It Would Be Professionally Appropriate for the Imaging Professional to

Multiple Choice

It would be professionally appropriate for the imaging professional to

A) gently touch the patient to clarify the location of his or her pain.
B) touch the patient with varying degrees of pressure to measure the patient's pain tolerance over the area of interest.
C) ask the patient to give you a general idea of the area of concern before the examination is started.
D) palpate the patient on the regions that do not hurt to isolate the area of interest.