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Sunday, November 13, 2011

10 Reasons to love your xray tech

This is a t-shirt that is out and about and if you are an xray tech, it's AWESOME. Here it is...and to follow the explanation- 10 reason to love your xray tech:

1. We do our best work in the dark

2 We can see through your clothes

3 We know all the positions

4 We are well developed

5 The chemistry is always right

6 We know what buttons to push

7 We have all the right techniques

8 We know how to warm up a tube

9 We know how to get the best penetration

10 When you need it now, we make it wet
So to explain some you may not get or know:

#3- when we get ready to take a xray, we "position" you for your exam.  We have to get at least two pictures usually, at 90 degrees of each other...so it is true...we know ALL the positions

#4- when we used film we would develop our pictures

#5- this also has to do with developing the pictures. The chemicals in the developer had to be justp erfect to ensure a good radiograph

#7- technique referes to how much radiation we dose you with.

#8- the xray machine is actually called a tube...and it has to be warmed up so that you dont blow up the bulb.

#9- pentration refers to giving enough radiation to get through the body part but not too much so you burn it out

#10- a "wet read" is a STAT read. basically as soon as the images are done, the radiologist looks at them and calls the ordering physician with an immediate result.