CAMRT Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Why include ant ST on lat Cspine - ANSWER ✔✔-Pre verterbal fat stripe- widening=#, mass,
inflammation
Air gap technique - ANSWER ✔✔-reduces scatter, increases contrast
IP 10-15 cm away from pt
mAs increase 10% for every cm gap
Not effective with high kV
why expiration with pneumo - ANSWER ✔✔-reduces lung vol, pneumo occupies larger area- easier to
see
Spondylolisthesis - ANSWER ✔✔-forward displacement of a vertebra commonly occurs after # (pars)
Spondylolysis - ANSWER ✔✔-occurs when there is a fracture of the pars portion of the vertebra.
Situs inverus - ANSWER ✔✔-organs on opposite side
dyspneic - ANSWER ✔✔-SOB
hematuria - ANSWER ✔✔-blood in urine
cystitis - ANSWER ✔✔-bladder infection
judet - ANSWER ✔✔-c: side in contact ant acetabular rim (external obl)
o: side raised post ace rim
T/z score - ANSWER ✔✔-T: bone loss compared to peak (30 yr old)- assess # risk, Osteoporosis
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Z: compared to pts bmd of same age group + race
Normal: > -1
Osteo: <-2.5
AP knee angle - ANSWER ✔✔-18 cm and less: 5 caudad
19-24cm: no angle
25cm +: 5 ceph
indication of ant hip dislocation - ANSWER ✔✔-ext rotated foot
Outlet/ inlet - ANSWER ✔✔-oulet: around 25-30 (men) 45 women ceph for rami
inlet: 40 caudad for pelvic ring
Lat Tspine if pt has big sholders - ANSWER ✔✔-angle 10-15 ceph
Hypovolemic shock - ANSWER ✔✔-fluid loss 15-25%
SS: cold and clammy, thirst, cyanosis
What to do: elevate legs( trendelenberg), keep warm
Ba Enema tips - ANSWER ✔✔-insert tube ant + sup
hang bag 46cm 18inch
24 hrs prior clear liquid diet
Stomach positions - ANSWER ✔✔-GI position RAO: Ba in duodenal bulb, pyloric canal (also seen in rt
lat)
LPO: fundus
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Lat: ant/post stomach, retrogastric space
PA: Ba in body and pylorus/ air in fundus
AP: Ba filled fundus and duodenum/jejunum
Ba Enema views - ANSWER ✔✔-Shisard: PA (30 caud) Rectosigmoid
LPO/RAO: hepatic/colic flex, asc colon, sigmoid
RPO/LAO: splenic, desc
Aliasing/ Moire - ANSWER ✔✔-wavy grid artifact
common with low freq stationary non moving grid
grid strips parallel with scan direction (should be perp)
Grid kV - ANSWER ✔✔-90kV and less use a 8:1 grid
need 15% more dose
Varus/ Valgus - ANSWER ✔✔-Varus move distal segment medial
Valgus move lat
OBL wrist demo - ANSWER ✔✔-Trapezium, trapezoid, scaphoid
base 2-5 SI
Pisiform SI triquetral
Cardiogenic shock - ANSWER ✔✔-with pulm emb, myocardial infarction: Heart not pumping enough
blood to organs
SS: chest pain, dizziness, change in consciousness, cool clammy, decr Bp, Irregular pulse
What to do: place in semi fowlers, prepare for CPR
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