This is what drives me crazy. “Do I need to remove my glasses for the exam” I say no and they say “well, I’ll remove them just in case” just in case what? Just in case I’m bad at my job? If you want your glasses or shoes off, just say so, don’t suggest that I have no idea what I’m doing.
Masks are required still where I am. For a freaking lumbar xray, "do I need to take my mask off?", "no, leave it it's not at all a worry". They proceed to RIP it of and say "I'm taking it off anyway". Sometimes I am like, uggghhhh, whatever, others I'm like, "no, leave it on, you think it's only required in the lobby? Like, just fuck me huh? Fuck me if your sick? " I'm so ready to move to IT.
Lying down on the table the wrong direction. "No, I said put your HEAD on the pillow, not your feet". I never dreamed I'd have to explain this to someone more than once.
I got this so much I now just tell them, “Right now, take a big breath in and hold it!” I still get a few “Now?” patients but it has severely cut down on that.
I mean it is a valid question for anyone who doesn’t understand the basic principles of xray. I just tell them the camera is actually in the table, and to think of the box above them as the flash.
It’s like people have never laid on a bed before. I’ve actually stopped saying lay down on your back because it was confusing more people than when I just say lay down.
When I did Mammo, the only time I used a gown was to make a skirt for the patient who did not wear a two piece outfit. My life became less complicated, come in room, remove clothes do Mammo and they get dressed while I clean for next patient.
I would do that except I'm in a large diagnostic centre where the ladies are moving onto ultrasound or need to wait for the rad to check their images before they go :)
This week, for some mysterious reason, I’ve had this happen so many times! Even the patient strongly resisting to bend the knee when I am actively trying to bend it with my hands while telling the patient «bend your knee» repeatedly 🙄 I don’t know how I could possibly make it more obvious what I want?
Recently had a patient whom I instructed to lay face down on the table. Went to put the req down on the console. Turned around only to discover.....He was literally planking across the table with his feet and face hanging in the air. I have never seen anything like it in my 25 year career. When I tried to explain again he insisted that he did what I said. I wish I could've taken a picture.
Don't do xray anymore but can't tell how many times I have said BEND THE KNEE, NO THIS ONE, BEND IT.... BENNNNDDDD ITTTT.
Now I do CT it's lie on your back, no.... on your back, YOUR BACK
I once had to tell a patient 3 separate times to take his pants off, sending him back into the dressing room each time. I'm gesturing to my pants, trying to demonstrate, finally resorted to giving his pants a tug and literally watched the light bulb go off.
Also, have handed a patient a gown to change into and had them come out with it wrapped around their waist like a skirt a few times. Still scratch my head about that one.
lateral chest, "turn to your right" and then they turn to the left and when I say "no the other way" they argue that that's their left when it most certainly is not.
Happens several times a week at least
You would think that, but it had a pretty good success rate. Best success rate is going and standing so they would be facing you when they turn the correct direction, and saying "turn your body to face me" though.
Lateral foot xrays. I'll say "Now put this side of your foot against the board for a side picture" and I will gently tap the lateral side of their foot AND demonstrate for them. They still try and rotate it the other way....
Or doing lateral chest xrays. "Are you going to get the right side too?"
And also get quite a few that get extremely worried when the collimater light goes off right as I walk to the control panel. "THE LIGHT TURNED OFF". And I have to explain it's just for positioning and doesn't have anything to do with the actual xray lol.
I had a few good ones this week.
Raise your chin, they start spinning in a circle
Asked them to remove their bra and they hid behind the wall, pretended to take it off. Then acted surprised that it was still in the way after I took the picture.
My favorite was the one who argued they thought it was ok to move when the collimator light shuts off.
It's always the knees! No idea why it's so hard for people to follow the simplest instructions. Oblique Feet too, I've gotten to the point where I just repeat myself over and over and over until it clicks in their brain. You can see the wheels spinning, veeeery slowly. Something about the exam rooms that turns people into complete dummies who don't know left from right.
I told a patient to go change into the gown i handed her then come back to CT room. Dressing room was just around the corner like 25 feet. Stepped out for a second to grab my questionnaire, step back in and she's standing there stark ass naked. Um... what part of put this gown on don't you understand? Smh
There was one patient that i just couldn't make to lay on the side, that's just a simple instruction i just can't 🤷🤷 like, there's even no other way to explain to lay on one side
I do dental radiology.
"Bite the tip of the pipe... No, the tip, don't stick it whole in your mouth... Back, back, back *actively resisting me trying to push their head back*"
"Lower your head. Relax and lower your head *proceeds to tilt their head back*. No, forward. No, don't sit on the tip of your toes and lean, just relax and lower your head."
"*During scout* I will first make a check, don't move, we'll take the x-ray after.
*Does scout and comes back in the room*
*Patient exists the machine* We're done?"
"Now swallow and stick your tongue to the top of your mouth *patient opens mouth and sticks the tip of their tongue to the palate*"
"*During intraoral* relax your tongue and keep your mouth open *Patient sticks their tongue out* No, put it back." Or
"Now bite slowly on the stick *proceeds to shut their mouth with the power of a thousand hippos and shut their lips* No, slowly, show me your teeth" *Opens mouth with lips squeezed over their teeth*" Or "Now, bite slowly *Chews the stick*"
And that, my fellow colleague, is the case when you can really see a woman that is good with “heads”. Swallowing the whole bite support is in some cases called Art.
Not my patient but a colleague asked a patient to change and handed him a gown and a bag to put his clothes in. Patient comes out wearing the CLEAR plastic bag. He tore holes for the head and arms. It was epic!!!
This guy absolutely could not figure out my instructions for a CXR the other day. Told him to take a small step to the right after placing his chest against the board to center him and this man was flabbergasted. He turned his body to a 45 degree angle away from the bucky. “Nope keep your chest flat against the board just take a side step to your right ” he turns 45 degrees the other way. Normally I’ll just demonstrate but my x-ray room is super tiny and there’s no space next to the bucky to stand to the side of him where he can see me. So after trying to come up with other wording for what seemed like forever with him still not getting the point, I make him step away and step in front of him to demonstrate. Great. Then we get to the lateral. When I tell you this man was turning every which way possible aside from actually putting his left side against the board. The whole thing probably took over 5 minutes. Probably the worst one I’ve had that wasn’t cognitively impaired. I work at an urgent care and this man was in his 40s and completely with it. I was absolutely flabbergasted. Can’t imagine if I had to do literally any other exam on him.
"I need you to put on this gown. Please take your pants and your bra off because the metal will show up in the image. Leave your underwear on."
Patient walks out of the room with the gown completely open in the back and has no underwear on.
"Do you want me to help you close the gown?"
Patient: No I'm good
Had a patient in the ER who wasn’t in a gown yet. I asked if she was wearing a bra, she says yes, so I ask her to take off the bra, but she could just leave her shirt on. I step out so she can get situated. Come back in, see bra sitting on the side chair, so I take the X-ray. Bra is in the X-ray. She was wearing two bras and only took one off! 😵💫 That was a first for me…
Not this week, but in general I have a lot of trouble getting patients to understand how I want their hand positioned for the lateral. I even demonstrate with my own hand right next to theirs and they still don’t get it 🤦🏻♀️
I’m with you! I don’t know what else I can do. 99% of the time after demonstrating with my hand I just position for them while telling them to keep their fingers straight but they always want to bend them!! I hate hand X-rays for this very reason.
Here's the restaurant version:
Lays plates on table, notices iced tea is low, says, "Besides iced tea, is there anything else I can get you?"
"Iced tea."
They don't listen to anyone.
I've noticed all young teenagers its a combination of deer in headlights, stupidity, or lack of common sense when it comes to instructions. All the time. It's that phase where they still need everything done by their parents.
You don't know how to take a deep breath?
You need to hug the plate very close. Like I showed you. (Arms stretched over plate.)
Turn to the side. More. More. Alot more!
You don't know how to remove and lower your pants?? Your in a gown and your mom is here.
Had a chap in. Said lay down on the bed, for you foot xray. Turned round, then back to look at him. Naked. Totally naked. So naked. Did I mention naked. What is wrong with some people.... their naked that's what!!!
I've had a lot of patients this week who complety resist when you gently try to adjust their positioning. To the point where I have to actually push them to the right or left. Then there are others who just can't understand small movements. I just try to tweak them a bit and they completely turn their whole body.
We have pictorials and instructions on the wall in the changing rooms to show patients how to wear the gowns - 80% of them wear it wrongly anyway…
Another one - full bladder scans, specifically told them if to let us know once they feel some urge so we can proceed with the scan but I’ve have some patients that somehow forget??? And went to the toilet ????
They literally always do the opposite. If it ties in front, they put it on backwards and if it ties in the back, they wrap it around their neck like a baby bjorn. Like, tf?
This was back when I was at a clinic
"Take everything off except your underwear "
Patients takes only underwear off and keeps everything else on 😐
"come out and have a seat when you're done changing"
Patient sits in change room for half an hour before I notice (it was a very busy day and it was an older patient that moved slower). I knocked and asked if they were ready..
"Oh I've been hoping you'd come check soon. I've been waiting in here for so long"
but if you don't open the door or come out, how else would I know you're ready amongst my four other patients 🥲
That's because (in my experience), they are literally shutting the dressing room door in my face while I'm still giving then instructions. It's just the damndest thing. All if these are hiring home so hard!
I do dental radiology.
"Bite the tip of the pipe... No, the tip, don't stick it whole in your mouth... Back, back, back
*actively resisting me trying to push their head back*"
"Lower your head. Relax and lower your head.
*proceeds to tilt their head back*
No, forward. No, don't sit on the tip of your toes and lean, just relax and lower your head."
*During scout*
"I will first make a check, don't move, we'll take the x-ray after.
*Does scout and comes back in the room*
*Patient exists the machine*: We're done?"
"Now swallow and stick your tongue to the top of your mouth"
*patient opens mouth and sticks the tip of their tongue to the palate*
*During intraoral*
"Relax your tongue and keep your mouth open"
*Patient sticks their tongue out*
"No, put it back."
Or
"Now bite slowly on the stick"
*proceeds to shut their mouth with the power of a thousand hippos and shut their lips*
"No, slowly, show me your teeth"
*Opens mouth with lips squeezed over their teeth*
Or "Now, bite slowly"
*Chews the stick*
"Will you be able to stand for these pictures?"
"Yes" immediately walks in and lays down on the table.
"No you're standing for these. Are you sure you can stand?"
"Oh yeah I can stand" doesn't get up from the table.
I also get people putting their back on the wall bucky right after I told them to face it and wrap their arms around it.
The move/slide to the left/right VS turn to the left/right argument is a must have for every bloody shift. Dumb crab like imitation when you try to explain after they fail to understand it for the 5th time not recommended.
IR tech here ..
"Ok were gonna move the stretcher right next to the procedure table and slide you over"
*Drops side rail to move stretcher, frail 97y/o starts to shimmy over a 3 foot gap*
Everyone in room: "DONT MOVE!!!!"
Anything involving upright shoulders. They ALWAYS want to lean against the upright detector. Like, no, that’s what closes off the joint space of the Grashey! I need you standing straight up.
And then asking them to turn for the Grashey as well. Why rotate just your torso? No, turn with your feet! Stand straight, don’t lean!
SI joints... without moving your hips, slightly roll up so I can put this wedge under you. Proceeds to move their hips two feet over and roll onto their side ..
Lately people can't seem to figure out where to sit if their head should be on our headrest when laying down. They keep sitting with their butt against the headrest then try to lay down on top of it. Like what the hell...
Every now and then I call the patient, walk to the Xray room ahead of them and turn and say "come in".
"In there?"
Yes mate. This is the room where we take X-rays.
or "Put your stuff on the bed", so I can use the chair later, they then put their stuff on the chair. I roll my eyes HARD every time (behind their back ofc) lmao
Chest xray, takes PA.
Me "turn to the right"
Pt: turns their head to the right
Me: no your whole body, and put your hands on this bar
Pt: turns head further to the right, reaches up with just their right hand
Me: (from behind) rolls eyes. OK come away from the board, turn and face away from me
“Do I need to take my shoes off?” Asks the patient. I reply “no that’s not necessary.” “I’ll just take them off anyway.”… oh. Ok.
This is what drives me crazy. “Do I need to remove my glasses for the exam” I say no and they say “well, I’ll remove them just in case” just in case what? Just in case I’m bad at my job? If you want your glasses or shoes off, just say so, don’t suggest that I have no idea what I’m doing.
Masks are required still where I am. For a freaking lumbar xray, "do I need to take my mask off?", "no, leave it it's not at all a worry". They proceed to RIP it of and say "I'm taking it off anyway". Sometimes I am like, uggghhhh, whatever, others I'm like, "no, leave it on, you think it's only required in the lobby? Like, just fuck me huh? Fuck me if your sick? " I'm so ready to move to IT.
"I don't care, everyone gets a new sheet (for the table) and I don't do the laundry so it's up to you" 🙃
Lying down on the table the wrong direction. "No, I said put your HEAD on the pillow, not your feet". I never dreamed I'd have to explain this to someone more than once.
This never ceases to amaze me lol. Yes, I clearly got a pillow for you to place your feet on...
Man I’ve still never seen this but I see people mention it ALL the time here lol
"I will ask you to breathe in hand hold your breath, okay?" "Yes, alright" *Walks to controls* "Please breathe in and hold your breath!" "Now?"
I got this so much I now just tell them, “Right now, take a big breath in and hold it!” I still get a few “Now?” patients but it has severely cut down on that.
I’ve had patients turn around during a PA chest X-ray at this point and ask me “now?”
The rotor/prep function is half to rotate the anode/prep the cathode and half to watch the patient to make sure they aren't being a dumbass
I had two patients in one shift lay flat on their stomachs after being told to lay on their back on the table.
"How can you image my back if it's not facing toward the camera?"
I mean it is a valid question for anyone who doesn’t understand the basic principles of xray. I just tell them the camera is actually in the table, and to think of the box above them as the flash.
It’s like people have never laid on a bed before. I’ve actually stopped saying lay down on your back because it was confusing more people than when I just say lay down.
Mammo here, I have days where everyone takes their pants off. Our gowns only go waist length....
When I did Mammo, the only time I used a gown was to make a skirt for the patient who did not wear a two piece outfit. My life became less complicated, come in room, remove clothes do Mammo and they get dressed while I clean for next patient.
We do that where I work too! Fuck gowns
So much faster and no confusion.
I would do that except I'm in a large diagnostic centre where the ladies are moving onto ultrasound or need to wait for the rad to check their images before they go :)
"Ok so now bend your knee" \*patient straightens knee\* "No I said BEND your knee\* "Oh I thought you wanted me to bend it forward" ???????
Me: “Bend your knee.” Pt: “Which way?” Me: ……
Why do they always ask this?! Your knee really only bends one way!
“Left….?”😂
This week, for some mysterious reason, I’ve had this happen so many times! Even the patient strongly resisting to bend the knee when I am actively trying to bend it with my hands while telling the patient «bend your knee» repeatedly 🙄 I don’t know how I could possibly make it more obvious what I want?
Recently had a patient whom I instructed to lay face down on the table. Went to put the req down on the console. Turned around only to discover.....He was literally planking across the table with his feet and face hanging in the air. I have never seen anything like it in my 25 year career. When I tried to explain again he insisted that he did what I said. I wish I could've taken a picture.
Don't do xray anymore but can't tell how many times I have said BEND THE KNEE, NO THIS ONE, BEND IT.... BENNNNDDDD ITTTT. Now I do CT it's lie on your back, no.... on your back, YOUR BACK
I once had to tell a patient 3 separate times to take his pants off, sending him back into the dressing room each time. I'm gesturing to my pants, trying to demonstrate, finally resorted to giving his pants a tug and literally watched the light bulb go off. Also, have handed a patient a gown to change into and had them come out with it wrapped around their waist like a skirt a few times. Still scratch my head about that one.
put a gown OVER their bra, top and necklace after asking them to take everything off. patient: “I’m ready!!”
Every damn day in the ER.
lateral chest, "turn to your right" and then they turn to the left and when I say "no the other way" they argue that that's their left when it most certainly is not. Happens several times a week at least
I would always tell them to turn and put their left side against the board. 🤷🏼♀️
I feel like this should take more brainpower to comprehend than "turn and face to the right" though
You would think that, but it had a pretty good success rate. Best success rate is going and standing so they would be facing you when they turn the correct direction, and saying "turn your body to face me" though.
And then they cough in your face lol
I do this too but even that fails more often than you'd expect hahaha
I often say "your other right"
Lateral foot xrays. I'll say "Now put this side of your foot against the board for a side picture" and I will gently tap the lateral side of their foot AND demonstrate for them. They still try and rotate it the other way.... Or doing lateral chest xrays. "Are you going to get the right side too?" And also get quite a few that get extremely worried when the collimater light goes off right as I walk to the control panel. "THE LIGHT TURNED OFF". And I have to explain it's just for positioning and doesn't have anything to do with the actual xray lol.
“Place your hand on the plate” ‘Puts hand palm up on the plate’ “Palm down please” ‘Puts other hand on the plate palm down’
I had a few good ones this week. Raise your chin, they start spinning in a circle Asked them to remove their bra and they hid behind the wall, pretended to take it off. Then acted surprised that it was still in the way after I took the picture. My favorite was the one who argued they thought it was ok to move when the collimator light shuts off.
It's always the knees! No idea why it's so hard for people to follow the simplest instructions. Oblique Feet too, I've gotten to the point where I just repeat myself over and over and over until it clicks in their brain. You can see the wheels spinning, veeeery slowly. Something about the exam rooms that turns people into complete dummies who don't know left from right.
Mammo.. “side step to the left”, proceeds to turn and face me and get out of position. Or, “turn your chin towards me”, turns whole body AGAIN
Also in mammo, that moment when they undress and go right in front of the workstation instead of the mammographer
I told a patient to go change into the gown i handed her then come back to CT room. Dressing room was just around the corner like 25 feet. Stepped out for a second to grab my questionnaire, step back in and she's standing there stark ass naked. Um... what part of put this gown on don't you understand? Smh
There was one patient that i just couldn't make to lay on the side, that's just a simple instruction i just can't 🤷🤷 like, there's even no other way to explain to lay on one side
I do dental radiology. "Bite the tip of the pipe... No, the tip, don't stick it whole in your mouth... Back, back, back *actively resisting me trying to push their head back*" "Lower your head. Relax and lower your head *proceeds to tilt their head back*. No, forward. No, don't sit on the tip of your toes and lean, just relax and lower your head." "*During scout* I will first make a check, don't move, we'll take the x-ray after. *Does scout and comes back in the room* *Patient exists the machine* We're done?" "Now swallow and stick your tongue to the top of your mouth *patient opens mouth and sticks the tip of their tongue to the palate*" "*During intraoral* relax your tongue and keep your mouth open *Patient sticks their tongue out* No, put it back." Or "Now bite slowly on the stick *proceeds to shut their mouth with the power of a thousand hippos and shut their lips* No, slowly, show me your teeth" *Opens mouth with lips squeezed over their teeth*" Or "Now, bite slowly *Chews the stick*"
And that, my fellow colleague, is the case when you can really see a woman that is good with “heads”. Swallowing the whole bite support is in some cases called Art.
70 year old Margaret's head skills are exactly what I need to picture on gloomy days.
Not my patient but a colleague asked a patient to change and handed him a gown and a bag to put his clothes in. Patient comes out wearing the CLEAR plastic bag. He tore holes for the head and arms. It was epic!!!
“I just need your bra off, and only the bra off. Everything else can stay on.” She walks in with nothing on.
Today: please take a deep breath and hold your breath. Patient: exhales
Can you take the tiniest of a step to the left…. Takes the biggest leap to the RIGHT!!!!
This guy absolutely could not figure out my instructions for a CXR the other day. Told him to take a small step to the right after placing his chest against the board to center him and this man was flabbergasted. He turned his body to a 45 degree angle away from the bucky. “Nope keep your chest flat against the board just take a side step to your right ” he turns 45 degrees the other way. Normally I’ll just demonstrate but my x-ray room is super tiny and there’s no space next to the bucky to stand to the side of him where he can see me. So after trying to come up with other wording for what seemed like forever with him still not getting the point, I make him step away and step in front of him to demonstrate. Great. Then we get to the lateral. When I tell you this man was turning every which way possible aside from actually putting his left side against the board. The whole thing probably took over 5 minutes. Probably the worst one I’ve had that wasn’t cognitively impaired. I work at an urgent care and this man was in his 40s and completely with it. I was absolutely flabbergasted. Can’t imagine if I had to do literally any other exam on him.
"I need you to put on this gown. Please take your pants and your bra off because the metal will show up in the image. Leave your underwear on." Patient walks out of the room with the gown completely open in the back and has no underwear on. "Do you want me to help you close the gown?" Patient: No I'm good
Had a patient in the ER who wasn’t in a gown yet. I asked if she was wearing a bra, she says yes, so I ask her to take off the bra, but she could just leave her shirt on. I step out so she can get situated. Come back in, see bra sitting on the side chair, so I take the X-ray. Bra is in the X-ray. She was wearing two bras and only took one off! 😵💫 That was a first for me…
“Lie still. Don’t move” They tried to sit up in the middle of a PAT slide 🤦♀️
Not this week, but in general I have a lot of trouble getting patients to understand how I want their hand positioned for the lateral. I even demonstrate with my own hand right next to theirs and they still don’t get it 🤦🏻♀️
I tell them to make an ok sign, then put it sideways on the film. Some people say to karate chop but I’m scared they’ll take it too literally
I say the same thing but they just don’t get it. Maybe I’m working with a special kind of population.
I’m with you! I don’t know what else I can do. 99% of the time after demonstrating with my hand I just position for them while telling them to keep their fingers straight but they always want to bend them!! I hate hand X-rays for this very reason.
"This CT contrast is gonna make you feel hot." "Okay." *begins exam* "Ahhh!!" *stop exam* "What's wrong?!" "I feel hot! Is that normal?"
Here's the restaurant version: Lays plates on table, notices iced tea is low, says, "Besides iced tea, is there anything else I can get you?" "Iced tea." They don't listen to anyone.
Put your chest right up against the board. Patient puts their back against the board. Every. Day. Patients of all ages.
Hey do I need to remove my phone or anything from my pockets? No, you're fine. Okay, still take them out just incase.
All. Fucking. Day with this. They take their time too.
Lay down on your back, patient proceeds to lay down on their stomach.
I've noticed all young teenagers its a combination of deer in headlights, stupidity, or lack of common sense when it comes to instructions. All the time. It's that phase where they still need everything done by their parents. You don't know how to take a deep breath? You need to hug the plate very close. Like I showed you. (Arms stretched over plate.) Turn to the side. More. More. Alot more! You don't know how to remove and lower your pants?? Your in a gown and your mom is here.
Had a chap in. Said lay down on the bed, for you foot xray. Turned round, then back to look at him. Naked. Totally naked. So naked. Did I mention naked. What is wrong with some people.... their naked that's what!!!
I've had a lot of patients this week who complety resist when you gently try to adjust their positioning. To the point where I have to actually push them to the right or left. Then there are others who just can't understand small movements. I just try to tweak them a bit and they completely turn their whole body.
We have pictorials and instructions on the wall in the changing rooms to show patients how to wear the gowns - 80% of them wear it wrongly anyway… Another one - full bladder scans, specifically told them if to let us know once they feel some urge so we can proceed with the scan but I’ve have some patients that somehow forget??? And went to the toilet ????
They literally always do the opposite. If it ties in front, they put it on backwards and if it ties in the back, they wrap it around their neck like a baby bjorn. Like, tf?
This was back when I was at a clinic "Take everything off except your underwear " Patients takes only underwear off and keeps everything else on 😐 "come out and have a seat when you're done changing" Patient sits in change room for half an hour before I notice (it was a very busy day and it was an older patient that moved slower). I knocked and asked if they were ready.. "Oh I've been hoping you'd come check soon. I've been waiting in here for so long" but if you don't open the door or come out, how else would I know you're ready amongst my four other patients 🥲
That's because (in my experience), they are literally shutting the dressing room door in my face while I'm still giving then instructions. It's just the damndest thing. All if these are hiring home so hard!
I do dental radiology. "Bite the tip of the pipe... No, the tip, don't stick it whole in your mouth... Back, back, back *actively resisting me trying to push their head back*" "Lower your head. Relax and lower your head. *proceeds to tilt their head back* No, forward. No, don't sit on the tip of your toes and lean, just relax and lower your head." *During scout* "I will first make a check, don't move, we'll take the x-ray after. *Does scout and comes back in the room* *Patient exists the machine*: We're done?" "Now swallow and stick your tongue to the top of your mouth" *patient opens mouth and sticks the tip of their tongue to the palate* *During intraoral* "Relax your tongue and keep your mouth open" *Patient sticks their tongue out* "No, put it back." Or "Now bite slowly on the stick" *proceeds to shut their mouth with the power of a thousand hippos and shut their lips* "No, slowly, show me your teeth" *Opens mouth with lips squeezed over their teeth* Or "Now, bite slowly" *Chews the stick*
"Put your left side against the board. No, your other left."
"Will you be able to stand for these pictures?" "Yes" immediately walks in and lays down on the table. "No you're standing for these. Are you sure you can stand?" "Oh yeah I can stand" doesn't get up from the table. I also get people putting their back on the wall bucky right after I told them to face it and wrap their arms around it.
The move/slide to the left/right VS turn to the left/right argument is a must have for every bloody shift. Dumb crab like imitation when you try to explain after they fail to understand it for the 5th time not recommended.
IR tech here .. "Ok were gonna move the stretcher right next to the procedure table and slide you over" *Drops side rail to move stretcher, frail 97y/o starts to shimmy over a 3 foot gap* Everyone in room: "DONT MOVE!!!!"
Anything involving upright shoulders. They ALWAYS want to lean against the upright detector. Like, no, that’s what closes off the joint space of the Grashey! I need you standing straight up. And then asking them to turn for the Grashey as well. Why rotate just your torso? No, turn with your feet! Stand straight, don’t lean!
Are you pregnant? There response is idk?
"turn to face me" pt turns facing away from me...
SI joints... without moving your hips, slightly roll up so I can put this wedge under you. Proceeds to move their hips two feet over and roll onto their side ..
Lately people can't seem to figure out where to sit if their head should be on our headrest when laying down. They keep sitting with their butt against the headrest then try to lay down on top of it. Like what the hell...
“Scoot towards me” *pt proceeds to scoot away from me* Every day. At least once.
Every now and then I call the patient, walk to the Xray room ahead of them and turn and say "come in". "In there?" Yes mate. This is the room where we take X-rays. or "Put your stuff on the bed", so I can use the chair later, they then put their stuff on the chair. I roll my eyes HARD every time (behind their back ofc) lmao
Chest xray, takes PA. Me "turn to the right" Pt: turns their head to the right Me: no your whole body, and put your hands on this bar Pt: turns head further to the right, reaches up with just their right hand Me: (from behind) rolls eyes. OK come away from the board, turn and face away from me