Freak Accident in Mountain View Exposes MRI Safety Flaws

KTVU ^ | September 6, 2024 | September 6, 2024

[OldHarbor]

You would probably get a CAT scan , which is a type of X-ray.

I did not stay at a Holiday Inn and am not an expert although I have had both procedures .

CAT scans are noisy, think a loud industrial noise , the scanner is spinning and the table slowly travels through the scanner , a big donut . Cah Chunk cah chunk cah chunk and then the scanner “energizes “ and emits another industrial sound. If you are familiar with the group Kraftwerk’s music , you’ll be okay.
Some people have issues concerning the noise, the amount of time the process takes, or are claustrophobic.

[hecticskeptic]

Excellent example.....exactly what I was referring to. We can all come up with gazillion more of goofy stuff like that. Hard to give a legitimate flashing red light the seriousness it may deserve when everything has flashing red lights about it....

[hecticskeptic]

Thanks for sharing that....those are very cool options.

[BiteYourSelf]

I thought cats just purred.😏

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Yes. Also look at any ladder for sale at the hardware store. There are about TEN stickers.

The thing that really bugs me is nobody ever asks “Did these many warnings do any good? Were any lives saved?” The answer for many of these lawyer-driven warnings is obviously “No.”

[MayflowerMadam]

Maybe training should include telling people what the “M” stands for in “MRI”.

[null and void]

oopsie.

[null and void]

ICWYDT

Well played...

[null and void]

It probably cost more than he makes in a year decade!

[mabarker1]

I went to get an MRI one time and the machine was broken, but they didn’t tell me till after I got there and changed into the gown and all that and they came in and said well the machine got a broken mounting bolt on one of the magnets and they had a tech guy they’re trying to fix it and I went over just to see what was going on And he’s trying to drill this busted bolt to put an E-Z Out tool into the busted bolt to get it out and he’s got an electric drill and it Wouldn’t work. I told him if you’d like an Air Powered Drill I’ll rent you mine because your electric drill is being canceled out by the Magnets on the machine.

One would think that they would have had a Lesson in the Training Class about that. Either they didn’t or the guy missed that day.

[null and void]

The power of a couple Teslas

That's a gauss understatement!

[null and void]

I would be worried that the MRI would unzip my zipper. All kinds of things would happen.

Fallout?

[null and void]

No doubt there were plenty of warnings....the problem is we have become immune to warnings and tune them out. I wish folks who want to put up a warning for every trivial thing would realize that it makes it more difficult to recognize real dangers.....

And THAT, sir, is why I voted against Prop 65, and urged all my friends to do the same.

(Assuming you're a sir, if not, sorry)

[null and void]

What do they do for emergency patients that are passed out but doctors need an mri?

Whole body x-ray first? Metal detector?

[mad_as_he$$]

DEI hire?

[null and void]

Can he slam dunk?

Only wheelchairs...

[mad_as_he$$]

Welders get lots of scrutiny also.

[Joann37]

When I saw the headline, I thought it had something to do with someone being trapped in an MRI. That is my worst fear!

[FreedomPoster]

I wouldn’t bet against you.

[nickcarraway]

If that’s true, does that mean that there are a lot of incidents in MRIs because of that?