Radiological Images ♥: 2015

samedi 14 novembre 2015

Hypertext Narrative about radiology.

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It all started like this.

Yeah! I just finished my studies. I finally graduated in Radiological Imaging. Choice 1: I am working at Sacre Coeur hospital. Choice 2: I am on-the-job-training in St-Eustache hospital. Choice 3: I am doing an intership.

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I am now working for Sacre Coeur hospital in the department of radiology. Choice 1: I am doing a radiography on my first patient. Choice 2: My patient needs to have an injection. Choice 3: I am doing my first scan.

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I am doing my first hospital X-Ray. Choice 1: My first patient came with a bleeding broken leg. Choice 2: My first patient came with a bullet in his chest.

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My first patient have his bleeding broken leg. Choice 1: I am someone who has most afraid of blood. Choice 2: I am a very courageous person.

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I fainted so I did nothing else on my first day of job. Start again:

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I did the X-Ray and everyone was proud of me. Start again:

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My patient entered and he had on gun in his belt. Choice 1: He had a gun so he shooted me. Choice 2: I took his gun and shooted him.

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He shooted me so I died on my first day of job. Start again:

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He died in front of me and I was fired. Start again:

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I am going to do an injection. Choice 1: For a patient who does not tolerate pain. Choice 2: For a patient who is going to do an intestine exam.

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I did the injection. Choice 1: I have given him too much medicine so he never woke up from is sedation. Choice 2: I pricked with his syringue so I got his illness.

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My patient died because I gave him too much sedation. Start again:

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They put me in quarantine because of my illness. Start again:

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Let's do the intestine exam. Choice 1: He refused to do it. Choice 2: I quit my job because it is too disgusting.

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He doesn't want to do it so he came back home knowing that he could be very ill. Start again:

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I quit my job and I am now on welfare. Start again:

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I am doing my first scan. Choice 1: I am very, very confident Choice 2: I am very, very stressful.

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I am confident and ready. Choice 1: I found a disease. (Click here if you are a girl) Choice 2: I found a disease. (Click here if you are a boy)

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I found an ovarian cancer so you couldn't have no more baby. Start again:

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I found a prostate cancer. Start again:

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I am so stressful. Choice 1: I arrived late. Choice 2: I arrived on time.

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I was late so someone else does the exam and everybody on the floor was mad at me so I cried. Start again:

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I did the exam and everybody was proud of my first hospital scan. Start again:

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I am now on-the-job-training in St-Eustache hospital. Choice 1: They sent me in conventionnal radiography. Choice 2: They sent me in mammography room. Choice 3: They sent me in scan room.

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I am in conventionnal radiography room. Choice 1: I am totally bad. Choice 2: I am totally the best of the trainees group.

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I never thought I'd be bad like this. Choice 1: Hospital crew gave me an ultimate warning or they kick me out. Choice 2: They started to be mean to me.

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I miss my ultimate chance so they kick me out of me training because I was too bad. I came back at school. Start again:

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People are so mean to me. My first day of training was the baddest of all. Start again:

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Wow! I'm so good. Choice 1: They promised me to hire me after my OJT. Choice 2: I got a little gift after me first day.

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They will hire me! Yes! Start again:

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They gave me a chocolate box because I was the best trainee on the floor. Start again:

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They sent me in mammography room. Choice 1: I broke my hand while helping a woman. Choice 2: That job is not for me. I quit my training.

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I broke my hand. Choice 1: I waited two months to come back in the hospital. Choice 2: I continue working even if it were hurting me.

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I waited two months. I was happy to come back and help my teammates. Start again:

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They put me aside because I was hurting myself. Start again:

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This job is not for me. Choice 1: I became a singer in a band. Choice 2: I became a farmer.

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I earned a lot of money because my music group is very popular. Start again:

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Being a farmer is the best thing that never happened to me. I love cows. Start again:

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They sent me to scan. Choice 1: During my day, I saved 10 lives. Choice 2: I pricked myself with a syringue.

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I saved 10 life. Choice 1: I am now the employee of the month. Choice 2: All of the Montreal wants me as a trainee.

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Being employee of the month is the best thing that ever happened to me. Start again:

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It is very nice to be a person that everyone wants to work with. Start again:

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I pricked myself. Choice 1: I had the patient's illness. Choice 2: I didn't have the patient's illness.

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I died of AIDS. Start again:

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They had to cut my thumb to save me from his illness. Start again:

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Let's do an intership. Choice 1: Africa. Choice 2: USA. Choice 3: France.

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Africa. Choice 1: On my first day of job, I saved a lot of lives by doing X-Ray of their lungs. Choice 2: My first patient needs to have an open skull operation.

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I saved lives. Choice 1: Saving Africain is a very good feeling. Choice 2: After two years, I became the boss of the department.

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Doing an intership in Africa was the best idea ever. Start again:

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Being the boss and give order is my new life. I have the best wage ever. Start again:

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Let's do the open skull operation. Choice 1: It made me tromatised. Choice 2: I fainted.

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I came back to Canada. Goodbye Africa. Start again:

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I fainted. Everyone laughs at me because in Africa, those patients arrived really often. Start again:

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USA here I come. Choice 1: I realized I was made for this job. Choice 2: I realized I was not made for this job.

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I was made for this job. Choice 1: I became a super nurse. Choice 2: I became radiologist and now earn a premium wage.

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I love helping people. Start again:

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I am a now rich person. Start again:

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I was not made for this job. Choice 1: I came back to Canada and now live with my parents and her cat. Choice 2: I became a jail guard.

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I am sad of my life. Living my parents is not very winner at tirthy years old. Start again:

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Becoming a jail guard is very nice. It was my second dream. Start again:

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France. Choice 1: I don't understand what people say because it is French. Choice 2: I earn French and it is very interesting.

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I don't understand nothing more often than not. Choice 1: I took French course. Choice 2: I tried to perform the best I can.

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I finalnow how to speak French. I got straight A's. Start again:

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It is though but I am doing my 100%. I am making a lot of overtime. Start again:

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I meet a sweet boy, and he is the radiologist. Choice 1: We get married. Choice 2: We quit and go live in New York.

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I am the happier girl in the world. Start again:

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New York City is incredible. Start again:

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samedi 17 octobre 2015

Glossary of Terms for Medical Imaging

Radiological Imaging consist of doing images of the body to see bones and interns organs. I will explain you some terms that are used in my field of study.


Place where we put the radiographic plate. It can be in the table or in the wall system. The images are found on that tape.

2- Contrast Agent
Liquid product we use for examining the esophagus, stomac, large intestine, small intestine and more. Baryum is one of the most popular contrast agents used in radiology.

3-CT-Scan
X-Ray exam where we can see inside the body, but as another form. Images slices are made and it is very accurate. We can know very quickly if there is anything wrong.

4- Dosimeter
Small device that is used to calculate the number of X-Ray dose we received.

5- Injection
Method that consist of injecting any product or medication for the benefits of the exam.

6- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Technic used to visualise the soft tissues in your body. The lenght of the exam is between 10 to 45 minutes. They use magnetic field to get an image.

7- Mammography
X-Ray exam that consist of taking images of the soft tissues of the breasts to detect cancer.

8- Musculoskeletal system
Body system that contains all muscles and bones of the whole body.

9- Pathology
Any type of malformations or diseases the body can get when it grows. It can be benign or malignant.

10- Ultrasound

Ultrasounds are used in echography. A gel is put on the skin and a microphone passed back and forth on it to scanned the skin. Images appears on the screen of a computer.

11- Voximage
Voximage is a program on the computer in which the radiologist can treat radiographic images and look carefully if there is breaking or pathology.

12- X-Ray (Radiation)

Hospice Nurse Article Summarizing

A Day in The Life : Hospice Nurse

First of all, I'm going to introduce you about what is my field of study. Diagnostic Imaging consists of doing radiography to see bones, organs and diseases. We can also do mammography, echography, scan and more. We can work in a hospital or in a private clinic. I chose this article about hospice nurse because it is related to me. Sometimes, I am going to take care about the patient like a nurse would do. I can also administer medicine, take vitals signs etc. That's why we are both related.

Nurses are formed to be a person that work with people of any age and any illness conditions.

The nursing duties includes many things. Every kind of nursing is not easy but hospice nursing is maybe the one most difficult. Effectively, nurses have many hats to wear. They can serve medication but they are there also to be carying and reassuring. In the palliative medical care, nurses are involved in making patient's last days to be comfortable and not suffering from their illness such as, cancer or aids or any incurable illness. They need to be very strong because they get attached to their patient even if they know that they will die soon.

To become a nurse, he or she has to take classroom in a nursing school and then pass a national examination to get a diploma. Nursing includes many class such as anatomy, physiology, microbiology, chemistry etc. Hospice nurse have to be registred nurses and have at least two years experience in a hospice nursing practice and pass the National Board exam to get the certification of hospice nurses. The earnings the first two years is not very much. That’s why many nurses take any additionnal jobs.

Nursing needs many studies and nurses need to be special people. They have to want to make a difference in patient life’s. Many qualities are needed to be a nurse such as patience, resolve, empathic. After five years, the earnings are higher and after ten years, nurse’s salary are leveled off. At this point, nurses can become clinic directors or in any admistrative position. The earnings could get up to $63 000.

Allthough, we have to keep in mind that the first hospices were founded and operated by volunteers to help ill patients with life’s routine job such as shopping and baby-sitting. This was the beginning of hospices nursing and it’s now covered by Medicare and many private insurance companies.

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lundi 28 septembre 2015

How to Find a Clinic in Your Area

Canadian Association of Radiologists

The Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) was based on January 4th and 5th by Dr. Gordon Richards. He invited all radiologists in Canada to a meeting at the Toronto General Hospital. At that meeting, he proposed to everyone his idea of the CAR, and finally became president of the Association he just created.

After creating the Association, they created the website. He was made by the councel of radiologists of Canada who works for the government. The CAR (Canadian Association of Radiologists) focuses on safe and appropriate quality care for patients. It also disseminates importants information for the radiologist to update their knowledge. It defends the care standards and demonstrates safety for patients. In this way, the CAR undertakes to directly influence the future of the radiology profession in Canada and to be a leader in radiology on the global stage. The physician members are respected as the experts in using diagnostic interventional imaging technology to promote, like I said, safety, efficient and quality healthcare for Canadians.

This website is available for government himself, industry and autority in healthcare and most of all, patients and everyone who wants to have more information about X-ray and Diagnostic Imaging. Everyone who wants to know more about this subject is welcome on this site. You can also become a member of this website to get new information and upload via your email address. So, you will be the first to know.

The website of CAR is related to me field of study because it's relate to health, of course. More essentialy, I'm going to work with those radiologists every day of me career. I will do images of bones of the patient and the radiologist will make a diagnostic on it. So, we will be co-worker.

How to use the Canadian Association of Radiologists to find a clinic near of you?

In this video, I will do a walkthrough demonstrating how to search and find a clinic of X-ray near of you. I will show you all steps you need to do to finally find a clinic of radiology in your city.

lundi 14 septembre 2015

Three Good Reasons to Pursue in this Profession or Job

First of all, radiology technologist consist of doing radiography, echography, mammography, scan, magnetic resonance imaging and even more. In this article, I will tell you three good main reasons to do this job. In Canada, there are 1250 hospitals where we can do this job and we aren't counting private clinics. At Ahuntsic College, located in Montreal, teachers teach us how to become a good medical imaging technologist. There is a lot of theory given to students but there is also lab periods where the method can be practiced.

1. Help people

In that profession, we need to love the interaction with the patient because we will be with them every day of our life since we'll graduate. It is one of the biggest reasons to go study in that program. Help people, be with them. Each person who gets an X-Ray is anxious and will require the maximum of cooperation of the technician because they are hurt or afraid. This is why we must be there for everyone who needs it. When you get a patient in your room, you have to welcome them with a big smile because what you do makes you happy and you love helping people in their diagnostic. Be nice with them and help them will ensure that they will feel safe.

2. Biology

It is essential for us to love biology. The human body is something incredible. Also, it is the most important subject of study. It is then another good reason to study in that program because if you love the human skeleton, you'll be at the right place. It is impressive how the body works to our demands, it is impressive how we are made of.

3. Make money

For each person on this planet, making money is one of our biggest wishes to success. When you are a medical imaging technologist, your wage is very well. The average salary in one week is $738 or between 20 and $30/hour. It is sometimes a type of motivation if your day goes wrong. You will be rewarded for all the efforts you're doing. Also, you are sure to be alright in any type of purchase you do.

In conclusion, in this little article, I told you three good reasons to become a radiologist technician. First of all, help people and be with them, second of all, study the human body and third of all, of course, make money. I invite you to comment by clicking below. So, why don't you come join us is our dynamic team?

lundi 31 août 2015

Let's finaly know what's happening when we drink something!

Hi everyone! Welcome to my blog named Radiological Images. I hope you are gonna learn a few thing about my field of study and I also hope you'll like it !!! :)