A small community like Bowen was perfectly suited for senior CT radiographer Jaegeun Shin, who jumped at the opportunity to relocate to the town last September.
Better known as Jack, he is making a massive impact to patients and their medical care, helping position Bowen Hospital in the top 25 per cent of low radiation dose facilities in all of Australia.
He has also been instrumental with the hospital CT and clinical team taking the world first project of combining radiation dose reduction and the change of cannula size.
“We have a lot of elderly patients in Bowen,” Jack said.
“For a few reasons their skin is very fragile, and it can be difficult to cannulate, specially in cancer and chemotherapy patients.
“We found we can put a smaller cannula in, use less contrast dye at a slower flow rate and still get high quality images with much less discomfort for our patients.”
Since this change in procedure, the radiographer said that patients were no longer experiencing side effects such as nausea, vomiting, skin rashes and swelling.
“We had an 86-year-old oncology patient who said to us ‘this is the best experience I’ve had in CT’,” explained Jack.
“She has had a lot of scans done previously, so that was actually a great compliment for the hospital.
“Since starting this protocol, using a smaller cannula with a slower flow rate and less contrast dye, we’ve never had these symptoms since.”
After gaining invaluable skills in the big city, Jack Shin moved to Bowen to aid patients. Photo supplied
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