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Intro Rad Pro 1/2
Intro to Rad Protection chp 1/2
Question | Answer |
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A PT. may elect to assume the relatively small risk of exposure to ionizing radiation to obtain essential diagnostic medical info when: | Illness occurs, injury occurs, a specific imaging procedure for health screening purposes is prudent |
Effective measures employed by radiation workers to safeguard PT, personnel, and the general public from unnecessary exposure to ionizing radiation defines: | Radiation protection |
Which of the following is a method that can be used to answer PT questions about the amount of radiation received from a radiographic procedure | BERT |
The term optimization for radiation protection (ORP) is synonymous with the term: | As low as reasonably achievable (ALARA) |
Which of the following are natural sources of ionizing radiation? | Radioactive elements in the crust of the earth and in the human body |
An equivalent dose as low as 0.25 Sv (25 rem) delivered to the whole body may cause which of the following within a few days | A decrease in the number of lymphocytes in the circulating blood |