A contrast scan and a previous reaction

Setting: CT department

Andrew Lane, 51, attends for a planned contrast CT. He now recalls a rash after an unidentified injection approximately eight years ago; timing and treatment details still need clarification and no contrast has been administered today.

Task

Clarify the previous injection, reaction, timing and treatment.
Acknowledge late disclosure without blame.
Pause contrast administration pending appropriate clinical review.
Explain who determines the revised examination plan.

A contrast scan and a previous reaction consultation plan

The radiographer must clarify the reported reaction and pause contrast administration pending the appropriate clinical review.
The radiographer should record what happened, when, and any treatment received.
The reviewing clinician decides whether and how the examination proceeds.
The scan should not be promised to proceed unchanged or be cancelled automatically by this conversation.
Andrew Lane, 51, attends for a planned contrast CT. He now recalls a rash after an unidentified injection approximately eight years ago; timing and treatment details still need clarification and no contrast has been administered today.

Fictional scenario information supplied for this examination exercise; not medical guidance for real patients.