RDBG LO1: S1&2

A patient presents with minor complaints and insists something must be done. The physician orders an x-ray as a placebo. The problem with this is:

• The exam is without specific efficacy

• The images will not be diagnostic

• The technologist should have refused performing the exam

What are the 3 cardinal rules/principles of radiation protection?

What does BERT stand for?

Radiation can come in 2 forms: subatomic particles and electromagnetic waves

• True

• False

How is non-ionizing radiation different from ionizing radiation?

• Has greater kinetic energy, disrupting more electrons

• Lacks the kinetic energy to eject electrons from an atom

• One is particulate and one is electromagnetic radiation

• Non-ionizing causes more biologic damage

What are the 3 categories of natural radiation?

What is the purpose of B.E.R.T?