Lab 1.1 ordering imaging

a valid order will include

name of patient, age/DOB, gender, type of imaging/series, location/side, anticipated injury/clinical indication, additional pertinent details, orderer's credentials

clinicial hypothesis/indication

what you, as the orderer, anticipate for findings

clinical indications/mechanism of injury

include traumatic or note, acute or chronic, fall, etc.

additional pertinent details include

small phrases relevant to ordering, not your evaluation

with imaging results, a decision should be made to

treat, refer, or treat and refer