Yesterday I worked dayshift in CT which is a totally different experience from 2nd shift. For one thing, there are at least 4 techs there during the days whereas on 2nd shift there are only 2. This makes such a huge difference! It's nice to be able to finish an exam, get all your paperwork completed and get the study sent to the radiologist without having to worry about taking care of the next patient to come in the room. Overall it was a very good day! My patients were great, no one complained and I got to take a real 30 minute lunch break... not eat my food while sitting at the scanner! It was awesome!
Which was great compared to last Tuesday when the two of us techs plus the tech aide that was there between 3-11 never got to eat at all! We were so super busy, a scanner was down due to PM's and it was just a mad house!
This past Monday was also interesting.... Due to an upgrade to Synapse, we had to print out dictation forms, print previous reports and take them to the radiologist to be read... thankfully we have a test environment so our studies could still be looked at digitally but the whole running up and down the hallway every time something needed to be read got old really quickly! It's funny how fast we get spoiled to being completely digital... I remember when every exam had to be taken to the radiologist to be read and we had to sit in the reading room to take reports for stat exams! On top of all the extra hassle, the Lanier dictation system went down in the ER reading room so everything had to be moved to the MRI reading room in order for the doctor to have access to anything! It was crazy!
All in all, I'll be glad when this week is over!! Too bad I have to work the weekend though!
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