn't even know it yet. Up until then I hadn't really seen too many major pathologys, just broken bones, diverticula and hiatal hernias, all of which are relatively benign compared to this patient's problem. I'm thankful that I wasn't the one to have to give her the bad news, but I'm also thankful that I was involved in diagnosing her problem, so that she may enjoy the time she has left.Fortunately, I've also been there when patients have received good news. A couple weeks ago we had another patient in for another Upper GI series but this one also included a small bowel follow thru, where you follow the barium through the small intestine until it has reached the juncture with the large intestine.In this patient's case, the exam was ordered because his doctor suspected the patient had a bowel obstruction, which is a simple thing in concept but can be very dangerous and life threatening for the patient. He drank the barium and we watched for over an hour (taking pics every 15 min) as it passed through his upper GI and into his small intestine. He had already had a barium enema a few days before so the doc knew that his large intestine was not blocked, so if he was obstructed it would have to be in the small intestine.But as we watched the barium progress through his system it was clear that there was no obstruction, which meant he would not have to have emergency surgery as the doctor suspected. I still remember the look on his face as the doctor told him the news that he wouldn't have to have surgery. He was so happy and relieved I couldn't help but smile and congradulate him on the good news. It was a good moment for me and I felt lucky I could be there for it. (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464644 Sat, 30 Sep 2006 20:16:00 +0100 464644 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2006/09/list-of-stupids_27.html Below is but a short list of things patients have done to land them in our x-ray department.- drive an ATV drunk......and at night.- drop a box of frozen french fries on their foot- jump off a swing- tried to do a "wicked cool" trick on their skateboard- slammed their elbow in the refridgerator door- got out of a car wearing very high heels and turned their ankle- got a bowel obstruction (OK, so this one isnt so funny)- wiped out pulling a wheelie on their motorcycle- hit a light pole while driving drunk (but decided not to come in for two days!!)- got bumped in their recently operated on elbow by a waitress- got pneumonia (Again, not so funny)And my all time favorite...- they put their leg down in an attempt to stop an 800 lb. ATV going 20 mph instead of using the break.You would think that the last one would be an isolated incident, but unfortunately it is not. It happens all the time with ATV and motorcycle riders. So do your best to avoid doing any of the above activities because I'd rather not see YOU at the other end of my x-ray machine any time soon. (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464645 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 02:05:00 +0100 464645 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2006/09/apologies.html I apologize for the lack of postings the last few weeks. The truth is I'm still pretty exhausted when I get home from clinicals at the end of the day and find it hard to form a complete, coherent thought much less attempt to compose a witty and entertaining post. Not that I have ever been successful at that in the past! :-P Unfortunately, I no longer have the big, healthy doses of spare time I used to have while I was living in Phoenix and only going to classes. I now have to use what little free time I have for doing housework, running errands, spending time with my wife and the all important job of entertaining the cat.I know, excuses, excuses, excuses. I don't mean to justify my relative absence to the blogosphere, but there are some good reasons I have not been around. I hope my loyal readers will not lose faith in me and go off in search of greener and more frequently updated pastures, and I hope my new readers, especially those of the rad tech student persuasion (you know who you are) will continue to check my site for my not-so-witty, not-so-entertaining updates. ;-)And now, as I see the spaghetti water is finally boiling, I must bid you all a fond adieu. Enjoy the weekend and please do check back from time-to-time for updates on the life and times of X-ray Tech Student (Formerly) in Phoenix. (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464646 Sat, 23 Sep 2006 01:31:00 +0100 464646 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2006/09/poor-little-guy.html "Oowwww!!! Why are you hurting me!!?!?" he screamed in my face. "I'm sorry 'Jimmy'*, I know it hurts. Just be as brave as you can and we'll be done soon, OK?" I replied.'Jimmy', the poor little guy, had fallen off a swing at the park and broken his wrist. How did I know it was broken? Well, it looked something like this. So, although I'm no doctor, it was pretty safe to say it was broken.His parents brought him into the ED about 30 minutes earlier and the doc had ordered a stat 2 view order for his wrist, and with good reason. So I and another tech hurried to the ED to take the x-rays, develope them and get them back to the doc as soon as we could. 'Jimmy's' parents and the other tech positioned his arm, while I got the portable x-ray unit in position. We needed a PA and Lateral view of the wrist, so poor 'Jimmy' had to endure the pain as we switched cassettes in between x-rays.Being seven isn't easy, but being seven with a severaly broken wrist really isn't easy. But he was brave and put up with our manipulation of his injuried limb with much less protest than I would have thought.Once back in the rad dept, we developed the images and took a look at them to make sure the density and contrast was right and all pertinent body parts were in view. From looking at the image it was apparent that 'Jimmy" had sustained some major trauma to his wrist. He had broken his distal ulna and radius just below the head, and the bones had displaced and were no longer in line, hence the gruesome look of his arm.It was a difficult situation. You're torn between getting a quality image that will give the doctor all the information he needs about the injury, but at the same time you absolutely don't want to cause any more pain to the pt, in this case a child, than is necessary. Overall, the tech did a great job comforting the pt and his parents who were visibly upset. I just hope that with time and "practice" I will be competent enough to do as good a job as this tech did.*all names have been changed to protect patient privacy. (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464649 Tue, 12 Sep 2006 23:52:00 +0100 464649 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2006/09/swallow-study-swallow-study-being-done.html Swallow StudyA swallow study being done using fluoroscopy, a type of moving x-ray. (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464647 Sun, 10 Sep 2006 01:05:00 +0100 464647 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2006/09/battlefield-radiography-above-is-video.html Battlefield RadiographyThe above is a video produced during the 1940s about a new technology used to treat wounded soldiers on the battlefield. It seems to be similar to a mobile fluoro unit or C-arm that is used today in surgery. Notice that neither the patient nor the doctors have shielding of any kind and are probably receiving very high doses of radiation. Oh how times have changed. (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464648 Sun, 10 Sep 2006 01:03:00 +0100 464648 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2006/09/surgery.html Today I had my first experience in surgery.I wasn't in the door two seconds and L grabbed me and we were on our way to assist in surgery. The docs were doing a hip pinning and needed fluoro guidance.We made our way up to the OR and went into the surgical prep room. L handed me a long white, paper suit, and told me to put it on. "We always have to wear the bunny suit in surgery" she tells me. "Ha ha" I thought, "lets make fun of the newbie student and dress him up all stupid-like." But as I watched she pulled one out for herself and started putting it on. "OK, fine" I thought "I'll put it on if she has one too. How stupid could I look, right?" Well, as it turns out pretty stupid, but at least I wasn't only one.After that we made our way to OR Room 3 where the docs had already prepped the pt for a hip pinning. This is where they insert a few metal pins, although bolts is more accurate, into a bone to reinforce it. They needed us, or rather L, to run the fluoro machine so they could correctly position the pins in the pt's hip.The mobile fluoro machine, more commonly called a C-arm, is a type of x-ray machine that creates real-time images. Instead of producing x-ray "snapshots" like a regular x-ray machine, it uses x-rays and a special sensor to send a live, moving picture of the patient's bones and/or organs to a TV screen. This allows the doc to see precisely where he or she has positioned the pins.It was very interesting and I'm looking forward to getting back in there again soon. It's a bit intimidating, however, and I am already dreading the day I screw something up and get chewed out by the surgeon, but I think it will also be an amazing experience. (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464650 Fri, 08 Sep 2006 01:27:00 +0100 464650 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2006/09/first-two-weeks.html Wow, folks. I really apologize for the relative scarcity of posts lately. Not that there are thousands out there hanging on my every word, but I know some people like to check out this blog on a somewhat regular basis and I hope I don't lose those readers. You know who you are! ;-) Anyway, the past two weeks have been my first two weeks of clinicals in radiography. For those of you who have done clinicals, you know the first few weeks are the most challenging. Everything is new to you, there are about a million things to learn and more is expected of you than you think can be done in a lifetime. But so far I'm surviving and keeping my head above water, well most of it anyway. My chin and mouth sink below the waves from time to time. At this hospital the Out-patient radiology dept is separate from the in-patient radiology dept. In fact they are on opposite sides of the hospital from each other. I spent my first week in the out-patient dept and was paired up with another rad tech. Let's call her L, for anonymity's sake. The out-patient dept is relatively slow I came to find out, although it didn't seem that way to me at first. In out-patient we do rather routine examinations like chest x-rays and x-rays of the spine, extremities and ribs, as well as mammography and DEXA scans (bone density scans). These are exams that are not emergent, don't require complex equipment or doctors and very little, if any, prep is needed on the part of the patient.I was able to observe and take part in several exams. My first couple were for the L-spine, the pelvis and hip, the wrist and the foot and lots and lots and lots of chest x-rays. Chest x-rays are so common, in fact, that they have a room entirely dedicated to doing just chest x-rays. Chest x-rays are ordered for anything from shortness of breath (SOB) to pneumonia to suspected fluid in the lung. Luckily this is a fairly simple exam and I have already done several myself, with tech supervision of course. I suspect that a routine chest x-ray will be the first exam I "comp" on. (comp = competency, doing the entire exam successfully myself with no corrections from the supervising tech).This week was different however, in that I wound up in the in-patient dept. Which means a whole new batch of procedures and exams to learn, and learn quickly. Luckily they partnered me up with L again (most of the time) and she is a fantastic teacher. She has only been a tech for 3 years, which helps because she remembers how overwhelming everything can be at first and how much there is to learn and how little time there is to learn it.In the in-patient dept they take care of all the other imaging exams that the out-patient dept doesnt. This includes all exams ordered for pts (patients) in the ED (Emergency Dept), those staying in the hospital, the maternity ward, and the OR. They do procedures that require fluoroscopy and the portable x-ray unit, and procedures that are more "invasive" like BEs, UGIs, esophograms and IVPs. Nuclear medicine, CT, MR and ultrasound are also assocated with this dept, however, specially trained techs do those procedures.I'm finding out that it's all a very complex operation and there are about a million little details to get right for everything to turn out correctly. I have seen and learned a lot in the 2 short weeks I've been at clinicals, but I still have a long road ahead of me. I hope I can make it. Wish me luck. (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464651 Thu, 07 Sep 2006 01:39:00 +0100 464651 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2006/08/i-survived-my-first-day-of-clinicals.html OK, sorry for the lack of posts the last few weeks, but I have been BIZZZZAYYY! Finals week drained me, but I survived. Then I had a week of vacation and my parents came into town for a few days and then all four of us (me, wife, mom and dad) drove out to San Francisco to visit my brother and his girlfriend. We had a great time and I will post some pics from our trip soon, I promise. Then I got back and promptly returned to class, but luckily only on Monday. Then came today, my official first day of clinicals. Overall, it was a good day. I spent most of it getting oriented to the hospital, filling out paper work, meeting people in the dept and trying to find the cafeteria come lunch time. However, towards the end of the day I was able to assist another tech with x-raying two patients before the end of my shift came. Easy films, just a pelvis/hip and L-spine, but still a good first experience. The highlight was when one of the patients thanked me for helping her onto the table, the lowlight was when an old man coughed on the top of my head when I was helping to take off his pants. Oh well, I'll duck next time!It's strange. I didnt really do much today in the way of seeing patients, but I'm still exhausted. Therefore, I don't have much to say right now. But stay tuned, I will do an update post this weekend and let you know how my first whole week at clinicals went. Wish me luck. (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464652 Wed, 30 Aug 2006 01:36:00 +0100 464652 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2006/08/bacon-is-colour-no-words-i-have-no.html bacon is the colourNo words, I have no words. (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464653 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 22:55:00 +0100 464653 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2006/08/portable-riding-apparently-portable-x.html Portable RidingApparently portable x-ray units can be used for more than just making x-ray images! Look out!! (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464654 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 22:53:00 +0100 464654 http://azx-raytechstudent.blogspot.com/2006/08/us-lags.html Ignorance is bliss.........for the ignorant. For the rest of us, it's just embarrassing.Wow, one above Turkey. What an accomplishment. ugghhh! (Source: Desert Imaging) Desert Imaging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464655 Thu, 17 Aug 2006 01:18:00 +0100 464655