8th Baltic Congress of Radiology

08.10.2022 Tallinn, Estonia

Patient with multiple traumas in North-Estonia Medical Centre

Elvis Russki (Estonia)

Leading radiology technician, North Estonia Medical Centre

Biography: Elvis graduated the radiology technician specialty at the Tartu Health Care College in 2015. Already during his studies, he worked as an assistant radiology technician in the radiology department of the North Estonia Medical Centre. After finishing Tartu Health Care College, he continued working in the radiology department as a radiology technician. Since 2019 he has been working as the leading radiology technician of the radiology department and since 2021 as the leading radiology technician of the radiology center in the North Estonia Medical Centre. As an excellent communicator, he is a good cooperation partner for all og his colleagues. His determination and poise have helped him to find positive solutions to problems. He also applies his skills as a radiology technician outside of hospital, being part of the Estonian disaster medicine team since 2015, which is his biggest hobby at the time. He has acquired new management knowledge in the master's program in Human Resource Management specialty at Tallinn University of Technology.

Presentation

Terrace Hall

Synopsis: The number of patients with multiple trauma is rapidly rising in North Estonia Medical Centre. Multiple trauma mechanisms includes most typically severe injuries in the multiple body parts or organ systems so the primary survey should be performed immediately after the patient arrives in the emergency department. Modern image diagnostic methods are very helpful to diagnose critical, life-threatening injuries rapidly and begin treatment at the time of diagnosis, however a number of challenges are also considered. The alert system inside the hospital must work on time, the different specialties who are involved with the trauma care should work as a team and depending on trauma mechanism the right radiological examination need to be performed. To get a best results from multiple trauma care the procedure needs a major preparation from the radiographer/radiologic technician and great cooperation between radiographer and other trauma team members. To get the best results to a patient with multiple trauma the Medical Centre should develop a multiple trauma team. We can only get positive results if all the members of the trauma team are collaborating and the multiple trauma alert mechanism works properly inside the hospital. Trauma team needs to cooperate and all the preparation must be done before the patient with multiple trauma arrives into the hospital. To get the right diagnose for the patient the trauma team must perform the correct radiological examinations.

This agenda item is presented in the following session: S5-4 CT for Radiographers

Plenary session

08.10.2022 09:00 - 10:30