Ankle Exam | Position Patient

In this video you will learn how to position a patient for an ankle examination. Before performing the examination, register the patient fill in the required data and select the program position. The cushion for head support at the foot end of the table. Bring the patient in a feet first supine position with their feet towards the magnet. Ask the patient to place the ankle to be examined in the foot. Ankle positioning aid. Make sure that the foot is placed correctly at the back end of the positioning aid and the strap. Is placed underneath the foot. Ensure the ankle to be examined is placed at the center of the table. Always position the higher wall of the positioning aid towards the external side of the table to support the position of the foot and avoid rotations. Plug in the coil and gently raised the patient's ankle and adjust the contour coil in the positioning aid, ensuring that the coil border is touching the back end. This joint and coil position will enable better image quality. Wrap the coil around the ankle and fix it with a loop straps to keep Position the coil link so that it is not creating loops. Use sandbags to keep it in place. Use additional straps to fix the ankle positioning. Use the appropriate position aids to make the examination more comfortable for the patient and to ensure that the coil cable is not touching the patient's body. Check again that you have positioned the patient safely with no body parts touching. Then provide the headset and alarm ball for safety. Also check that all cables are safely lying on the table and not hanging loose. Jack position of the coil on the ruler. Enter the manual ISO input at the select and GO panel for correct ISO centering. Finally positioned the table into the Borat isocenter using the isocenter button, and jog wheel.

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