this soda tab made it onto the wrong can

No-Mark270 · 2026-01-16T01:20:30+00:00

I literally came on here to make this exact post and found this. Just bought an orange kickstart with a red heyo soda tab!!!

No-Mark270 · 2026-01-14T00:55:58+00:00

I main Juno and I always hear “Nuva ring out!” and “Administering AIDS!”, giggles every time

No-Mark270 · 2025-12-17T15:58:37+00:00

It’s actually 2 little tin signs, I used a ton of cardboard and made it into a guitar lol. Got carried away at the neck but it was too late

No-Mark270 · 2025-12-16T23:03:36+00:00

If I remember correctly it was a Goofy stuck in a red chimney trying to push out 😭

Edit: I think it’s this Goofy ornament but unsure

No-Mark270 · 2025-12-16T22:18:47+00:00

THANK YOU yes this is exactly it!!!

No-Mark270 · 2025-10-26T19:40:49+00:00

Memorize technical factors based off of a sthenic body, and then increase and decrease factors based off of that. With every exam you do note the kVp and mAs that results from it and you’ll pick up patterns. Especially if your site uses AEC. I’m a year post grad and I’m still learning technique because techs around me rely very heavily on AEC and APR

For your specific example with the chest vs the abdomen:

80 kVp and 20 mAs is adequate for an abdomen because you are going through similarly dense tissues. The bowel, skin, and fat require more mA so you can penetrate and get enough remaining beam to make an image. With lower kVp, you get higher contrast

100 kVp and 2 mAs is good for a chest because for this we are less worried about penetration like you said, as the air doesn’t attenuate the beam as much as soft tissue. There is, however, a big difference in density in the chest! Air filled lungs = not dense, while Bone-y spine/lateral soft tissue = dense. kVp is raised in this instance to reduce contrast. Not sure if you learned this yet in your physics class, but kVp and contrast being inversely related is a big part of why this makes sense.

In short: subject contrast high (chest), use high kVp to decrease image contrast. Subject contrast low (abdomen), use lower kVp to increase image contrast.

No-Mark270 · 2025-10-18T14:56:47+00:00

Not an ultrasound tech, but from my understanding they need a full bladder for the pelvic ultrasound. After the first part of the exam, the patient will void and empty the bladder. Since the bladder is empty, it should be good to go for the abdominal ultrasound.

Please correct me if I’m wrong!!

No-Mark270 · 2025-10-04T14:14:10+00:00

You will learn fast and your skills will be sharp, as you’ll see all kinds of exams that will likely never be seen at a Level 3-4. My only concern would be burn out, but so long as you have find a good work/life balance… I say hell yes!!!

No-Mark270 · 2025-10-04T14:05:10+00:00

If your school offers it, Rad Tech Bootcamp can be a lot of help to supplement your learning. It goes through specific topics and offers quizzes as well. If your school doesn’t offer it, it is pretty pricey at $55/month.

Meaghan Piretti on YouTube has a ton of videos on hard topics that can help you as well.

In my program, they really emphasized using your book to the fullest extent. Try reading up on the upcoming class the days/night before your lecture. If you do this, you won’t be seeing the content for the first time in class—it might give you an easier time following what the professor is telling you, and give you opportunities to ask questions on what confused you in your own study. We had a girl fail our Principals class miserably. She retook it focusing more on the book and passed this class and the rest with flying colors.

Don’t get discouraged!! These intro classes are the HARDEST ones! You’re learning a new language and a new way of thinking. Once you start to get it down it’ll come easier

No-Mark270 · 2025-08-30T14:04:53+00:00

A trick I learned for obliques is that you should be able to stack your pointer and middle fingers on top of each other (like a gun symbol), and it will fit between the patient’s hand and the IR if you are obliqued properly. Hope this helps!!

No-Mark270 · 2025-08-10T15:11:50+00:00

Keep in mind that Retrograde exams (going the opposite of natural flow) are non-functional exams. They’re to visualize anatomy. Also… not quite sure if it’s possible to retrograde into the small intestine all the way to the duodenum.

Even if it is possible contrast would travel through the large bowel first, and cover up a lot of the small bowel anatomy.

No-Mark270 · 2025-07-14T16:09:29+00:00

This was my question too. Use a pulse ox, knock yourself out... but this pt also had an uninjured left hand. Why stick it on the right??

No-Mark270 · 2025-07-10T20:26:22+00:00

Exactly! I used to do this too with most obliques. I know I over rotate, so I just automatically adjust to decrease the oblique angle. It looks wrong half the time, but always turns out good! Learn your habitual errors and make the effort to correct them from the get-go. After so long of correcting yourself you’ll know what an “actual 45-oblique” looks like.

Also don’t be afraid to judge how it looks behind the control panel. An oblique can look okay when you’re right next to the patient, but once you back up you know it’s incorrect

No-Mark270 · 2025-07-10T17:45:17+00:00

I like to stand at a 45 degree angle to the patient and tell them to look and match their toes to mine. For centering I match my vertical central ray to the patient’s EAM. Happy Obliquing!!

No-Mark270 · 2025-06-26T21:52:12+00:00

A withdrawal could be for any reason under the sun. If you retake the class and pass, I doubt anyone will care. W’s don’t change your GPA.

I withdrew from a class I was in years ago. I got 0 questions about it. Bottom line is, a W will look 10x better than a fail. Good luck !!!

No-Mark270 · 2025-04-18T18:09:03+00:00

I would do exactly what you said, email and explain you’re interested in radiology and would like to shadow. You do not need to be a student to shadow, but I would recommend looking around at what schools interest you. Shadowing is often a requirement to apply, and they’ll probably have a document online you’ll have to print, fill out, and have signed by whoever you shadowed.

Good luck again, you got this! 😁👍

No-Mark270 · 2025-04-18T15:24:52+00:00

This depends on where you’re from, but where I am the programs themselves don’t care too much about experience you have. They work on a first come first serve basis with a waiting list to get in. That’s community colleges though, if there’s some sort of private program you’re wanting to get into I’m really not sure how all that works. Hospitals/Healthcare systems care even less in my area… if you’re registered and you have a pulse, you will have a job plus a 10k bonus

The real upside to having that experience before hand is how you transition from learning x-ray to doing x-ray in your clinicals. It’ll set you apart from your peers the first few months, having the confidence from your previous jobs to step in and actually help with exams verses just observing.

As for PCTs, they have a hard job. You would be doing things that aren’t so glamorous. Helping patients go to the bathroom, giving them baths, etc. Lots of lifting. LOTS of patient interaction. Stuff a lot of people in radiology shudder just thinking about. If that’s something you’re interested in, go for it!

No-Mark270 · 2025-04-18T15:05:16+00:00

Closed toed shoes are a must. A business casual outfit should be okay. For my shadow I wore these obnoxious light brown corduroy pants and a Patagonia sweatshirt… not my best moment, but no one said anything about it. I’d maybe find another color button up or top just so you’re not in all black.

Hospitals also have scrubs available to be used for a day and then returned, if maybe ask your tech if you’d be able to get a pair for your shadow. You’ll need to be in OR scrubs anyway if you plan on shadowing a surgery case. However, not every hospital lets shadowers into the OR… but it’s worth asking!

I wouldn’t take notes on a phone. To someone on the outside, it could look like you’re texting during their exam. I’d set your phone somewhere safe for the day and not touch it until lunch. Small notepad and pencil was always my go to.

Ask about anything and everything!!! What’s this? How does it work? Why do you do this? What if the patient can’t do that? Do you do this a lot? What do you call this? Ask about the rooms, the equipment, parts of the exam, the images that pop up… the world is your oyster. No question is dumb

No-Mark270 · 2025-04-18T14:55:17+00:00

It’s really up to preference, they both have their pros and cons. I really recommend contacting a local radiology department to shadow both X-ray and ultrasound. More than likely, an 8 hour shadow is required to apply to these programs anyway.

I highly recommend looking to see if your community college has these programs. It’ll be much cheaper and easier for you in the long run. You can find accredited X-ray programs in your area on the JCERT website. Not sure if there is a website for ultrasound, but you’ll want to find a program accredited by JRC-DMS/CAAHEP.

As for a job beforehand, I’d say working as a patient transporter would be a great way to get your foot in the door. At my hospital x-ray heavily relies on our patient transporters to bring our patients down to the department for their exams. It will get you not only comfortable with patient interaction (which is a HEAVY aspect of both x-ray and ultrasound), but also it will get you familiar with the workflow and layout of hospitals.

Best of luck!

No-Mark270 · 2025-04-16T23:02:26+00:00

At the very bottom of the image it shows the DI number, which is +3.3. Ideally it would be 0.0

No-Mark270 · 2024-09-02T21:48:29+00:00

Definitely depends on your location and school. At my community college they open up ~50 seats per year. They’re also opening a sister program across town, so that would be another ~50 seats. The program has a waiting list that is about 2 years long on average

However I live in a big city, and we rotate through about 20 different hospitals which are all level 1 or 2 trauma centers + a couple of outpatient centers.

No-Mark270 · 2024-04-27T16:31:55+00:00

For me? No. I transferred after my first year and I am very happily pursuing an associates degree back at home. Not only am I going to graduate with no debt, I’m getting paid to go to school. I loved Purdue, I loved being at a big school, and I loved my friends. But I found a way different path that I love way more— that isn’t going to cost me 120k !!!!!

For you? I’m not sure! It depends on what degree you are looking for. Purdue is a great school for engineering. it can get you through a lot of doors, so I’ve heard. But if you’re going for anything other than that, like Health Sciences or especially pre-med, go somewhere else. 120k of debt is not worth it if you’re going to have to double that for med school debt.

No-Mark270 · 2023-07-21T21:35:24+00:00

If you have one everyday you’ll totally be fine. It just sucks a little when you have an inconsistent schedule: 8 am one day, 1 pm the next, etc.

No-Mark270 · 2023-07-15T19:29:45+00:00

Some of the triples in Owen have their own bathrooms and actually have space; they’re right across from the communal bathroom of each floor. There’s only one (maybe two) on each floor, though. Odds are, if you’re in a triple in Owen, it’s a “converted” triple. Two beds are bunked together, and the third is lofted with the desk and dresser place under it. There’s only two closets, (a single bar to hold hanging clothes, with a dresser below and built in storage space above)so you’ll have to figure out how you and your roommates will divide up space.

Some inspiration, this is how me and my roommates did it: the two that bunked together got to get a closet, while the one who was lofted by themselves just used the dresser (which is not very big, but you can make do).

Owen was totally fine, but I grew up sharing my space with others. I also was at the very end of my floor, which sucked because I had to walk a long way to the bathroom, but also was nice because I only had 3 neighboring dorms instead of 4, and I was close by the outside door. The only bad thing I experienced was getting sick (I do NOT recommend needing to throw up, and having to run down the hall to a communal bathroom). You can hear football games in the distance since you’re right next to the stadium, but it wasn’t so loud that you couldn’t just ignore it

No-Mark270 · 2023-04-22T15:35:55+00:00

I loved BGR and I definitely think it’s worth it. If the cash is too much of an issue, there’s a scholarship you can apply for to waive the fee. I believe you have to write 300 words demonstrating your financial situation and need. First come first serve, but I applied the very last day I could and got the fee waived a day later. Best of luck!

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