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- EP 29. Excel In Common CT Exams: How to Execute Them Correctly
This week's episode, I continue talking about becoming the GO-TO CT TECH with excelling in the common CT exams we do daily and how to execute them correctly. I give you some tips on what you can do today to execute your CT exams correctly.
Topics discussed in this episode:
- Patient Positioning: Setting up the patient-supine prone, head first feet first, proper centering along the Z-axis, laser light, Zero the table.
- Protocol Selection: Head WO, PE Chest, A/P With, CTA Head and Neck, Stroke Protocol, Facial Bones, C-spine.
- Exam Set up: Lines or Box, Starting and Ending Points, Centering the Box/Lines, amount of contrast to be given, timing for exam.
- Exam Review and Completion: After patient is scanned, reviewing of images to be sure all anatomy is covered, look for any motion, repeat of certain areas if patient moved, proper contrast enhancement.
Join me in my LIVE 3-day Challenge on how to be the GO-TO CT TECH!
Click below for details!
https://thecteducator.myflodesk.com/gotocttechchallenge
Have an interesting CT story to be featured on a future podcast episode?Email me: [email protected]
Would you like to be a guest on the podcast?
Fill out the form below:
https://airtable.com/appLycq3KFZ4d5lVA/shrLz1Fi9LDasmZJ6
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CT Courses and Resources: https://pensight.com/x/thecteducator
20 min - Ep 28: The A to Z For CT Techs: Mastering Your CT Skills with 4 Simple Strategies.
In today's episode, I give you four essential strategies for CT technologists that are new to master their skills while training.
Strategy 1: Familiarize with the CT Scanner and Operator Console:
- Understanding the layout of the CT scanner and operator console is crucial.
- Know the location of buttons, how to select protocols, initiate exposure, tilt the gantry, and manipulate the table.
- Mastery of these basics streamlines the scanning process and ensures efficient operation.
Strategy 2: Optimize Scan Parameters:
- Dive into the significance of parameters such as pitch, mA, rotation time, and slice thickness.
- Learn how these variables impact image quality, radiation dose, and scan duration.
- Optimizing parameters enhances diagnostic accuracy while minimizing patient exposure.
Strategy 3: Master Patient Positioning:
- Accurate patient positioning is fundamental for obtaining high-quality images and reducing motion artifacts.
- Explore techniques involving immobilizing devices like straps, pads, and wedges to minimize motion.
- Education on providing precise breathing instructions further refines image clarity.
Strategy 4: Image Reconstruction and Post-Processing:
- Delve into the intricacies of image reconstruction and post-processing.
- Understand how to manipulate image contrast, window levels, and utilize advanced techniques like MPR and MIP.
- Explore the application of 3D imaging using VR for surgical planning and diagnostic purposes.
Conclusion:
- Mastering these four strategies is key for CT technologists to excel in their profession.
Join the 2-day Be The GO-TO CT Tech Challenge! Click the link below to sign up for the challenge.
https://thecteducator.myflodesk.com/gotocttechchallenge
Get the details about The CT Educator 6 month program below:
https://thecteducator.myflodesk.com/cteducatorprogram
Have an interesting CT story to be featured on a future podcast episode?Email me: [email protected]
Would you like to be a guest on the podcast?
Fill out the form below:
https://airtable.com/appLycq3KFZ4d5lVA/shrLz1Fi9LDasmZJ6
Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/thecteducator
CT Courses and Resources: https://pensight.com/x/thecteducator
14 min - EP 27. CT Basics Simplified: Navigating Your Training With No CT Program Required
This week's episode, I talk about how new CT technologists can learn the basics without the expensive of paying for a CT program, the realities of the CT programs out there, and how I help them through my courses and coaching program.
Topics discussed in this episode:
- When starting out in CT, some facilities will have you go through a CT program and clinicals on your own time to learn CT.
- The training is often unpaid, and there is a a complex list of 125 exams that need to be completed in order to sit for the CT registry.
- The reality of CT Programs: there aren't many of them, they are expensive, and you have to find your own clinical site. The curriculum is focused mainly on the physics of CT instead of the basics that every beginner CT tech needs
- The clinical site is where techs get most of their training and hands-on training to learn the modality.
- New CT techs would benefit if CT departments had a checklist to guide new techs when learning the CT basics.
- It is the tech's responsibility to invest themselves to be the best technologist they can become.
Join me for The GO-TO CT Tech 3-Day LIVE Challenge on May 1-3, 2024!
Sign up by clicking the link below.
https://thecteducator.myflodesk.com/gotocttechchallengeHave an interesting CT story to be featured on a future podcast episode?
Email me: [email protected]
Would you like to be a guest on the podcast?
Fill out the form below:
https://airtable.com/appLycq3KFZ4d5lVA/shrLz1Fi9LDasmZJ6
Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/thecteducator
CT Courses and Resources: https://pensight.com/x/thecteducator
13 min - EP. 26 Where the HELL Do I Even START!? Become a CT Expert
This week's episode, I talk about how being a new CT technologist can be overwhelming and 5 tips to lead you into becoming a CT expert.
Topics discussed in this episode:
- Being a new technologist is very overwhelming and can be scary.
- Maybe your first time looking at a CT machine and you think where so I even start?
- Most departments pair you up with a senior tech that may be experienced and some may not be.
- They will assess your skill set if any, to see what you know, and to get an idea of where you need help in your training
- Carry a small notebook with you, take lots of notes and ask a ton of questions because you can't remember everything!
- Look around the scan room, figure out where all the supplies are, how to load the injector, what the buttons on the machine do, etc.
- Get familiar at the CT console with protocols, how to select the correct one, how to set up the scan, how to properly center your patient to get an optimal scan and the correct dose is calculated.
- Get comfortable with flushing all your IVs before injecting contrast media, this is an important step that should not be skipped!
Join me for The GO-TO CT Tech 3-Day LIVE Challenge on May 1-3, 2024!
Sign up by clicking the link below.
https://thecteducator.myflodesk.com/gotocttechchallengeHave an interesting CT story to be featured on a future podcast episode?Email us: [email protected]
Would you like to be a guest on the podcast?
Fill out the form below:
https://airtable.com/appLycq3KFZ4d5lVA/shrLz1Fi9LDasmZJ6
Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/thecteducator
CT Courses and Resources: https://pensight.com/x/thecteducator
18 min - EP. 25 How I Became a Successful CT Technologist
This week's episode, I talk about my journey to becoming a successful CT technologist. I talk about my challenges, struggles and how my divorce led me to become a coach for other CT technologists that are new in the modality and help them succeed.
The topics I cover in this episode:
- How I got interested in CT.
- Switching to a bigger hospital to gain more experience.
- Approached to take a supervisor position.
- Motherhood and how I changed jobs to the VA.
- Moving to IL and my first job at the county hospital, a co-worker recommended me for a manager's position.
- Working as a manager, I learned so much about all radiology modalities, then my position was eliminated.
- Working at state funded hospital.
- Divorce, I got fired from my job and how I ended up at the trauma hospital I work at now.
Have an interesting CT story to be featured on a future podcast episode?
Email us: [email protected]
Would you like to be a guest on the podcast?
Fill out the form below:
https://airtable.com/appLycq3KFZ4d5lVA/shrLz1Fi9LDasmZJ6
Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/thecteducator
CT Courses and Resources: https://pensight.com/x/thecteducator
28 min - EP 24. The New CT Technologist and 8 Weeks of Training
As a new technologist, you have to ask yourself... is 8 weeks of training really enough for you to learn the basics and work solo? In this week's episode, I talk about how 8 weeks of training isn't enough for a new technologist to learn the CT basics and be able to operate on a shift solo. I also give you some tips on how to communicate for more training for a better chance of success.
Have an interesting CT story to be featured on a future podcast episode?
Email us: [email protected]
Would you like to be a guest on the podcast?
Fill out the form below:
https://airtable.com/appLycq3KFZ4d5lVA/shrLz1Fi9LDasmZJ6
Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/thecteducator
CT Courses and Resources: https://pensight.com/x/thecteducator
14 min - EP 23. CT Training Reality Check
When it comes to your CT training, a reality check is needed. This week's episode, I focus on this topic some more as I've talked about it on one of the first podcast episodes I released when I began this podcast. I give my perspective on the reality check we need when training new technologists and how to help them succeed. If you haven't listen to EP 1 Is Your CT Training Adequate, click the link below to check it out:
https://podcasts.apple.com/dk/podcast/2-is-your-ct-training-adequate/id1704694749?i=1000625994989
If you want to learn more about The CT Educator Coaching and Mentorship Program, click the link below to get the details.
https://notable-wave-460.myflodesk.com/cteducatorprogram
Have an interesting CT story to be featured on a future podcast episode?
Email us: [email protected]
Would you like to be a guest on the podcast?
Fill out the form below:
https://airtable.com/appLycq3KFZ4d5lVA/shrLz1Fi9LDasmZJ6
Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/thecteducator
CT Courses and Resources: https://pensight.com/x/thecteducator
14 min - EP 22. CT Scan Stories: The Psych Patient and Her Doll
In this week's episode on CT Scan Stories, I talk a case I did several years ago on a patient in her 20s on a 72-hour hold and freaked out while I was scanning her CT of the Head and her doll that she kept squeezing and almost causing harm to her father. She did receive proper treatment for her mental health once placement was established.
If you are interested in joining The CT Educator Coaching and Mentoring Program, click the link below for more information:
https://notable-wave-460.myflodesk.com/cteducatorprogramHave an interesting CT story to be featured on a future podcast episode?
Email us: [email protected]
Would you like to be a guest on the podcast?
Fill out the form below:
https://airtable.com/appLycq3KFZ4d5lVA/shrLz1Fi9LDasmZJ6
Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/thecteducator
CT Courses and Resources: https://pensight.com/x/thecteducator
15 min - EP 21. Feedback and Embracing Constructive Improvement
This week's episode, I talk about feedback, and constructive criticism that we often get while on the job. I talk about how important it is to learn from feedback we receive from others to improve ourselves as CT technologists and embrace constructive criticism we may get from other coworkers in other departments and not focus on it in a negative way.
Have an interesting CT story to be featured on a future podcast episode?
Email us: [email protected]
Would you like to be a guest on the podcast?
Fill out the form below:
https://airtable.com/appLycq3KFZ4d5lVA/shrLz1Fi9LDasmZJ6
Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/thecteducator
CT Courses and Resources: https://pensight.com/x/thecteducator
8 min - EP 20. CT Trauma Stories: Moving Bones
This week's episode in the series: CT Trauma Stories, I talk about a case that my coworker and I had where the patient was in a car accident and had fractures of every part of the body. I go into detail about how the patient woke up from sedation during the CT scan and attempted to move off the CT table.
Have an interesting CT story to be featured on a future podcast episode?
Email us: [email protected]
Would you like to be a guest on the podcast?
Fill out the form below:
https://airtable.com/appLycq3KFZ4d5lVA/shrLz1Fi9LDasmZJ6
Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/thecteducator
CT Courses and Resources: https://pensight.com/x/thecteducator
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About Cat Scan Guru Podcast
From the publisher's feed
Welcome to the Cat Scan Guru Podcast! A podcast for CT technologists, X-ray technologists, and radiology professionals who are ready to level up their CT skills, tired of inadequate CT training BS and…
learn how to scan the right way. Hosted by a working CT tech who knows the highs, lows, and how to make yourself a CT pro with tech tips, education, mental health, career growth, and all the raw information they don’t tell you in CT programs. Cuss words? Yeah. Truth bombs? Hell yeah. If you're ready for REAL AF talk, this podcast is your new home.