Re: RE: Medical training war stories

["Frank R. Borger_(FRB)" <frb@gammex.com>]

When our daughter was BORN, I ended up doing transport for my wife to diagnostic
X-ray. (I worked in Radiation Therapy, and new diagnostic well, so it wasn't some
hysterical father-to-be taking things into his own hands.)

The MD wanted a cervical  X-ray to decide between caesarian or natural birth.
As an aside, he mentioned that he really didn't like to deliver ANY radiation dose
to the child, and it became apparent that he had no idea of what dose levels were,
no idea about how the radiation sensitivity varied as the age of the foetus, etc.



Frank R. Borger - Senior Physicist, Gammex RMI
fborger@gammex.com phn 608-828-7289 fax 608-828-7500

How many physicists does it take to change a light bulb?
Only one. According to Heisenberg, all you have to do
is observe the light bulb, and you change it.


>>> "Karam, Andrew" <Andrew_Karam@URMC.Rochester.edu> July 20, 2000 15:20 >>>
Not necessarily a war story, but I think the most telling example that many
physicians are unfamiliar with radiation safety is the large number of women
who are advised to terminate their pregnancies after receiving a few
diagnostic x-rays. I have heard these stories and I have advised some women
receiving this bad advice.

Andy

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Radiation Safety Officer          (716) 275-3781 (office)
University of Rochester           (716) 256-0365 (fax)
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