Patient Care II

Catalog description

This course introduces the concepts and techniques of patient assessment and patient care. The students learn how to admit a patient to the radiology department and how to properly move and transfer patients. The students are taught to care for patients with various problems (e.g. skull or spinal injuries, pediatric or geriatric patients, shock, etc.). Proper methods of the administration of enemas and caring for patients with various types of tubes are discussed. Surgical aseptic technique, and proper skin preparation. The student is taught how to assist with drug and contrast media administration. Various contrast complications and anaphylactic reactions are discussed. Transmission of microorganisms and isolation techniques are learned.