Fundamental Technical Skills In Neurointerventional Radiology

OVERVIEW

This page is dedicated to covering some of the foundational technical skills that are essential to the field of interventional radiology. These skills are organized in the categories below.

Notably there is some overlap with skills commonly utilized in body/vascular interventional radiology (these skills can be found here), however some techniques are distinct and specific to NEUROinterventional radiology.

General Topics:

• Scrubbing Into Cases
• Using Ultrasound

Basic Procedural Preparation:

• Organizing Sharps on the Back Table
• Flushing Arterial (Drip) Lines

Basic Skills:

• Filling Syringes
• Handling Sharps