How portable X-ray machines are helping remote patients
Portable X-ray machines "can literally be the difference between life and death", says radiographer Sam Pilkington.
For most of us, if we need to be X-rayed the procedure is done in a hospital. But for acutely unwell patients, or for infection control, Ms Pilkington says that portable machines are very helpful.
This is because "they remove the excess burden of transportation from the patients", says the final-year student at the University of the West of England in Bristol, who is also a member of the Institute of Physics. Instead the X-ray equipment goes to them.
There are obvious advantages for remote locations, including battlefields, roadsides and disaster zones.
Source: BBC News, 8 January 2024