Discuss some advantages of digital over traditional X-rays
What will be an ideal response?
Digital images have several advantages over images on film. Digital X-rays do not have to be developed. They are immediately available and can be viewed directly on a computer screen, making them accessible to more than one person at a time—that is, to anyone on a computer network. They are more flexible as well: Areas can be enhanced, emphasized and highlighted, and made larger or smaller. In addition, the quality of a copy of a digital X-ray is as good as the quality of the original, and they can be immediately transmitted over telephone lines for a second opinion.
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A) "Most burn patients who die before getting to the hospital die of airway or bleeding problems, not the burn itself." B) "Most patients who die before getting to the hospital die from burn shock, caused by massive fluid loss from the burns." C) "The most common cause of death for burn patients in the prehospital setting is infection, which can be minimized by applying a sterile burn sheet." D) "Burn patients most often die before reaching the hospital from the increased body temperature caused by the heat of the burns."