AR56 Chest x-ray evaluation and referral

Course summary

This course is ideal for nurses and allied health professionals wanting to develop their skills and confidence in chest x-ray assessment and referral.

Who should attend?

Advanced Practice Nurses
General Nurses
Allied Health Professionals

Important notes

Certificate of attendance, evaluations and equipment provided.

Cost

Course duration	Course CPD	In-house Course
1 day(s)	7 hour(s)	POA

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Aims / objectives

Meet appropriate IRMER training requirements for CXR referral (dependant on local radiology directorate).
Understand CXR radiographic technique and common pitfalls of suboptimal images.
Revise essential chest anatomy.
Form a structure and methodology to image evaluation.
Recognise common pathologies.

Course programme

Principles of radiation protection
IR(ME)R update
The legalities of reporting
Pattern recognition and report writing
The chest X-ray technique
Anatomy
Alternate imaging modalities
Pattern recognition on the chest radiograph
Chest reporting and common pathologies (LVF, PE, Ca, COPD etc)

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TBA