| After a person has been in a car accident, they are | | | | The same thing goes for a CT scan, which is a more |
| understandably in shock. Car accidents happen quickly, | | | | advanced form of x-ray technology. While an x-ray |
| oftentimes before either party had time to react. For | | | | can see the bones, a CT scan can see the bones and |
| those who have been injured in a car accident, most | | | | the tissue in a far more detailed manner. This can be |
| of the trauma often ends up being in the head and | | | | of help to a car accident injury victims, because head |
| neck, although cars with airbags are supposed to | | | | traumas can result in brain damage or clots, which this |
| protect on impact. | | | | kind of scan can detect. |
| Once the initial shock is over, it is time to get the | | | | Basically, what will happen is that the patient will be |
| extent of the injuries checked out via a CT scan. In | | | | positioned on an examination table, which will then be |
| order to understand what getting a CT scan means, it | | | | moved back until it is directly under the scanner. The |
| is important to understand the basic idea behind x-ray | | | | patient will have to remain very still, even holding his or |
| technology. Obviously, a doctor cannot look at a | | | | her breath each time the scanner passes through. The |
| person's bones just on site. Rather, the doctor needs | | | | result will be a three-dimensional view that will help the |
| the patient to get an x-ray. | | | | patient be properly treated. |