Chest Positioning (Unit 1)

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- PA Chest

- To see air-fluid levels

- 72" SID

- Yes

- Patient erect, hands on hips, chin slightly raised, shoulders rolled forward

- To get the scapulae out of the lung field

- Midline and T7

- Second full inspiration

- Lungs, apices, costophrenic angles, hilum, heart, great vessels, air-filled

trachea, bony thorax

- What exam is this?

- What is this exam used for?

- What is the SID?

- Is the patient shielded?

- How is the patient positioned?

- Why is the patient's shoulder rolled forward?

- What is the CR?

- What are the breathing instructions?

- What anatomy is demonstrated?

<p>- What exam is this?</p><p>- What is this exam used for?</p><p>- What is the SID?</p><p>- Is the patient shielded?</p><p>- How is the patient positioned?</p><p>- Why is the patient's shoulder rolled forward?</p><p>- What is the CR?</p><p>- What are the breathing instructions?</p><p>- What anatomy is demonstrated?</p>

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- Stretcher PA Chest

- To see air-fluid levels

- 72" SID

- Yes

- Sitting upright on stretcher, arms wrapped around bucky, shoulders rolled

forward, chin slightly raised

- Midline and T7

- Second full inspiration

- Lungs, apices, costophrenic angles, hilum, heart, great vessels, air-filled

trachea, bony thorax

- What exam is this?

- What is this exam used for?

- What is the SID?

- Is the patient shielded?

- How is the patient positioned?

- What is the CR?

- What are the breathing instructions?

- What anatomy is demonstrated?

<p>- What exam is this?</p><p>- What is this exam used for?</p><p>- What is the SID?</p><p>- Is the patient shielded?</p><p>- How is the patient positioned?</p><p>- What is the CR?</p><p>- What are the breathing instructions?</p><p>- What anatomy is demonstrated?</p>

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- Erect Lateral Chest

- 72" SID

- Yes

- Patient erect, left side against IR, arms above head, chin slightly raised

- To decrease heart magnification

- Midthorax and T7

- Second full inspiration

- Lungs, apices, costophrenic angles, posterior ribs, thorax

- What exam is this?

- What is the SID?

- Is the patient shielded?

- How is the patient positioned?

- Why is the patient positioned on their left side?

- What is the CR?

- What are the breathing instructions?

- What is the anatomy demonstrated?

<p>- What exam is this?</p><p>- What is the SID?</p><p>- Is the patient shielded?</p><p>- How is the patient positioned?</p><p>- Why is the patient positioned on their left side?</p><p>- What is the CR?</p><p>- What are the breathing instructions?</p><p>- What is the anatomy demonstrated?</p>

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- Wheelchair/Stretcher Lateral Chest

- 72" SID

- Yes

- Patient sitting in wheelchair, wheelchair in left lateral position, arms above

head, support behind back, chin slightly raised

- Patient sitting on stretcher, left side aginst IR, arms above head, chin slightly

raised

- Midtorax and T7

- Second full inspiration

- Lungs, apices, costophrenic angles, posterior ribs, thorax

- What exam is this?

- What is the SID?

- Is the patient shielded?

- How is the patient positioned in a wheelchair?

- How is the patient positioned in a stretcher?

- What is the CR?

- What are the breathing instructions?

- What anatomy is demonstrated?

<p>- What exam is this?</p><p>- What is the SID?</p><p>- Is the patient shielded?</p><p>- How is the patient positioned in a wheelchair?</p><p>- How is the patient positioned in a stretcher?</p><p>- What is the CR?</p><p>- What are the breathing instructions?</p><p>- What anatomy is demonstrated?</p>

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- AP Chest

- In the department or portables

- 72" SID

- Yes

- Patient supine or semisupine, shoulders rolled forward medially

- Midline and 3-4 inches below the jugular notch (T7)

- Caudal perpendicular to long axis of sternum

- Lungs, apices, costophrenic angles, air-filled trachea, hilum, heart,

great vessels, bony thorax

- What exam is this?

- Where is this exam done?

- What is the SID?

- Is the patient shielded?

- How is the patient positioned?

- What is the CR?

- What is the tube angle?

- What are the breathing instructions?

- What anatomy is demonstrated?

<p>- What exam is this?</p><p>- Where is this exam done?</p><p>- What is the SID?</p><p>- Is the patient shielded?</p><p>- How is the patient positioned?</p><p>- What is the CR?</p><p>- What is the tube angle?</p><p>- What are the breathing instructions?</p><p>- What anatomy is demonstrated?</p>

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- Lateral Decubitus Chest

- 72" SID

- Yes

- Patient lying on their left or right side, chin raised, arms above head, back

against IR

- Midline and 3-4 inches below jugular notch (T7)

- Horizontal beam

- Second full inspiration

- Affected side down

- Affected side up

- What is the exam?

- What is the SID?

- Is the patient shielded?

- How is the patient positioned?

- What is the CR?

- What kind of beam is used?

- What are the breathing instructions?

- If there is possible fluid in the pleural cavity, where should the

affected area be?

- If there are small amounts of air in the pleural cavity, where

should the affected area be?

<p>- What is the exam?</p><p>- What is the SID?</p><p>- Is the patient shielded?</p><p>- How is the patient positioned?</p><p>- What is the CR?</p><p>- What kind of beam is used?</p><p>- What are the breathing instructions?</p><p>- If there is possible fluid in the pleural cavity, where should the</p><p>affected area be?</p><p>- If there are small amounts of air in the pleural cavity, where</p><p>should the affected area be?</p>

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- AP Lordotic Chest

- To see calcification and masses beneath the clavicles

- 72" SID

- Yes

- Patient erect and leaning back against IR, hands on hips, shoulders rolled

forward

- Mediastinum and 3-4 inches below jugular notch (T7)

- Cephalic 15°-20°

- Second fiull inspiration

- Entire lung fields and clavicles

- What is exam is this?

- What is this exam used for?

- What is the SID?

- Is the patient shielded?

- How is the patient positioned?

- What is the CR?

- If the patient can't stand for this position, how is the tube

angled?

- What are the breathing instructions?

- What anatomy is demonstrated?

<p>- What is exam is this?</p><p>- What is this exam used for?</p><p>- What is the SID?</p><p>- Is the patient shielded?</p><p>- How is the patient positioned?</p><p>- What is the CR?</p><p>- If the patient can't stand for this position, how is the tube</p><p>angled?</p><p>- What are the breathing instructions?</p><p>- What anatomy is demonstrated?</p>

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- Lateral Upper Airway

- To see opaque foreign objects

- 72" SID

- Yes

- Patient erect in lateral position, rolls shoulders back with hands behind back,

chin slightly raised

- Level C6 or C7

- Slow, deep inspiration

- Air-filled trachea and larynx

- What exam is this?

- What is this exam used for?

- What is the SID?

- Is the patient shielded?

- How is the patient positioned?

- What is the CR?

- What are the breathing instructions?

- What anatomy is demonstrated?

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- AP Upper Airway

- To see opaque foreign objects

- 40" SID

- Yes

- Patient erect, back against IR, chin slightly raised

- Level of T1-T2 (1" above the jugular notch)

- Slow, deep inspiration

- Larynx and air-filled trachea

- What exam is this?

- What is this exam used for

- What is the SID?

- Is the patient shielded?

- How is the patient positioned?

- What is the CR?

- What are the breathing instructions?

- What anatomy is demonstrated?