"from the positioning of the PA projection, the wrist is externally rotated 40° - 45°; a sponge can be placed under the wrist to aid stability. In some departments, the DR systems will pick up the outline of the sponge so check your local protocol."
"from the positioning of the PA projection, the wrist is externally rotated 40° - 45°; a sponge can be placed under the wrist to aid stability. In some departments, the DR systems will pick up the outline of the sponge so check your local protocol."
"SID100 cm"
"Wrist radiographs are very common in emergency departments; they are often associated with FOOSH injuries and be quite painful."
"centring pointmid carpal region"
"collimation"
"orientation portrait"
"detector size18 cm x 24 cm"
"exposure"
"SID100 cm"
"gridno"
"orientation portrait"
"from the positioning of the PA projection, the wrist is externally rotated 40° - 45°; a sponge can be placed under the wrist to aid stability. In some departments, the DR systems will pick up the outline of the sponge so check your local protocol."
"Wrist radiographs are very common in emergency departments; they are often associated with FOOSH injuries and be quite painful."
"Due to the non-urgent nature of a "? fractured wrist", patients will often be triaged to a lower category and left waiting for longer than multi-trauma patients; an understandable factor in emergency hospitals."
"It is important to remember this when examining your patient; it is easy to forget that just lifting your hand up and placing it on an image receptor could result in substantial pain and more often than not the pain has not been addressed yet. Offer to move things around to assist in positioning, simple things like lowering/raising the table go a long way and result in a better experience for the patient."