Knee Protocol

Just when you think you have MRI-knee exams down, we are trying something new. We are currently trying something new with patients who are getting ready to have total knee replacements. It is a different protocol than just regular knee exams. You have to do some measurements and different slices on different series. We have been doing test patients and sending it to a company and they tell us if we are doing it correctly. There are a few orthopedic doctors who would like to use this protocol, if we decided to do it. One more challenging thing in MRI, but that is what makes it fun.

Day starts off easy, changes suddenly

This week in MRI was good, but one day we started off with no in-houses on the screen and our first outpatient wasn't scheduled until 9:00 am. The outpatient was done with no problems and we were just waiting for our next outpatient that wasn't scheduled for several more hours until we looked up and the screen lit up with in-house patients. When you work at a hospital, your day could change in just minutes. What makes it worse the floor just expects you to hurry up and get their patients done. They don't realize you have to work your schedule around several factors.