Main description:

All radiotherapy students have to undertake clinical placements. These are daunting and challenging experiences: students have to deal with qualified staff, patients, and practices and equipment that will differ from what they have been taught in the classroom. This book gives students essential practical advice to help them in these placements. It is intended as a companion that students can carry and refer to; the format is small enough to fit into the pocket of a uniform, and there is a section for students to make their own notes.

Written by a student who was the Society of Radiographers Student of the Year in 2013, this book is crammed with practical detail to help all students get to grips with their clinical placements.

Contents:

1. The correct uniform

2. The radiotherapy treatment room

3. Immobilisation devices

4. Hospital bins

5. Top tips

6. Sharps bin

7. How to make a permanent skin mark (tattoo)

8. Effective communication

9. First day chat

10. Couch moves

11. Isocentre calculations

12. Laser positioning

13. Before setting up the patient

14. How to align the tattoos

15. Naming different beam angles

16. How can cancer spread?

17. Typical radiotherapy techniques

18. Tolerance doses

19. What is...

19.1 Brachytherapy?

19.2 Electron treatment?

19.3 Orthovoltage and superficial X-ray therapy?

19.4 IGRT?

19.5 IMRT?

19.6 Hormone therapy?

19.7 Chemotherapy?

20. Chemotherapy side-effects

21. Radiotherapy side-effects

22. Blood values

23. Patient advice

24. Basic anatomy

25. Vertebral levels

26. Manual handling

27. Infection control

28. Basic life support

29. The recovery position

30. Medical terminology