Test Results & Positioning
Michael Vick gets sacked by the Carolina Panthers defense in a game in Charlotte on December 4, 2005 - Photo by John M. Setzler, Jr.
We had our first test today in the Radiographic Procedures class. I spent several hours last night preparing for it, and it paid off for the most part. I missed 3 out of the 75 questions for a grade of 96, which I’m happy with. I should have only missed one though. Somehow, I managed to get the Trendelenberg and Fowler’s positions mixed up. I knew the positions, but I have no explanation for why I didn’t get them right on the test.
In today’s lab, we started positioning. The first positions we studied were for chest examinations. We practiced the upright PA chest and the left lateral chest. I volunteered as the demonstration lab rat for our instructor, and then I got to watch the process being performed on another student in the class. After the demonstration, we practiced on each other for the remainder of the lab period. I believe I could perform this examination on my own. The only part of it that we don’t get to practice is setting up the exposure. That will happen in clinicals.
My second day of clinical is on Thursday, and I’m looking forward to it :)