- Title
- Communicating traumatic pathology to ensure shared understanding: is there a recipe for the perfect preliminary image evaluation?
- Creator
- Cooper, Emma; Neep, Michael J.; Eastgate, Patrick
- Relation
- Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences Vol. 67, Issue 2, p. 143-150
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmrs.375
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- Medical imaging and emergency departments work collaboratively to interpret trauma radiographs. In addition to accurate radiographic interpretation, clear communication is crucial to ensure appropriate and timely management of musculoskeletal injuries. This two-step 'how to guide' provides the reviewer with a recipe for effectively evaluating trauma radiographs for traumatic pathology and succinctly documenting the findings. Step 1 is a systematic search of the radiograph: soft tissues, bones, alignment of joints and satisfaction of search (SBASS). Utilising SBASS increases reviewer confidence in identifying traumatic pathology of the appendicular and axial skeleton. Step 2 is a streamlined communication model for the documentation of pathological findings. The WWW acronym (What is it? Where is it? What is it doing?) can be adapted to describe simple or complex traumatic pathology.
- Subject
- boundaries; clincial application; SDG 3; Sustainable Development Goals; interprofessional; medical imaging; musculoskeletal; multi-disciplinary; patient care; quality improvement; radiology; roles
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1430422
- Identifier
- uon:38840
- Identifier
- ISSN:2051-3895
- Rights
- © 2020 The Authors. Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Australian Society of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy and New Zealand Institute of Medical Radiation Technology. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
- Language
- eng
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