Interpreting Trauma Radiographs
1. Edition July 2005
298 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
As advanced practices and role extension within the healthcare
sector continues unabated, increasingly practitioners seek ways to
widen their professional remit and develop and add to their skills.
Interpreting Trauma Radiographs provides a unique guide to
enable radiographers and trained healthcare professionals to
confidently and competently interpret and report on radiographic
images. Designed specifically for radiographers, casualty (accident
and emergency) medical officers and trainees, and other health
professionals who regularly encounter trauma radiography as part of
their work, this book brings together expert contributions on the
clinical, medical, legal and scientific aspects of radiographic
interpretation and reporting, promoting a thorough understanding of
both the general framework of reporting and the detail of image
interpretation.
The book is divided into two sections. The first section deals
with the overall framework of image reporting and interpretation:
the radiologist's perspective, the legal aspects, scientific
background and the psychological nature of perception and
interpretation. The second section focuses on image interpretation
of regional anatomy, presented to support both reporting
practitioners in training and those more experienced in reporting
practice.
Interpreting Trauma Radiographs is an invaluable companion for
qualified radiographers, radiographers in training, casualty
medical officers, and other healthcare professionals, such as nurse
practitioners, aspiring to interpret and report on radiographic
images.
Section 1.
2. A Radiologist's Perspective.
3. Legal Aspects Arising in the Reporting of X-rays.
4. Uncertainty and Bias in Decision Making.
5. Pattern Recognition.
6. Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology of the Skeletal System.
Section 2.
7. Skeletal Trauma of the Upper Limb.
8. Skeletal Trauma of the Lower Limb.
9. The Spine.
10. Pelvic Fractures.
11. Chest Trauma.
12. The Skull and Face.
Appendices.
Index
reporting radiographs, a significant part of the radiological
profession, facing with the spiralling radiological workload, is
beginning to think otherwise. This book provides an invaluable
companion for those who would come around to this 'new'
concept.
This text is a valuable source of information for the following
professional groups. Radiographers experienced in skeletal
reporting or undertaking 'red dot' reporting and those training for
these roles; medical practitioners, in particular casualty
residents who work in emergency departments; physiotherapists and
other professional groups who have an interest in musculo-skeletal
trauma and pathology. Finally, I would recommend that this book be
available on the shelves of imaging departments' libraries for it
will greatly help the specialist registrars in radiology. Section
one would be particularly read with benefit by the latter."
Paediatric Radiology, 2006
Polytechnic Institute of Technology in New Zealand. Prior to this
appointment, he was Principal Lecturer in Media Imaging Sciences at
St Martin's College, Lancaster and Carlisle, UK.
Renata Eyres is Associate Dean for Academic Enterprise within
the Faculty of Health and Social Care at the University of Salford,
UK.
Julie Nightingale is Faculty Director of Postgraduate Studies
within the Faculty of Health and Social Care at the University of
Salford, UK.