Quick-witted and on-the-ball as you are you order a full series of
plain films for the patient. However those damn radiographers just
cannot get a good view of the odontoid peg. 5 films you've got now, and
not one shows you the atlanto-occipital region adequately. And the
radiographers are not looking happy. Just as you are about
to start having one of your tantrums, an idea suddenly blossoms in your mind.
You quickly extubate the patient, thus removing the annoying tracheal
tube and ask the radiographers to try again. They, being difficult as ever,
now want to know how X-raying a corpse is going to affect prognosis in this case?