Imaging Patient Monitoring: Special Populations - Video Lesson

Hey, everybody. Welcome back to today's lesson on patient care in MRI. This lesson focuses on monitoring special populations, such as sedated patients, claustrophobic patients, or individuals with unique medical needs. In this lesson, we will review the physical signs and symptoms to observe in these patients, protocols for vital sign monitoring, specialized care considerations, and the essential role of procedural time outs in ensuring patient safety and compliance with professional standards. First, let's discuss patients requiring sedation. These may be pediatric patients, inpatients, patients with severe claustrophobia, or patients who are unable to remain still to the point that it is impossible to obtain diagnostically viable images. There are two types of sedation used in mild sedation and general anesthesia. General anesthesia produces a complete loss of consciousness