RADT1013

This course provides a general overview of the study of radiologic science and the role it serves in the health care delivery system. Several key topics in imaging including introductory principles of radiography, the health care environment, understanding orders and diagnostic reports, hospital organizations, and radiology organizations. The course will also include a dialogue of medical legal ethics and the radiographer's role in making ethical decisions. Pharmacology and venipuncture topics such as drug nomenclature and classification, general pharmacologic principles, contrast agents, routes of administration, and drug categories relevant to radiography will be discussed. Patient care topics including transfer techniques, patient history and vital signs, infection control, sterile techniques, medical emergencies, and professionalism and communication in patient care will be presented. Finally, cultural awareness and the radiographer's role in a multicultural health care setting will be discussed.