MRI 204C - Clinical Applications of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

1. Demonstrate to the clinical staff and Radiologists proper MRI scanning techniques for each examine assigned.
2. Identify and utilize proper patient care protocols for each assigned scanning procedure.
3. Utilize special instructions necessary for patients that undergo a MRI scan.
4. Manipulate all the computer systems to produce quality MRI 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 MRI department.
8. Demonstrate how to and utilize all the necessary steps for the process of informed consent.
9. Scrutinize and produce quality MRI 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 MRI 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

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