C arm and lead.

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hell no. any radiation is too much radiation. i want to lower my chances of cancer as much as possible.

Also want to point out that the 1st author and correspondent is a MEDICAL student. The other 2 authors are orthopedic surgeons

they prob dont want anesthesiologists putting on lead to slow the case down
 
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I wore the lead lined hats when I had them. I wear lead and stay in the far corner. I step out of the room whenever I can, especially for fluoro.

My understanding is that interventional radiologists, cardiologists and vascular surgeons who use c arm a lot have a statistically significant higher incidence of head and neck cancer on the side that faces the c arm.

The only time I don't wear lead is if they're shooting one or two pictures of the hand with the mini c arm but I stand as far away as possible or out of the room.
 
caligas said:
lse tend to forgo lead and just stay 6-10 feet away?
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If they are shooting regularly through the case (e.g.: ortho trauma, spines with hardware placement, etc) I put on lead and try to stand as far back as possible. Sometimes that isn't possible due to how close our anesthesia machine/Pyxis is to the surgical field.

If they are just taking a couple scout shots here or there, I walk as far away as possible.

Not taking any safety precautions against radiation exposure I think is a huge mistake.
 
nimbus said:
Even with lead, our head and extremities are completely exposed. I try to stay as far away as possible.
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i usually stand behind someone with lead on (resident, CRNA, x-ray tech) --- figure i get even more protection from 2 layers of lead and a person between
if i'm in the room longer periods i put on lead myself
 
I sit in the corner of the lab, behind a shield that is covered with a colleagues lead, and wearing my lead. Our vascular surgeon even gave me crap one time when I wasn’t behind a shield despite wearing lead. Protect yourself.
 
linkin06 said:
I don’t wear the goggles,
So I probably will need cataracts done when I’m old. At least that can be a quick MAC case
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Underrated response. Of all the people in our EP lab, I think like 3 or 4 people wear radiation goggles. Quite honestly for most of our cath cases we honestly do even need to be in the room with a good anesthetic. There's a monitor in the "satellite area" so it's not totally unreasonable to sit there and just come in the room if there's a problem.
 
Twiggidy said:
Underrated response. Of all the people in our EP lab, I think like 3 or 4 people wear radiation goggles. Quite honestly for most of our cath cases we honestly do even need to be in the room with a good anesthetic. There's a monitor in the "satellite area" so it's not totally unreasonable to sit there and just come in the room if there's a problem.
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That's what we do for MRI. Seems reasonable to me.
 
coffeebythelake said:
I always stand back whenever possible even when I have lead on. I've read about loss of shielding integrity with some of these lead vests when they are not cared for appropriately.
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I don’t know the official name, but there should be someone at your facility that tests this, or a way you can request your lead to be tested. I think all it requires is a run through and CT or XRay machine.
 
It matters is youre using a Mini C-arm or a Large C-arm - Minis at max power there is little to no scatter at 3' away - Large C-arms I would be careful as theyre very powerful
 
minicarm said:
It matters is youre using a Mini C-arm or a Large C-arm - Minis at max power there is little to no scatter at 3' away - Large C-arms I would be careful as theyre very powerful
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Did you ...

... really make an account 3 1/2 years ago named "minicarm" and wait until today bump three threads about mini C arms and xray exposure?

One a 10-year necrobump, and a 1-year necrobump, and this thread (2 1/2 years).

That's weird, dude, but welcome to the forum!
 
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