My purpose in creating this blog is to help those who find themselves in a Radiology Department in an emergency and/or trauma situation feel informed and less fearful of what may happen. Before the fall of 2000, the Radiology Department was just another hallway in the hospital to me. I had never had an x-ray and so really had no knowledge of what took place there. I just figured it was somewhere people went after breaking bones so the doctors could know how to fix it.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Risks vs. Benefits

Some patients enter into that "hallway" with no knowledge of the possible risks of radiation and some are well versed in the harm that may be done. No matter where you find yourself on this scale of understanding, something to keep in mind is that whenever and wherever radiation is involved, there are certain risks. However, the important thing to remember is that there are many benefits linked with these procedures that are associated with radiation and even some with the radiation itself. From the patient to the referring physician to the technologist, there are many people involved in determining whether or not the benefits outweigh the risks with each individual situation.
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