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CHRISTUS Health Hits Texas Roads

Imaging Technology

Luckily, when they happen in East Texas, fast access to medical care is possible at many sporting events thanks to CHRISTUS Health ’s Mobile Athletic Training Room (MATR) — parked just steps away from the playing field. He was immediately immobilized and sent to the local emergency room for further care.”

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AuntMinnie 2001: Frontline radiologists recall September 11

AuntMinnie

Perhaps the most tragic aspect of their stories is that the PACS networks, disaster protocols, and emergency rooms were not severely strained, since most of the victims did not survive. In the following accounts, radiology professionals who were on the front lines discuss the events of September 11, 2001.