Rarey Linda
Rosa Memorial Hospital in Santa Rosa, California, USA.
Radiol Technol. 2011 May-Jun;82(5):447-63.
More than 2.2 million people are incarcerated in the United States, and thousands of these men and women will be brought to medical facilities at some point during their arrest or incarceration. Radiologic technologists across the country conduct imaging procedures for correctional facility patients. Some technologists work within prison infirmaries or in mobile units parked on prison grounds. Others work in hospitals that have contracts with penitentiaries. Whether inside or outside prison walls, imaging of correctional patients requires awareness. This Directed Reading describes the prison environment in the United States, the most common diseases that prisoners have, special prison populations and safety measures for performing imaging procedures on patients in the custody of prison officials.
美国有超过220万人被监禁，在这些男女囚犯中，数千人在被捕或监禁期间的某个时候会被送往医疗机构。全国各地的放射技师为惩教机构的患者进行成像检查。一些技师在监狱医务室工作，或在停在监狱场地的移动单位工作。另一些技师则在与监狱有合同的医院工作。无论在监狱围墙内还是外，对惩教患者进行成像检查都需要有相关意识。这篇定向阅读文章描述了美国的监狱环境、囚犯最常见的疾病、特殊的监狱人群以及对被监狱官员关押的患者进行成像检查的安全措施。
