Course Duration: 1.5 Hour

Course Description: Our online Fluoroscopy Safety course is designed to meet radiation safety education requirements for radiation workers and give fluoroscopy professionals additional knowledge to keep themselves and their patients safe.  In this online fluoroscopy safety course, we give you the didactic information required by regulatory and accrediting bodies.  We also give you real world examples that focus specifically on radiation safety techniques in a fluoroscopy environment to increase applicability for users.  Through these demonstrations, we cover practical scenarios that show you how to decrease radiation dose to staff as well as patients.  Topics include:

• Fluoroscopy System Components
• Generator Control
• Use of Cine
• Methods For Protecting Your Patient
• Localized Radiation Effects
• Patient Positioning
• Practical Tips for Minimizing Exposure to Patients
• ALARA Philosophy – Protecting Yourself!
• Factors That Affect Occupational Exposure and Dose Profiles
• Use of Distance and Shielding
• Typical Dose Rates Encountered
• Occupational Dose Limits and Pregnancy
• Practical Tips for Minimizing Your Radiation Dose
• …and much more!

Upon completion of the online Fluoroscopy Safety course, students will be able to print a Certificate of Completion.

System Requirements: You will need a high-speed internet connection and current web browser.