Technician was hurt when metal wheelchair was placed in MRI room
Two weeks after an ultrasound technician was hurt when a metal wheelchair was brought into the MRI room at Campbell County Memorial Hospital, she still is recovering from her injuries.
The technician is on leave after she was hurt when another employee brought a patient with a metal wheelchair into the Magnetic Resonance Imaging room.
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Technician Was Hurt When Metal Wheelchair Was Placed In Mri Room
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, Jan 28 2011 08:12 PM
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Posted 29 January 2011 - 01:41 AM
LeahC, on 29 January 2011 - 12:19 AM, said:
Why was the machine on when someone wasn't in it?
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Posted 29 January 2011 - 02:20 AM
Tetracyclone, on 29 January 2011 - 01:41 AM, said:
LeahC, on 29 January 2011 - 12:19 AM, said:
Why was the machine on when someone wasn't in it?
So how do you get a wheelchair dependent patient into the room to transfer onto the table for the machine?
I was only taken in on a bed before and was sliding board transfered onto the exam table.
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Posted 29 January 2011 - 03:05 AM
The wheelchair must have been one of the older, all steel chairs. Aluminum, titanium, or even stainless steel, aren't attracted to magnets,, so maybe one should look at what this hospital was spending it's money one. Penny wise pound foolish,, comes to mind.
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Posted 29 January 2011 - 03:44 AM
when i had my last mri i was transferred into their chair which was non-magnetic.
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Posted 29 January 2011 - 03:46 AM
I was just starting to wonder why it was that MY chair hasn't ever done that.....it's made of the newer titanium alloy, so I guess it's better than those OLD kinds but for a whole new reason. 
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*Wheelchairs are made of a special ocular magnetic alloy......they're "eyeball magnets".*
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*Wheelchairs are made of a special ocular magnetic alloy......they're "eyeball magnets".*
*I USE a wheelchair, that does NOT make ME a wheelchair!*
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Posted 30 January 2011 - 05:06 PM
wheeliebear75, on 29 January 2011 - 03:46 AM, said:
I was just starting to wonder why it was that MY chair hasn't ever done that.....it's made of the newer titanium alloy, so I guess it's better than those OLD kinds but for a whole new reason.
That was the main reason I opted for a titanium frame! (joke)
As I reacal even though I have always said mines ok it is Titanium the tecnicians usually test it with a magnet.
Don't quote me but I seem to remember hearing something like a paperclip can be quite dangerous as the magnet in effect is ALWAYS on so a piece of metal will fly around towards it at slowly increasing speed.
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Posted 30 January 2011 - 05:20 PM
megatrig, on 30 January 2011 - 05:06 PM, said:
Don't quote me but I seem to remember hearing something like a paperclip can be quite dangerous as the magnet in effect is ALWAYS on so a piece of metal will fly around towards it at slowly increasing speed.
Isn't that why they tell you to take off bras and all jewelry before you get in the room?
Even if there was the slightest chance of something metal being placed in that room, the technicians I've worked with freak out.
I've always been transfered onto a table prior to entering the MRI room, so I find this a bit strange...
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Posted 30 January 2011 - 09:30 PM
I had an ER doctor try to tell me that an MRI on my lower back wouldn't affect my pacemaker- yeah, right-- I'd rather not find out he's wrong with the pacemaker comes flying out of my chest.
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Posted 31 January 2011 - 08:40 AM
The reason why you can't have a scan with a pacemaker is NOT because your pacemaker will suddenly be ripped out of your body. The magnets actually can interfere with the programming meaning it may inappropriately pace or not pace when necessary. If you are not 100% pacing dependent then it is possible to turn the pacemaker off for the duration of the scan. Otherwise the risks and the benefits need to be carefully weighed up
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