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EP. 90 Why Speed Is Overrated in CT · Cat Scan Guru Podcast

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  Hello, welcome back, everybody. Welcome back to the CAT Scan
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  Guru podcast. What is going on, everybody?
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  So glad that summer's coming. I am just ready for it because
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  I'm ready for warmer weather. And you know, when you are over
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  45 and you're going through perimenopause, like, you know,
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  covering up for the winter is just not a thing for me.
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  And I am just so over it. So I am like done and ready for
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  summer. So yes, so, so having some good
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  stuff coming to the YouTube channel, I know I say this on
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  every podcast episode, but want to kind of do a little
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  housekeeping before we get into the episode.
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  And yeah, putting some more educational stuff on there
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  because it's been highly requested.
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  Also, I have put out a CT protocols guide.
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  So it is 10 easy CT protocols that I have put together.
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  It's just merely a reference that you can use while you're
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  training. It's for new CT technologists.
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  It's like a survival guide. So it gives you like the core
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  basics of some of the main exams that we do in CT.
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  So I've paired it up with two different courses plus an audio
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  series that you can purchase. They're available in two
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  different versions. You can get a physical copy of
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  the book plus the courses in the audio series, or you can get a
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  digital version of the protocol guide along with the two courses
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  and audio series. So the two courses are a
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  contrast course and a common CT exam and protocols course.
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  So it's basically devised on most of the things that I have
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  in the guide where you can listen to it on the go and it'll
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  provide a good resource for you, especially in your training.
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  And then there's a 10 episode audio series where you can
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  listen to that on the go on how to dominate your CT training.
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  All good stuff. So either the digital copy of
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  the guide or a physical copy, whichever 1 is your preference.
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  They're all available in my show notes, notes available for
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  purchase right now. So go get you a guide and get
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  you some courses. OK?
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  Also make sure you guys follow me on TikTok.
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  I'm post a lot of protocol videos daily on different types
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  of protocols. I kind of do like short
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  breakdown on my YouTube channel. I am starting to create a
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  playlist where I take a protocol and I do a longer form breakdown
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  of that protocol. So that is something new that
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  I'm going to be starting here pretty soon.
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  So make sure you guys check it on that.
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  OK, so all lots of good stuff. Everything is in the show notes.
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  So make sure you get in on all your CT needs as far as
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  elevating your training. So in today's episode, we're
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  going to be talking and diving into why speed is overrated in
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  CT OK? Now I'm going to kind of go into
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  detail on what I mean about this, OK?
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  So we have to break the obsession with speed in CT
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  because I know that is a thing, OK?
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  And why it hurts the newer texts, OK?
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  So when it comes to speed, you know, I think it's praised more
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  than the understanding of how to perform these CT exams
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  correctly, how to center correctly, how to administer
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  contrast safely, things of that sort.
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  And I think the problem is, is that speed is praised more like,
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  oh, you're working faster. That means you're, you're
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  catching on, you're learning more this and that, which is not
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  100% the case for most new CT technologists.
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  Because I, what I see is, is that the newer techs are rushing
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  to match the speed and the timing of more experienced
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  people. Now, I always take those texts
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  aside and I said, listen, you don't need to match my speed,
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  OK? What you need to do do is you
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  need to understand why you're doing this exam, why we give
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  contrast at a certain timing and making sure that the way your
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  exam is set up is correctly in your bin.
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  All the correct anatomy. You're not clipping anatomy.
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  You're not missing anatomy. You need to understand all
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  those. Don't worry about how fast
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  you're scanning. That's not the point here.
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  You have to be efficient. OK, so that is one of the things
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  that I really, really just take the time to explain because
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  they're trying to match the speed of a senior tech when
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  you're not even there and you're brand new.
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  OK. And then I think the other
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  problem is, is they want to avoid looking like they're
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  slower than the other techs around them.
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  It's OK if you're a little slower.
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  Some people don't catch on as quick.
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  OK, I'll tell you, when I was a beginner, I was slow.
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  OK. Now, yes, I have a faster pace
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  on how I do things now because I out of practice repetition and
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  experience. Yeah.
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  Like I can knockout a head CT in probably less than 30 seconds.
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  Sure. Of course, if my patient is
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  ambulatory, they walk, they lay down on the table, they follow
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  instructions and all that stuff. Yeah, it'll take me less than a
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  minute, sure, but sometimes texts don't catch on that quick
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  and we need to give them more time.
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  OK. And I think a lot of it is, is
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  to increase your speed is because you want to impress
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  other people and say, yes, I'm good, I'm a good tech.
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  That's not necessarily the case. And you have to be careful with
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  that. OK, So the result of that is, is
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  that you get very sloppy, very lazy positioning because you're
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  trying to rush through the process because you want to look
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  like you're a superstar, OK? You have to earn superstar
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  respect and status. And it's not by, you know,
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  rushing through it. So then your positioning gets
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  lazy, it gets sloppy and you know your doses are through the
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  roof, OK. Other thing is, is you're
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  missing important anatomy, you're clipping anatomy and
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  you're not centering properly. That comes with being rushed and
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  trying to impress everybody else or you're being brushed because
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  you're not being trained properly either.
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  And then what that does is it increases your stress level,
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  increases that internal pressure to perform, OK.
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  So it's a domino effect. And then what happened is, is
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  that you get shitty ass training and then you're not as equipped
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  to perform like you want to, or you're not as competent and as
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  knowledgeable as some of the other texts because you weren't
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  taking the time to learn and taking the time to actually find
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  out the why behind things. OK, So what we need to start
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  doing is we need to start redefining what efficiency is.
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  So we need to master, you know, being clear and clarifying
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  things before we hit being faster at something.
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  OK, So what you need to do is you need to be efficient.
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  You need to practice, you need to have repetition, you need to
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  adopt, OK, this is what I do here, this is what I do there
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  and understand the whys behind the exams.
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  You have to understand why you're doing these exams and you
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  have to make sure that you execute them correctly so you
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  get optimal exams. So we want to start with
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  precision first, OK? And we want to repeat that
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  workflow on making sure that training has a structure, has a
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  foundation, and that we're leading by good examples, not
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  shitty ass training good examples.
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  OK, Speed can come third or last because speed will come with
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  your experience. The more you you know, the more
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  you gain experience. That's where your speed will
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  come. OK, So what is the result of
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  that? You get optimal scans, OK?
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  You don't got radiologist calling you bitching and
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  complaining. You get fewer corrections, OK,
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  You look like a professional. You are respected and you are
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  very calm when you know the situation has a lot of, you
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  know, chaos, you're under a lot of pressure, things like that.
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  You're very calm under that performance.
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  So that is what we need to do because we need to make sure
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  that you're efficient in scanning.
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  So when it comes to CT training, there has to be a structure and
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  a foundation so that you can be efficient and you can be
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  successful. If you want to go ahead and walk
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  through step by step on making sure that you know the core
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  basics, the CT Protocol Guide bundle is there to help you.
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  So make sure you check out the show notes for that.
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  So this episode was a little short because I wanted to get
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  just to the nitty gritty of everything.
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  But one thing that I have to say is when we're training those new
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  texts, because we're getting a lot of them that are cross
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  training from CT, there's a lot of them on social media that
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  keep asking, is CTA good choice? I get a lot of comments every
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  single day about should I cross prospering into CT?
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  Is this a good decision? We need to make sure that we set
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  them up correctly and set them up for success, not to be button
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  pushers, OK. And I know that triggers some of
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  you and that's OK because that's not the, you know, generation of
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  texts that we want. We want to make sure that we
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  create generation of texts that are there to make an impact,
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  help patients and making sure that they're successful as well.
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  OK, Thank you so much for listening and subscribing,
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  driving to the podcast. Thank you for listening to this
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  episode. I will chat with you guys in the
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  next episode.