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To: Radiology residents and faculty

From: Dr Giovanna Casola, Dr Betsy Jett, Dr Ellen Blatt

As of October 15, 2002, the on-call radiology resident will be in house at UH covering the UH, VA, and Thornton. Below is an outline of call responsibilities.

Trauma: dictate all films

ER –UH: dictate all films

CT and US from UH, VA, and Thornton—all readings in "I" box

Inpatient chest from UH

Any other study you are asked to look at (except MR)

Short call resident is responsible for every study done prior to 8:00pm. Plan to stay until 9:00pm to tie up loose ends. The night float will come in at 8:00 and take over the pager at that time. (For the first week, the night float will come in at 7:00 just to make certain that things are running smoothly.) The short call resident should stay until all studies done prior to 8:00pm have been read and the appropriate people are notified. You must keep your personal pager on over night!! You will be called to go the VA or Thornton in the rare event of an emergent barium study or PACS malfunction.

Trauma: dictate all films

ER –UH: dictate all films

CT and US from UH, VA, and Thornton—all readings in "I" box

Inpatient chest from UH

Any other study you are asked to look at (except MR)

Weekends:

Plain film resident (UH)

ICU

Inpatient chests and abdomen

ER

Peds

Trauma ICU

Trauma plain films

VA chest and abdomens (all ER and inpatients)

VA bone (all ER and inpatients)–prelims only

Cross-Sectional Resident

Body CT from UH, VA, and Thornton—dictated with faculty

(US to be dictated by staff)

The cross-sectional resident should plan to stay until 6:00pm. If things are slow, the cross-sectional resident may leave after 3:00pm if it is okay with the plain film resident and all the work is done.

These changes in the call system will require all of us to be flexible and accountable. You must put prelim reads on all ER and inpatient films from the VA in a timely manner. If this system is to be successful, we must be responsive to the needs of the clinicians. If any questions or concerns arise, please call Betsy (290-4528).