Cervical Spine - Special Views - Video Lesson

In this view, we will be demonstrating the cross table lateral cervical spine using a horizontal beam. The cross table lateral cervical spine should be performed with the patient lying on the table using a horizontal beam with a seventy two inch source to image distance and no tube angulation. In this scenario, our patient has been brought in by the EMS. We're going to demonstrate a portable cervical spine. She's on a backboard and she has a cervical collar on, and those items need to remain there until the radiographs are obtained We have her at seventy two inch distance. The portable machine has been brought in, and we are centered at c four in the mid coronal plane. So with a cervical collar, you want to ensure that there is no artifacts. Make sure that there is no earrings or necklaces. The ir is a grid covered ir