Allied Health Profiles at
Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center

Medical Imaging
The sections and structure including support provide for growth opportunities and promotion. We have entry level positions to advances practice positions. Medical Imaging participates in a program called “Essential Career Pathways” (ECP) where entry level staff can attend Gateway Community College and earn a degree in Nursing, X-ray, Respiratory or Surgical Scrub Tech while working for BGSMC. This is a paid program and the candidate then works for the organization for three years. Medical Imaging is exploring a cohort radiology class to start in 2007. BGSMC provides excellent tuition reimbursement for full-time employees.

Highlights

• Performs approximately 190,000 exams a year in 28 exam rooms
• Images are archived and viewed with the Fuji Picture Arching and Communication System (PACS) called SYNAPSE
• Comparison studies can be achieved via on-line access to SYNAPE or CD’s received from external sources
• Operate in a new department as of 2004
• Located near the front of the hospital on the first floor providing patients with easy access to valet parking and the parking garage.

The CT Department supports:

using three CT scanners:

• two Toshiba 64 slice Aquilion scanners with Cardiac capabilities
• one 4 slice GE Lightspeed Plus located in the Emergency department
• 3-D reconstruction is performed utilizing Vital Images Vitrea workstations with software available on all PACS workstations

The CT department is staffed 24/7, so there is very little need for call. The use of 64 slice scanners allows our radiologist’s to focus on enhanced CTA procedures and protocols, one of the 64 slice scanners has CT fluoro added to help guide the radiologist during biopsies.

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Diagnostic Radiography provides services to the ED, OR, the patient floors and ICU’s via portable equipment, as well as producing diagnostic images within the main Medical Imaging department. Equipment includes:

• two GE Digital rooms
• GE diagnostic room and fluoroscopy room
• Shimatzu and Siemens’ fluoro rooms
• Portable equipment is:
  • GE OEC C-arms
  • GE portable machines

Images are produced via direct radiology (DR) and computed radiology (CR) components. The department is staffed 24/7 with additional on-call coverage determined by each modalities needs.

 Interventional Radiology services utilize:

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The MRI section is equiped with:

• two new 1.5 Tesla GE scanners, an LX and a Signa Infinity with Excite Technology
• 3D workstation for advanced applications and reconstructions

The section is also very active in research studies and is aggressively developing a Breast MRI and Biopsy program. The section is staffed 7 days a week 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. with nighttime on-call coverage.

Nuclear Medicine

• has four rooms in the main department
• use three GE cameras
  • one Philips Skylight camera
  • two GE Myosite cameras in the Nuclear Cardiology Section
• staffed with two dedicated Nuclear Medicine Physicians
• Some staff are cross-trained and work part-time in the Pet Center, which has two Pet Scanners (one a PET/CT) and an on-site Cyclotron. The NM Section also runs the only RIA Lab in the city. Coverage is Monday through Saturday with evening and on-call coverage.

Ultrasound

• accredited by the American College of Radiology (ACR)
• provide services to:
  • the Level One Trauma Center
  • Liver and Kidney Transplant Services
  • High-risk OB department

BGSMC also has a Vascular Laboratory in the US section. Our high-resolution equipment is supported by a filmless system, and dedicated Radiologists. The US section is staffed 24/7. The department volume is approximately 60 patients a day including our outpatient schedule. There are six rooms in the department, including two procedure rooms, one vascular room, an ED room and two rooms in OB triage. Phoenix Perinatologists Associates (PPA) provides OB reads and coverage, they are AIUM certified. This section supports our high risk multi-birth OB department. The OB section uses ClickView software as their reporting system for OB exams. We also provide portable coverage throughout the facility. Equipment includes GE Logic 9s, Sequoias, ATL’s as well as Sonosites.

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Rehabilitation Institute
Spinal Cord Injury
The staff works to address the medical complications, the emotional, physical and vocational needs that patients with spinal cord injuries may experience. As patients' conditions improve, they are educated on the health care issues unique to people with spinal cord injuries, including mobility issues, skin care, bowel and bladder care, circulatory and respiratory care, and personal care.

Stroke Rehabilitation
Designation as a Primary Stroke Center, patients receive the latest and the best in medical and rehabilitative care. Services include 24-hour rehabilitation nursing care, physical, occupational, speech, psychological and recreation therapies, depending on the individual needs of each patient.

Traumatic Brain Injury
Patients are given a thorough assessment/evaluation to determine the level of cognitive and behavioral problems caused by traumatic brain injury. With this information, the staff can then develop an individualized and highly structured treatment program to help the patient recover their physical, communication, emotional, social and vocational skills.

Additional Patient Populations Served
In addition to the above services, the Banner Good Samaritan Rehabilitation Institute treats patients who have experienced:

Respiratory Care
The Respiratory Care Services Department provides respiratory therapy, education and diagnostic testing on physician order to a wide variety of patient populations. Patients range from pediatric (trauma service) through geriatric with acute and chronic respiratory diseases and related disorders. Services are provided in an inpatient or outpatient setting.

The department is organized into three divisions:

• Adult cardiopulmonary, which includes:
  • intermediate care
  • rehabilitation
  • emergency room/trauma
• Adult critical care
• Pulmonary function laboratory, which includes the main PF lab and oversight of two satellite blood gas laboratories

Services include:

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