Re: Child Dies in MRI Machine

[Paul William Shafer <paulwilliam_s@YAHOO.COM>]

Dear Mark:



This is very sad.  For a patient needing O2 during the

MRI procedure, a poly mask with a poly hose from the

wall O2 supply should always be used, with no O2

bottle/other metal objects near the electromagnet(s)

and preferable none in the room unless secured in a

fixed position. The T m-2 are just too high.  We ran a

test near a large MRI at U of I and at normal power

operation it could pull a 5 kg carbon steel plate

located at a distance of 2 meters away from the center

of the magnet. This has got to be an operator error I

am sure.



There are obviously benefits and risks with  

non-ionizing radiation which many people do not

realize.



Thanks for sharing this important information with

RADSAFE.



Paul Shafer

--- Mark Dater <mdater@Gilead.com> wrote:

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> Child Dies in MRI Machine 

> The Associated Press

> Monday, July 30, 2001; 2:42 p.m. EDT 

> VALHALLA, N.Y. -- A child undergoing an MRI exam

> received a fatal head wound

> when the machine's powerful magnet pulled a metal

> oxygen canister inside,

> the Westchester Medical Center said Monday. 

> The child, whom the medical center would not

> identify by name, sex or age,

> died Sunday. 

> The hospital said the child was sedated following an

> operation Friday and

> was inside the machine when the 10-ton electromagnet

> drew the canister. 

> Edward Stolzenberg, president and chief executive of

> the medical center,

> said the hospital assumes full responsibility and

> "will do anything it can

> to ease the family's grief." 

> Investigations are under way by the medical center

> and the state Health

> Department. 

> © Copyright 2001 The Associated Press 

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> Mark Dater

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