RADT 196 Final Exam Practice Questions and Answers

RADT 196 Final Exam Practice Questions and Answers Who is credited with the discovery of X-rays? - Answer️️ -Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen (1895) Who were the early Radiographers? - Answer️️ -Were Photographers, Scientist, and people who invented things. When was Sonography first used? - Answer️️ -During WWl (1915) Hydrophone - Answer️️ -Was used to locate enemy submarines. When was the first time Sonography was used on human? - Answer️️ -Early 1950s. Piezoelectric Effect - Answer️️ -Transducer Probe with crystals, when voltage is applied to crystals, it produces sound waves. Who discovered the Piezoelectric Effect? - Answer️️ -Pierre and Jacques Currie (were brothers) What does Sonography use to produce images of internal organs? - Answer️️ -High frequency soundwaves that are beyond the range of hearing. Radiologic Technician - Answer️️ -No formal education that has taken place, has been trained on the job to perform a skill and repeat that skill. Radiologic Technologist - Answer️️ -Has had formal training, formal education, board exams. ©EMILLYCHARLOTTE September 14, 2024 12:27 PM Page 2 of 8 Types of Radiology Specialty Services that are available? - Answer️️ -General, CT, MRI, Ultrasound, Nuclear Medicine, Interventional, Radiation Therapy, Musculoskeletal, etc. Primary purpose of an Allied Health Professional - Answer️️ -Is to provide effective Patient Care. Histotechnologist - Answer️️ -A laboratory specialist who prepares tissues for microscopic examination and diagnosis Cytotechnologist - Answer️️ -A laboratory specialist who studies cell formation. Medical Technologist - Answer️️ -Laboratory test specialist analyze blood test/urine test Dietician - Answer️️ -A health care professional who has training in nutrition and diet planning. Pharmacist - Answer️️ -A healthcare professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs Respiratory Therapist - Answer️️ -A specially healthcare professional who administers, among other treatments, inhalation therapy to patients with lung disease. Occupational Therapist - Answer️️ -Job: assess and plan for the client to regain ADLs, esp motor skills of the upper extremities; direct care of occupational therapy assistants Refer to when: ex- client has difficulties using an eating utensil with dominate hand following a stroke ©EMILLYCHARLOTTE September 14, 2024 12:27 PM Page 3 of 8 Health Information Manager (HIM) - Answer️️ -Experts in managing patient's health information, medical record, computer information systems, coding. Nursing - Answer️️ -Oldest, largest, and most readily identified of the healthcare professionals other than Medicine. Nursing is not considered what? - Answer️️ -An Allied Health Professional What type of Healthcare Professional can order a Radiographic and Sonographic Exam? - Answer️️ -MD, PA, NP Why are Medical Imaging Exams ordered? - Answer️️ -To diagnose