MH due: 1/15

Caitlin Woods                                                                                                                             due: 1/15

Memorial Hermann entire

Learning Report

1. I observed a radiology tech:
• Setting up a sterile tray
• Prepping the x-ray machine
• Getting the patient prepped for the X-ray
• Confirming patient’s info/ consent
2. I learned:
• How to go over patient consent
• How to take x-ray pictures and transport
3. Best thing that happened was I got to see a doctor give a shoulder injection. Normally, all I get to see is generic procedures or nothing at all. 
4. The worst thing that happened was the radiology staff including techs, doctors, and nurses got in trouble for misplacing an important paper with names of who is working and their numbers.
5. There was miscommunication when the nurse thought a new list would be posted the next day, so she threw it away.
6. Good, the staff was very willing to teach and explain what they were doing.

Experience Record

1. Technology I observed was an x-ray machine being used to see the shoulder joint. They then used their computers to chart and save their patients scans to their files.
2.   The patient had already had this exact procedure a year ago and had been diagnosed at that time. She had pain in her left shoulder preventing her from raising her arm.
3.  The tech got the patient a warm blanket to keep her comfortable while she waited. When the doctor started by cleaning the skin and injecting a numbing medicine. He used a small needle to insert the drug that will lessen her pain which will allow her to gain better range of motion.
4.  I observed a woman who could not raise her arm without extreme pain. The tech also has the same thing and has under when the same procedures.
5. The staff did not use a lot of medical terminology because they were mostly technician that id not have to study that in college. I did hear the use the term sterile and cc.

Experience Journal

When I first walked in the receptionist told me to go to the 4^th door on my right to the x-ray room. I was hesitant to go in because it looked like an ordinary small room, and I didn't want to walk in on someone in the middle of an exam. Once I open the door I notice how big the area was with rooms branching off the main space. The nurses and techs were huddled in a group talking about day care for their kids. I was amazed by all the big machines and their ability to see beyond flesh.

I witness a team meeting about the misplacement of an important paper that had who was working when and their contact number. The doctors were angry at the techs due to the fact that they just got chewed out. I think they were looking for someone to blame, and that feel on the lower level. This doesn't surprise me in the least; some doctors like to sit on the high horse.

Before anything happen the tech confirmed the patient’s identity and made sure she knew what she was here for. Then she covered any complication that could occur, and had her sign. Then when the doctor arrived he went over the same things as a safety measure. I learned that you have to inject little medication then push it down and repeat. The alternative of injecting all the medicine at once would be painful.

I truly enjoyed this section of the hospital. I thought it was very excited to use all the machines and you get to work with doctors. Event tough he were a little stressed out with the incident before, he started cracking jokes soon after. He has a special cap that doesn't mess up his hair and special glasses to protect his eyes from the radiation. Imagining and radiology looks like a possible career I could go in. the high stress of the OR it not worth my sanity.