CAMRT RTR Exam case studies
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The CAMRT Entry-to-Practice Certification Exam is the national certification examination administered by the Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists, which the association describes as Canada's national professional association and certifying body for medical radiation technologists and therapists. Certification is discipline-specific: CAMRT represents four disciplines - radiological technology, magnetic resonance, nuclear medicine and radiation therapy - and candidates write the exam for the discipline they are qualifying in. The CAMRT RTR Exam case studies are 5 cases and about 3,662 words.
1The "Just a Line Check" Portable Chest in ICU
K is a 79-year-old woman, day 3 after CABG, intubated and ventilated with PEEP 10 cmH2O. One hour ago a right internal jugular central line was inserted because her oxygen requirement was climbing (FiO2 0.70, SpO2 91%).
805 words, about 4 min2MR-Conditional Pacemaker and a 3 T-Only Scanner
T is a 63-year-old man who presents at 15:00 with two days of progressive bilateral leg weakness, saddle anaesthesia and urinary retention. The emergency physician requests an urgent MRI lumbar spine to exclude cauda equina syndrome.
723 words, about 4 min3Extravasation During a Bone Scan Injection
R is a 68-year-old man with metastatic prostate cancer and new bone pain, booked for a whole-body bone scan. The prescribed activity is 740 MBq of Tc-99m MDP.
591 words, about 3 min4Four Lost Fractions in a Head and Neck Schedule
L is 55 with a T2N1 base-of-tongue squamous cell carcinoma, on definitive chemoradiation: 66 Gy in 30 fractions over 6 weeks, 2.2 Gy per fraction, with weekly cisplatin. She completed fraction 22 (48.4 Gy) on Thursday.
805 words, about 4 min5CT KUB Request in a 19-Week Pregnant Patient
A is 26, G1P0 at 19 weeks' gestation, who presents at 22:00 with 8 hours of severe colicky right flank pain, vomiting and microscopic haematuria. Triage urine hCG is positive and a dating ultrasound confirms a live 19-week fetus.
738 words, about 4 min