Question

In your first post, respond to the following: O After reading the article about radiation exposure during coronary angiography, do you think the patient's position matters when it comes to the amount of radiation exposure to the patient? yes o Discuss what a facility can do to prevent patients from receiving extraordinary doses of radiation during interventional procedures. o Does training of personnel in radiobiology and radiation safety matter? o Do you agree with the statistics presented in this article? o Do you think the statistics in this article could be skewed? ano 2. Respond to at least two classmates about the importance of ALARA in the situation of different projections during interventional procedures whether you agree or disagree. lain the rationale for your viewpoint.

Answer 1

International atomic energy agency programs on radiological protection encourage the reduction of patient ration doses. International basic safety standards protect patients through protections against ionizing radiation and it produced new imaging technology. As health care providers, we have to do realistic assessments of the risk related to patient health status when a patient undergoing the procedure. Assess the risks of radiation to patient-specific medical status, assess the prognosis in the absence of radiation. apply all the risk prospective procedures and types of equipment to benefit medical procedures and avoid the risk of medical ionizing radiation. Training to professionals for monitoring doses is an essential factor. Technology improvement and regulation reduce the radiation-related risk, limit the doses of radiation in specific equipment for the procedure is an important benefit for the patient.
2, As low A reasonably Achievable(ALARA) is used in radiation exposure level, it makes reasonable efforts to limit the exposure to ionizing radiation to low dose. ALARA process includes exposure situation initial dose assessment, dose analysis, implementing protective actions and availability efficacy of protective actions, sensitivity analysis, ALARA synthesis, feedback, and followup. ALARA supports for safety on dose reduction in radiation.