Typical sign outside MRI rooms (among many posted):
Posted on 07/19/2025 4:28:20 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
A man has died after getting sucked into an MRI machine.
The accident occurred on July 16 at the Nassau Open MRI in Westbury, New York, according to a press release from the Nassau County Police Department in Long Island.
Officers responded to a 911 call at around 4:30 p.m. at the MRI center, which provides diagnostic radiology services.
"Upon arrival, officers were informed that a male, 61, entered an unauthorized Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) room while the scan was in progress," the release stated.
"The male victim was wearing a large metallic chain around his neck, causing him to be drawn into the machine, which resulted in a medical episode."
The man was transported to a local hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries the next day, on July 17.
The investigation is ongoing, according to the police department.
Nassau Open MRI states on its website that anything metallic should be removed prior to an MRI, including hearing aids, partial plates, dentures, jewelry and hair pins.
On a web page detailing the benefits and risks of MRIs, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) notes that "the strong, static magnetic field will attract magnetic objects (from small items such as keys and cell phones, to large, heavy items such as oxygen tanks and floor buffers) and may cause damage to the scanner or injury to the patient or medical professionals if those objects become projectiles."
"Careful screening of people and objects entering the MR environment is critical to ensure nothing enters the magnet area that may become a projectile."
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I do wish there was a way to record the sounds that thing makes, because a good electronic musician could put together something really cool.
Typical sign outside MRI rooms (among many posted):
OF COURSE....they have a GoFundMe
Now you know one of the reasons they use titanium for those applications. Non-magnetic.
I've had many MRIs at multiple places, and I will have many more. And still, I worry about every single MRI. Most nurses and techs are wonderful, but they seem too relaxed with the questions about metal. On busy days, they rush through the questions.
But, at every place I've been, the techs only allow patients into the MRI room. A tech walks you back to the room. Then, the techs help you off the table.
In this case, a tech allegedly allowed the husband into the room, which means the tech probably walked him to the room.
The tech must have believed the machine was turned off. I don't believe for a second that this man was at fault for his own demise.
The man most responsible for the MRI machine is Dr. Raymond Damadian. He was the first to pioneer most of the steps involved in creating medical MRIs.
The first to hypothesize that magnetic fields could be used to detect biological anomalies that would be useful for medical diagnostics. The first to scan small animals to prove the concept. The first to detect cancer in animals with MRI scans. The first to build a man-sized MRI (no easy feat back in the day to generate the required magnetic fields, as you can imagine - the power required scales up dramatically as you increase the diameter of the scan tunnel.) Build his own company to construct MRI machines, and won a huge lawsuit against GE infringing on his technology.
So the Nobel committee gave the award for inventing the MRI to two guys who improved the imaging technology the machines used. The Nobel prize can be given to three people. Did I mention that Dr. Damadian was well known to be a conservative Christian?
It was a 20 pound chain around his neck for weight training. It was not some random piece of jewelry. Probably damn near took his head off.
Bk
Two questions...
1 - What’s an “Unauthorized MRI room?
2 - What happened to the person being scanned?
What about those with metal rods attached surgically for broke or deteriorated bones?
I’ve heard that people who are welders, by trade, aren’t supposed to have the procedure.
“I’ve heard that people who are welders, by trade, aren’t supposed to have the procedure.”
They can if they pass screening
I've had many MRIs at many places, and I don't remember a metal detector at any of them.
Someone just rushes you through a series of questions, and you're expected to answer quickly.
But the MRI is only dangerous if it's turned on. In this case, a tech allowed this husband into an MRI room to help his wife off the table.
The tech must've believed the machine was turned off. The facility and the techs are 100% at fault, although I'm sure they'll claim otherwise.
...pierce the outer core of the magnet, releasing gallons of liquid nitrogen and helium, effectively displacing all oxygen in the room, causing suffocation.
Well THAT would ruin someone’s day!
The sign is obviously racist.
The chain probably was pulled through his neck like a wire cheese cutter through a block of Havarti.
Correction to my last two posts:
Some sources say an MRI machine is never turned “off.”
So, a tech should never bring anyone near an MRI without checking for metal.
“The chain probably was pulled through his neck like a wire cheese cutter through a block of Havarti.”
He was “stuck” for over an hour.
He did manage to wave goodbye to his wife.
Even worse, if it was being used at the time, does that mean he got drawn towards where a patient was and ripped up right in front of him or her? Ugh
Relic from the disco days with his shirt 2/3 unbuttoned, or a pimp? Catholic priest with a large steel crucifix?
Some pacemakers
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