Patient care transfer can be defined as moving a patient from one flat surface to another. The most common patient transfers are from a bed to a st ...

The discovery, development, and use of ionizing radiation as a means for medical imaging, such as fluoroscopy, has proved to be pivotal in the adva ...

Ultrasound is an imaging modality that has been in clinical use for approximately 50 years. Sokolov first described the potential for using this te ...

X-ray examinations are generally classified into three categories: radiography, fluoroscopy, and computed tomography. Radiography employs film or a ...

Pneumothorax is the collapse of the lung when air accumulates between the parietal and visceral pleura inside the chest. The air is outside the lun ...

Acetabular fractures primarily occur in young people who are involved in high-velocity trauma.  Since the advent of mandatory seatbelt use, th ...