CAT 204C - Clin Appl/Comp Tomography

1. Demonstrate to the clinical staff and Radiologists proper CT scanning techniques for each examine assigned.
2. Utilize proper patient care protocols for each assigned scanning procedure.
3. Utilize special instructions necessary for patients that undergo a CT scan.
4. Manipulate all the computer systems to produce quality CT images.
5. Calculate medication doses under direct supervision of qualified medical staff.
6. Employ emergency patient care techniques as required.
7. Demonstrate the use of proper “standard of care” and “scope of practice” methods and protocols as required within a Radiology and CT department.
8. Utilize all the necessary steps for the process of informed consent.
9. Produce quality CT scanning images while utilizing necessary patient care precautions prior to, during and after sagittal planes, transverse planes, coronal planes and off-axis sectional anatomy images of the human anatomic body sections.

1. Potential risks from CT scanning procedures
2. Patient safety guidelines
3. Patient monitoring requirements
4. Scope of Practice and Standard of Care Procedures
5. American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) Code of Ethics
6. Informed consent
7. Isolation procedures
8. Contrast injections and patient care procedures
9. Medications
10. Life threatening situations
11. Sectional anatomy
12. Image production and evaluation

• Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
• Quantitative & Scientific Reasoning

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