Well last week clinicals were very exciting for me. I finally got to train with the main MRI tech and she let me scan all day long (with her help). We did an MRA of the head and neck which was very interesting. We had a few sedated patients and I had not seen that done yet either. I am starting to feel like I am getting the hang of this now all though I know it will be quite some time before I am really comfortable. The MRA of the head and neck was really interesting and I seemed to follow along with everything we were doing. I especially enjoyed the Mipping part at the end. Those images are really cool to look at and it is amazing the information that can be diagnosed out of these images. We did find a stricture in one of the left carotids and the head seemed to be ok, although he had a tumor that had been there for 3 yrs.
We also had a few inpatients come over from the hospital due to their scanner being down for one day. Dealing with these patients was totally different then the outpatients we do regularly. I guess a hospital setting is going to be a whole different ballgame from the outpatient center environment. Most of these patients were the sedated patients I was talking about previously and they had a nurse with them for the exam. I remember seeing the inpatients come down at IU Hospital when I was a secretary in MRI but didn't realize how difficult some of the patients are to work with and how it really can effect the success of the exam. I remember listening to the techs talk but did not realize how important and hard it is to make the patients comfortable when they are so sick. IU is a beast of its own when it comes to very very sick patients. Now I understand what they were saying in regards to the success of the exam and quality of images you will get. My tech and I were discussing this the other day and she stated she really believes that comfort of the patient is key to MRI.
Well until next time hope you are all enjoying your clinicals as much as I am.
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