Description of Event or Problem · 1
I TOOK THE PATIENT IN THE ROOM. I LAID ONE SHEET ON THE TABLE AND GRABBED ANOTHER SHEET TO COVER HIM. I HELD UP THE SHEET AND ASKED HIM TO LOWER HIS SHORTS TO ABOUT HIS KNEES. I THEN INSTRUCTED HIM TO LAY DOWN AND I WOULD COVER HIM. HE STARTED TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW BAD THIS WAS FOR HIS GENITALS. I DO NOT REMEMBER HIS EXACT WORDS. I DO NOT REMEMBER MY EXACT WORDS. I SAID SOMETHING LIKE IT ISN'T GOOD FOR THAT AREA BUT I WOULD SHIELD HIM. I HAD BEEN LINING THE MACHINE UP AND LOOKING FOR MY LANDMARKS ON HIM WHILE WE WERE TALKING. AFTER ANSWERING HIS QUESTION AND FINISHING LINE UP, I TURNED TO GET OUR SHIELD. I PLACED THE SHIELD OVER THE AREA OF HIS GONADS WITHOUT TOUCHING HIM, BUT STILL KEEPING IT OUT OF THE LIGHT FIELD. I WENT BEHIND THE GLASS TO TAKE THE EXPOSURE. THE FIRST TIME I TRIED TO TAKE THE EXPOSURE, IT BEEPED AT ME. NO EXPOSURE WAS TAKEN. I LOOKED TO SEE WHY IT BEEPED. I TOOK IT OFF THE ANTEROPOSTERIOR (AP) SACROILIAC (SI) AND PUT IT ON SI OBLIQUE AND SWITCHED IT BACK AGAIN. I TOOK THE EXPOSURE. THE IMAGE THAT CAME UP WAS BARELY VISIBLE. I TOOK IT OFF OF AUTOMATIC EXPOSURE CONTROL (AEC) ON THE PANEL AND DID A MANUAL TECHNIQUE. THAT WAS TOO LOW. I DID ANOTHER MANUAL TECHNIQUE AND THIS IMAGE WAS GOOD. THE LAST 2 EXPOSURES WERE OF THE SI OBLIQUES. MY MARKERS WERE CUT OFF, SO I LEFT HIM LAY ON THE TABLE WHEN I FIXED MY IMAGES THAT I WAS KEEPING AND DISCARDED THE OTHER TWO. I CAME AND TOLD HIM WE WERE FINISHED. I MOVED THE TUBE, REMOVED THE SHIELD, REMOVED MY MARKER, AND LOWERED THE TABLE. I TURNED MY BACK WHILE HE GOT UP AND PULLED UP HIS PANTS. I ASKED IF HE WAS FINISHED GETTING DRESSED AND THEN TOOK HIM BACK TO HIS ROOM WHERE I HAD FOUND HIM. I THEN COMPLETED MY STUDY.