A Computed Tomography (CT) scanner is one of the most powerful diagnostic tools we have in the Emergency Department. A CT scan makes an image of every type of body structure at once - bone, blood vessels and soft tissue. These images allow our staff members to view the body’s internal structures in detail, thereby helping them to diagnose conditions in minutes, rather than hours. But one CT scanner is simply not enough. With more people coming through our Emergency Department than ever before, w

A computed tomography (CT) scan uses multiple x-rays 🩻 to form three-dimensional anatomical pictures. This test is done with a donut-shaped scanner and is great for looking at details of bony 🦴 structures! It’s important that the client remains very still - each set of scans takes about 5-10 minutes. A CT scan may or may not use contrast - contrast is helpful for tumor identification and to highlight tissues that can otherwise be hard to distinguish. 🧐 If your client is undergoing a scan with

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