Diagnostic Radiologist

Simple, emotive music plays. The camera sweeps around a radiology room. On-screen text reads, 'What would modern technology be like without radiology?'

Cut to a man in a white shirt sitting at a computer with his back to the camera. He is looking at a scan of lungs. He turns. He wears a blindfold. On-screen text reads, 'It would be like flying blind.'

The music fades to background volume. Cut to a woman sitting on a sofa. On-screen text reads 'Susan, patient'.

Susan: "When I found a lump in my breast, I was in a panic. All l could think of was that it was cancer. My GP got onto it straight away and sent me to a radiologist to have it diagnosed."

Cut to a doctor standing in a radiology room. On-screen text reads 'Dr Kate O'Connor, clinical radiologist'.

Dr O'Connor: "When a woman feels a lump in her breast, we've got to find out what it is, quickly and accurately. To do that, we use a combination of state-of-the-art digital mammography, ultrasound, and MRI scanning as required, performed by highly trained staff, and interpreted by experienced radiologists who can take a targeted biopsy."

Cut to Susan.

Susan: "It was so efficient and reassuring. And the great thing was that I knew what to expect because my doctor recommended that I go to the 'Inside Radiology' website, which told me what I needed to know. While I was anxious waiting for the biopsy result, I knew that they'd been really thorough."

As Susan talks, we see her sitting at a computer looking at the website. Then the camera cuts back to her on the sofa.

Susan: "I can't tell you what a relief it was to find out that the lump was benign."

Cut to Dr O'Connor.

Dr O'Connor: "It really helps when a patient understands the tests we're doing. It's not enough to have the right technology to look inside the body. You need a trained team, and an experienced radiologist, to know when there's something to worry about, and when there isn't."

Cut to another young woman sitting at home. On-screen text reads 'Rachel, patient'.

Rachel: "Well, I suddenly felt really lightheaded and dizzy, and ..." She chuckles. "I thought it was because I'd missed my morning coffee shot. But then my heart started thumping and my skin was really cold and clammy. And then the pain in my chest hit, and it was agony to breathe."

Cut to a doctor standing in a radiology room. On-screen text reads 'Dr Gerard Goh, clinical radiologist'.

Dr Goh: "This is a medical emergency. It's rare but young women on the pill can get a blood clot in the lungs. It's called pulmonary embolism."

Cut to Rachel.

Rachel: "Luckily someone called an ambulance. And then the next thing I knew, I was getting my lungs scanned. And then I was told I had a clot. I later found out I could have died from this."

Cut to a doctor sitting at a computer.

Voiceover from Dr Goh: "Radiologists don't just take images of the body and interpret them. We can actually treat the patient as well."

Cut to Dr Goh.

Dr Goh: "In the case of pulmonary embolism, we can put a catheter inside the blocked artery in the lung and then inject a drug that dissolves the clot. I can't tell you what it's like to feel you can diagnose what's wrong with someone quickly and accurately, and then do a procedure for them that saves their life."

Cut to an older man at home. On-screen text reads 'Dirk, patient'.

Dirk: "I got this sudden terrible headache at the back of my head. Can't remember much after that."

Cut to a radiology room. Cut to a doctor. On-screen text reads, 'Dr Rajiv Rattan, clinical radiologist'. As he speaks, the camera switches between him and scenes of staff working in a radiology room.

Dr Rattan: "Subarachnoid hemorrhage can kill a patient quickly, and there's no time to waste. When we scan such patients, sometimes the bleeding is in such an inaccessible area that surgery is just not possible. And that is when we can help by passing a tiny coil into the artery to block it off, and stop the bleeding. The procedure itself is minimally invasive, and avoids the need for traditional surgery."

Cut to a man walking through a small park.

Voiceover from Dr Rattan: "It not only lowers the risk for the patient but also reduces the length of hospital stay and recovery."

The emotive background music swells. Cut to the man in the white shirt who was at the start of the video. He is sitting at the computer with his back turned to the camera. On-screen text reads, 'Medicine without radiology is like flying blind.' The man turns around. This time he is not wearing a blindfold.

Cut to a plain white background and the text, 'Go to Inside Radiology for what you need to know.'
www.insideradiology.co.nz
www.insideradiology.com.au

On-screen text changes to 'The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists', along with their coat of arms.