Canada Medical

[canwan]

Hi, I just got ITA'd and wanted to ask a question on the medical.

Are both PA and lateral view of the chest x-ray needed or is it just the PA view?

Also did any of you get concerned around the radiation exposure?

 

[Fitztorious]

A chest radiograph (x-ray) doses you with about 0.1 mSv of radiation which is EXTREMELY low. Your body is naturally exposed to this in 10 days of just living and going about your life. To give perspective, 70 chest x-rays is equivalent to one CAT scan which is still very low radiation exposure. So go ahead as have as many chest x-rays as you want. I'm not a doctor but I play one on the internet.

 

[shirebikes]

Mate, to put it another way 1 banana is 0.1 uSv of dose...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_equivalent_dose