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My relief and improvement were short lived however as after only being at home for a week my symptoms worsened and GP blood tests revealed the onset of sepsis and Acute Kidney Injury. I was once again taken to A&E and admitted to the “COVID-19 Ward” in isolation. Further rounds of I.V. antibiotics, anticoagulants, nebulizers and analgesia continued for over a week. The respiratory Consultant performed an ultrasound chest scan and said he could see Kerley B lines in both bases, a term I recalled from my student days but had never heard since. After cannulation for I. Vs became near on impossible due to collapsed veins it was decided to switch me to oral drugs at which point I seized my chance and asked to be discharged as the loneliness in isolation on the COVID-19 ward was becoming very difficult. I was surrounded by patients with dementia, who were obviously confused and distressed and cried out during the night, sleep was impossible and it was very upsetting to hear. The food was very limited, there was a shortage of fruit that was attributed to the lockdown restrictions and the lack of healthy options was not conducive to a speedy recovery. I managed to convalesce at home for almost 3 weeks until my blood test on Christmas Eve morning revealed a very high potassium level and reduction in renal function. A call from the out of hours General Practitioner (GP) doctor insisted I attend the Medical Assessment Unit some 40 miles away. As Christmas day arrived, the staff hurriedly treated me so I could at least spend most of the day at home. I suffered many long-term effects, cardiac arrhythmia, tachycardia at rest, chest pain shortness of breath and dysphagia. I continued to try to build up my stamina by walking, gradually increasing the distance despite the ongoing fatigue. I was absent from work for a further three months, resulting in the feelings of isolation returning, before an Occupational Health assessment allowed me to trial a phased return to work. As happy as I was to be returning to some form of normality I continued to struggle with fatigue, chest pain and shortness of breath exacerbated by the fit tested masks and the visor I had to wear. Communication with patients and colleagues was very difficult and exhausting initially and still can be a challenge today. My Rheumatologist insisted my GP refer me to The Long COVID-19 Clinic for support and treatment of my ongoing chest pain, cardiac arrhythmias and breathing issues. I had all the pre referral tests done back in February 2021 and received a letter to say there is a long 91
waiting list for the clinic and as of August 2021 still have not had any communication from them. The time away from work and the isolation has taken a toll on my mental health, selfconfidence and self-belief and I have high anxiety levels with regard to the emergence of new variants. The fact that being double vaccinated does not guarantee immunity is very worrying. We are still finding COVID-19 positive images on CT scans in asymptomatic patients which to me reinforces the need to treat all patients as COVID-19 positive and maintain our high levels of hygiene, distance and wearing of PPE for the foreseeable future. This is more imperative because of the lifting of government restrictions on mandatory mask wearing, social distancing and social gatherings. I was extremely careful wearing full PPE, having meticulous hand hygiene levels and shielding at home but still managed to contract COVID 19. Increased and high levels of hygiene can only be a positive to take forward in Radiology for our patients, many of whom are immunocompromised or vulnerable. Who knows when the next novel virus will appear, I do worry a lot about this, given my experiences of COVID-19? 92
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Reflections on the COVID-19 pandemi
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Editors Peter Hogg Emeritus Profess
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As ISRRT President and on behalf of
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Lessons learned and personal experi
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Lessons learnt and personal experie
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adiographers start to identify less
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image having been already published
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6. If you have used any personal de
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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on radi
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additional beds, in addition to dis
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Chest Computed Tomography Chest CT
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with COVID-19 patients means high r
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Researching in a pandemic - a non-s
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Clough, Sanders, 2021 Clinical A no
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Figure 1. Experimental set-up of th
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13. Lewis, S. and F. Mulla, Diagnos
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The main topics of the focus group
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Figure 2: Mind map demonstrating ph
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The mind maps suggested 3 main topi
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Also: “I think they've done a goo
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Page 48 and 49: References 1. Kolb D. Experiential
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Page 58 and 59: 5. Verma, A., Verma, S., Garg, P. e
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Page 64 and 65: Figure 3: Radiography bachelor’s
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Page 76 and 77: Knowing what we know now, how might
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Page 80 and 81: COVID-19 Pandemic Preparedness: Rol
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Page 84 and 85: Mobilisation of medical imaging per
Page 86 and 87: Radiographers preparing self-made f
Page 88 and 89: Reflections: Key learnings during p
Page 90 and 91: What’s next? A year and a half in
Page 92 and 93: Patient experience (a radiographer
Page 96 and 97: Hope Hafsa Tareq Momoniat Reminisci
Page 98 and 99: environment I was used to working i
Page 100 and 101: Today was the first time that I was
Page 102 and 103: Postscript After I agreed to write
Page 104 and 105: knowledge in the class. This strate
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Page 108 and 109: Student experiences An undergraduat
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Page 120 and 121: The rise of the isolation society a
Page 122 and 123: Teaching during COVID-19 can be des
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Page 128 and 129: Staying‐home kids, tele‐educati
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Page 132 and 133: 9. World Health Organization. COVID
Page 134 and 135: across Ontario. When the first wave
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procedures that students could perf
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4. Yepes-Rios M, Dudek N, Duboyce R
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supported to ensure functionality w
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level therapist. The treatment plan
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used VERT for online before, facult
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How my professional role has change
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To add perspective, a 3 rd year stu
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was an intimidating process. This i
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Educator Perspectives on Delivery o
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Engaging Disengaged Learners Engage
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Final Thoughts Necessity is the mot
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Figure 1 Subheading: My first paint
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Figure 2 My interpretation of the h
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Figure 3. Variety of work taken fro
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Figure 5. COVID-19 chest cover of I
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adiograph and the virus SARS-CoV-2
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9. Christine A. Price, Women and re
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precise) and having a general chitc
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athroom to have a shower and wash m
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layer and layer of documentation, c
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Rationale Historically patients wit
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initiative there is current discuss
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The enabling factors which led to t
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and she agreed I could do it. Next,
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Award in 2021 - the highest number
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Shifting to online learning and stu
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also played a huge part in the educ
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session to say ‘good-bye’. This
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level playing field among students
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exposed as students had to search f
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Embarking on on-line teaching and l
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of examinations or procedures as li
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tremendously by having electronic c
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Challenges that impacted effective
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community of peer-to-peer learning
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Lessons learnt and personal experie
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A member states that the group admi
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One international member reports
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Radiography Education during the CO
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esearch has been undertaken to unde
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Author Biographies Azizah Mohamed A
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during the pandemic. We may have st
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John Mark De Vera Bachelor of Scien
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now I am based in Ireland teaching
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Professor Hesta Friedrich-Nel Maste
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Dr Mable Kekana Bachelor’s degree
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Kleanthis Konstantinidis Bachelor o
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Hafsa Tareq Momoniat Postgraduate C
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Leicestershire. I review for Radiog
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I have served as a previous preside
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Beth L. Weber Masters in Public Hea
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and am interested in investigating
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