"Through-glass technique "
"Most often, this projection is conducted on patients who are unable to move on their own and the position will be as the patient is. Therefore inevitably, radiographs are often suboptimal as even a good quality AP projection cannot be done, let alone a PA chest."
"Most often, this projection is conducted on patients who are unable to move on their own and the position will be as the patient is. Therefore inevitably, radiographs are often suboptimal as even a good quality AP projection cannot be done, let alone a PA chest."
"AP view: ideally fully erectpatient is sat up in bed"
"PA viewpatient standing or sitting holding the detector up, often done in situations where the patient is well enough to do this but unable to leave the ward i.e. infectious"
"AP viewoften performed in scenarios where patient is unable to be transported to the radiology department i.e. trauma, infectious"
Expected headings
"Patient position"
"Radiographic views"
"Pitfalls"
"Through-glass technique "
"Tips for portable radiography"
"ensure that surrounding staff and patients are not pregnant; if a nearby patient is pregnant, staff will need to move them away temporarily"
"to maintain infection control, pillowcases or plastic bags can be used to cover the detector, and sanitiser wipes used to clean the equipment in between patients"