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SAFETY & ASSESSMENT

Rank each of the following sections on a scale of 1 to 4: 1) No Experience 2 )Limited Experience 3) Experienced 4 )Very Experienced*
Provide for client safety, modesty, and comfort
Assess appropriate lab values
Contrast considerations for pregnancy, dialysis clients
Maintain COVID-19 precautions
Maintain cultural competence
Obtain appropriate contrast media
Perform venipuncture/IV insertion
Practice standard precautions
PLANNING & EDUCATION

Rank each of the following sections on a scale of 1 to 4: 1) No Experience 2 )Limited Experience 3) Experienced 4 )Very Experienced*
Review and confirm care with client
Obtain any consent necessary
Determines optimal protocol based on clinical presentation
Maintain ALARA
Provides post-treatment instruction
HEAD & NECK

Rank each of the following sections on a scale of 1 to 4: 1) No Experience 2 )Limited Experience 3) Experienced 4 )Very Experienced*
Base of skull
Brain perfusion
CTA head
CTA neck
Head
IAC (temporal bones)
Larynx
Mandible
Maxillofacial
Orbits
Pituitary fossa
Sinuses
Soft tissue neck
TMJ
Trauma Head
SPINE & CHEST

Rank each of the following sections on a scale of 1 to 4: 1) No Experience 2 )Limited Experience 3) Experienced 4 )Very Experienced*
Cervical
Thoracic
Lumbosacral
Post myelography
Spinal trauma
Discography
Chest
CTA chest
Calcium scoring
Prospected gated studies
Retrospective gated studies
Coronary artery angiogram
PE study
Lung nodule study
Low-dose lung screening
High-resolution CT
Chest trauma
ABDOMEN & PELVIS

Abdomen
Abdominal trauma
Adrenals/Kidneys
Appendicitis study
Bladder
CTA abdomen
CTA pelvis
Cystogram (retrograde)
Enterography study
Liver/Biliary
Pancreas
Pelvic trauma
Pelvis
Pelvis with rectal contrast
Renal stone protocol
Spleen
Urogram/IVU
Musculoskeletal

Rank each of the following sections on a scale of 1 to 4: 1) No Experience 2 )Limited Experience 3) Experienced 4 )Very Experienced
Arthrography
CTA extremity
Extremities
Hips
Pelvic girdle
Shoulder
SI joints
Sternum
SPECIAL PROCEDURES

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3D post-processing: max intensity projection
3D post-processing: surface-shaded display
3D post-processing: volume rendering
Aspirations
Biopsies
CTA for aortic dissection
CTA run-off
Drainages
Venogram (CTV)
EVALUATION & DOCUMENTATION

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Review and interpret the results of care
Image evaluation for display and quality, artifact recognition, and reduction
Image archiving, PACS, DICOM file format
SCANNERS

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Siemens NAEOTOM Alpha (FDA-approved 2021)
GE Healthcare
Toshiba Aquilion
Phillips Brilliance
Siemens Somatom
PreXion3D
Hitachi
NeuroLogica Corp.
Zeiss
Canon Medical Systems
EXPERIENCES WITH AGES

Rank each of the following sections on a scale of 1 to 4: 1) No Experience 2 )Limited Experience 3) Experienced 4 )Very Experienced
Newborn/Neonate (birth to 30 days)
Infant (31 days to 12 months)
Toddler (1-3 years)
Preschooler (3-5 years)
School age children (5-12 years)
Adolescents (12-18 years)
Adolescents (12-18 years)
Young adults (18-39 years)
Middle adults (39-64 years)
Older adults (64-79 years)
Elderly adults (80+ years)