Walter and I worked alongside each other at Vanderbilt in Ortho Trauma. Walt has been a radiologic technologist for 42 years with over 20 years spent exclusively in the OR working C-arm. In this episode we discuss some of the common challenges found within surgical radiography, especially complex orthopedic trauma procedures.

In this episode I discuss a few of the issues with C-arm. I discuss the lack of training offered at the college level, the 'entry-level' perception of C-arm imaging, and briefly mention the idea of developing Surgical imaging as it's own advanced practice credential.

To link to the C-arm training phantom mentioned go to www.thecentralrayoodcast.com or you can see my YouTube channel www.youtube.com/@c-armed.

This episode features an interview with Dr. Derick Davis and his "World of Pain" podcast. Dr. Davis is a clinical Fellow based out of Boston, practicing pain management. Dr. Davis is a huge advocate of fluoroscopy and education around its use. In this conversation, Ryan provides the technologists perspective on operating the C-arm in procedures requiring high precision. Topics also discussed are advanced credentialing for C-arm technologists, standardizing terminology, lack of technologist / student C-arm education, and Ryan's C-arm training phantom.

Here is a link to the World of Pain podcast. - https://open.spotify.com/show/7p5hVtJ4fCykAFpSetuyM6?si=b5edc4bdbf994d81

Dr. Davis LinkedIn page - https://www.linkedin.com/in/derick-davis-59838a323/

www.thecentralraypodcast,com

Clinical rotations can be daunting for the student radiographer. In this episode I share a valuable piece of advice I was given on how to get hired at my clinical site.

Join Ryan as he discusses various topics in the field of radiography. With a unique perspective and background that includes c-arm imaging specialist, diagnostic radiographer, quality compliance coordinator, level one trauma diagnostic x-ray manager, and now an educator, Ryan shares his perspectives and focuses on quality and advocacy for the x-ray technologist.

This episode we open the discussion on the future of AI and how it will impact the role of an x-ray technologist.

You can discover more through various social media at the following links

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@c-armed for video of c-arm imaging concepts.

Instagram: @centralraypod

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TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@centralyraypod

Join Ryan as he discusses various topics in the field of radiography. With a unique perspective and background that includes c-arm imaging specialist, diagnostic radiographer, quality compliance coordinator, level one trauma diagnostic x-ray manager, and now an educator, Ryan shares his perspectives and focuses on quality and advocacy for the x-ray technologist.

This week's thought is how our perspective of ALARA in the OR is not quite the same as imaging within the department. Many of the radiographic criteria we employ for dose reduction i.e. minimal OID, maximum SID, etc are secondary compared to the risk of additional anesthesia time. Therefore, the surgical imager must be efficient in their imaging practices. One concept to consider would be The Image Fulcrum.

You can discover more through various social media at the following links

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@c-armed for video of c-arm imaging concepts.

Instagram: @centralraypod

X: @centralraypod

TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@centralyraypod

In this first episode I discuss reject and repeat analysis and how I used the information on a reject & repeat report to advocate for additional staffing and more focused training of technologists.

Repeat data provided by digital imaging systems offers a huge amount of analytical data that can be incredibly insightful for a true quality improvement program. Hopefully this can provide a small window into how repeat data analysis can be used to improve the diagnostic imaging department.