0

Radiation Safety

Click below to access your content. Once you have successfully completed this course your certificate will become available at the top of this page and on your My Certificates page.

Course Details

Credit/contact hours: .5
Estimated time to complete: 40 minutes
Publication Date: March 8, 2018
Expiration date: March 7, 2021
Reviewed:

Description:

The risks of cath lab radiation exposure and how to reduce them.

You Will Learn

  • The sources and risks of radiation
  • Strategies to protect the operator and cath lab staff
  • Assuring patient safety by understanding the risks and by carefully utilizing radiation

Method and medium:

Learners participate in the interactive learning modules by correctly answering multiple choice questions dispersed throughout. Learners will be prompted to try again, if a question is answered incorrectly.The course will open in a new tab - to exit the course, simply close that tab.

Michael Ragosta III, MD

Dr. Michael Ragosta is an attending cardiologist at the University of Virginia Health System with a sub-specialty in interventional cardiology. His clinical practice includes complex percutaneous coronary intervention, myocardial infarction, valvular heart disease, structural heart disease, and general cardiology. Dr. Ragosta is the Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories at UVA and author of numerous textbooks related to cardiac catheterization and hemodynamic interpretation.

DISCLOSURE: This individual reports no relevant financial relationships with commercial entities.

Please rate this


 5/5 (4)

Course Content