The Radiation Safety Education programs provided by Joseph Mahoney are intended to help healthcare workers who participate in interventional fluoroscopy procedures. The learner will understand the risks of ionizing radiation from the perspective of both patients and staff members to train them for responsible radiation protection practices.
This course is also broken down as 8 individual CE courses.
In this first episode of the 8-episode series Radiation Safety Protocols for Fluoroscopy we will talk about what X-rays are and how they get produced. We will learn about the X-ray tube and the other components. X-rays have revolutionized medicine and enabled us to diagnose and help patients that would not have been possible without them.
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In this second episode of the 8-episode series Radiation Safety Protocols for Fluoroscopy we will talk specifically about the application of fluoroscopy particularly how do we detect an image and use them in procedures. We will also talk about the components used in fluoroscopy as an image intensifier and the different detectors we use in fluoroscopy.
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In this third episode of the 8-episode series Radiation Safety Protocols for Fluoroscopy we will talk about radiation quantities and units and what their effects are physically and biologically. X-rays can cause acute harm, cancer and birth defects if not administered correctly and that is why practitioners must understand and manage patient dose and scattered radiation to insure overall safety.
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In this fourth episode of the 8-episode series Radiation Safety Protocols for Fluoroscopy we will talk about X-rays potential to do biological harm specifically what they do on a cellular level. Additionally discussed is when a cell is damaged how that damage can sometimes be repaired and the deterministic and stochastic effects of radiation on living cells.
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In this fifth episode of the 8-episode series Radiation Safety Protocols for Fluoroscopy we will talk about how much radiation is safe and the deterministic or threshold effects levels of radiation. Additionally, we will talk the statistical risk factors or stochastics effects.
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In this sixth episode of the 8-episode series Radiation Safety Protocols for Fluoroscopy we will talk about staff and patient radiation focusing primarily on scattered radiation that is not being used for diagnostic purposes and the precautions can be taken to protect everyone present in the room.
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In this seventh episode of the 8-episode series Radiation Safety Protocols for Fluoroscopy we will talk about patient dose management and how to customize the dose based patient size and length of procedure. X-rays can cause acute harm, cancer and birth defects if not administered correctly and that is why practitioners must understand and manage patient dose and scattered radiation to insure overall safety.
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In this eighth episode of the 8-episode series Radiation Safety Protocols for Fluoroscopy we will talk about how to do data reporting and what to do with the data. X-rays can cause acute harm, cancer and birth defects if not administered correctly and that is why practitioners must understand and manage patient dose and scattered radiation to insure overall safety.
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