CXR-XR

(Chest XR and ER XR)

Location & Worklist

Faculty Representative: Dr. David Frager
Location: MD Office (Clark floor 3) at Morningside (M)
PACS Worklist: SLW CALL IP (primary) and also SLW ER XR (optional)

Hours:

7:45 AM - 4:00 PM (Monday - Friday)

  • You are expected to cover phones/pages until the Eve person arrives at 4pm

ALWAYS COVER these Important numbers:

  • ED Pagers: 33214 (Morningside) & 35830 (West)

  • Phone extensions: 23-3799 & 23-4219

Attending Schedule:

Please see Home > Qgenda for attending schedules

Conference:

    • REQUIRED: Trauma Case Conference (Join Here) - Fridays 7 am

Reading Material:

  • Felson's Principles of Chest Roentgenology (can be found in OneDrive...link found under HOME tab).

  • CORE Radiology-Thoracic and Musculoskeletal Imaging chapters (can also be found in OneDrive...link found under HOME tab).

Goals and Expectations

  • At 7:45am, be prompt and forward:

      • Morningside & West pagers #33214 (M), #35830 (W) to your personal pager

      • Morningside phone extension (#23-3799, #23-4219)

  • When covering the phones, you may be asked for numbers to call.

  • Every day, the resident should reach out & notify the attending that they will be working with them that day.

    • The resident should also provide that attending with their phone # / extension for the day.


FAQ: "What list do I read from?" and... "Who do I work with?"


  • Option 1: (recommended for first 1-2 weeks)

    • AM/PM: Read all Inpatient plain films (XR) from M and W.

      • (Assign to Qgenda attending: "Chest XR BMW")

  • Option 2: (recommended in last 2-3 weeks, or 2nd half of year)

    • AM: Read all Inpatient plain films (XR) from M and W

      • (Assign to Qgenda attending: "Chest XR BMW")

    • PM: Read ED plain films from M and W.

      • (Assign to Qgenda attending: "XR 8 PM")

    • IF CHOOSING THIS OPTION (OPTION 2) -- notify both attendings of this choice and make sure the attending you're working with, knows you're drafting to them + how to reach you.

Additional duties:

    • Protocol ER CT's ONLY IF CALLED with a specific indication/question by the tech (Dr. Friedman has provided a protocol list for routine ED studies so the techs should be protocoling ED cases on their own)

    • MR consents for outpatients

    • Check on contrast extravasation (if any)