Bronson Methodist School of Nursing - White Caps Yearbook (Kalamazoo, MI)

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Special Diagnostic Services Provides Test Results Special Diagnostic Services pro- vides test results on various patient functions. Technicians record the electrical activity of the heart, obtaining an EKGg and the electri- cal activity of the brain, obtain- ing an EEG. Technicians obtain various measures of respiration in the Pulmonary Function laboratory. S.D.S. also assists in Cardiac Catheterization procedures. ex its Dr. Van Liere reads EEG iff I i ,. r. 4 x 1 Q1 w. EEG machine in operation. v :ef 11, 2 is

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X Ray Department Per orms Many Types of Exammatzons WW Dr Norman A Gremel dtctates hrs ftndings of x rays Nearly '70 drfferent exarrunatrons are performed rn the x ray department rangrng from the x ray of a hand to specral studres for congemtal heart dtsease The department LS staffed by professtonal techmctans and student techmctans who spend two years rn the trarmng program The department ts supervrsed by a radtologtst who mterprets each of the examtnatrons Student nurses are asstgned to the department for a short pertod of trme to observe the procedures mcludmg fluoroscopy therapy and angrocardrography

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The Laboratory Peqforms Many Tests The laboratory lS under the drrectton of a pathologtst and staffed by regrstered medr cal technologtsts for the purpose of perform mg many tests on whtch doctors rely for help rn dtagnostng and treatrng drsease The lab consrsts of varrous departments so that srmrlar work ts done rn spectfrc areas These are Bactertology Blood Bank Chem rstry Coagulatron Hematology Hrsto pathology Serology and Urrnalysts The lab also provtdes accredrted trarmng for future medrcal technologrsts through tts School of Medrcal Technology Medical technologrst studres sltdes under rmcroscope 4 x'I Student Ln medrcal technology works rn bactenology laboratory FP