TEACHING IN ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY-MEDICINE - 10-COMMANDMENTS OF ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY RADIOLOGY

One of the many attractions of accident and emergency medicine is the wide and varied opportunities it provides for education, This is becau se of the acute nature of the work, which necessitates prompt and accu rate decision making, However, in many instances the decisions have to be made by inexperienced senior house officers. Departments therefore need a safe system of practice that can be remembered and adhered to under stress. The 10 commandments is one such system for analysing eme rgency radiographs of all the regions of the body. This system lays do wn guidelines to protect both staff and hospitals from the inevitable mistakes that inexperienced doctors will make.