Mobile
At Palmyra, the Quench button is located here.
What is in the magnet room at the cabinets?
Another name for a twisting force. Example, an unsafe brain aneurysm clip in the magnet room.
What is torque.
The release of the super-cooling fluid into the atmosphere.
What is a Quench?
You can induce a current if a patient or wire is doing this.
What is make a loop.
There are 2 types of screening, verbal and BLANK.
What is visual screening?
All Palmyra Radiology employees are this, because they do annual MRI safety training and have access to Zone 3.
What is level 1 personnel?
Every piece of mobile equipment in Zone 3 should have one of these on it. This prevents ferromagnetic objects from accidentally going into Zone 4.
What are MRI Safe, Unsafe, Conditional stickers.
If this does not happen, the oxygen in the room will be displaced.
What is proper venting?
If the patient has their hands or feet crossed creating a loop, possibly generating a current which puts the patient at risk for this.
The magnet room door keys are kept in our drawer in MRI and also in this department.
What is the security department?
If we have to triage a patient in the tech area of the mobile, after getting that patient out of the room we would do this so no one enters the magnet room.
What is lock the door.
Name two examples of MRI Unsafe ferromagnetic implants.
What are cochlear implants, aneurysm clips, pacemakers, tissue expanders, neurostimulators, etc. .
If a patient goes into cardiac arrest in Zone 4, what will be done in order to maintain MRI safety while the code team is in Zone 3?
What is the MRI scan room doors will be locked
Why have patients remove their medication patches?
What is heating and medicine overdose.
This type of personnel is not only responsible for themselves in Zone 3 and 4, but responsible for patients and/or visitors.
What is level 2 personnel?
Every employee at Palmyra has annual safety training. This makes them a ______ which means they have an understanding of MRI & safety. They also have access to Zones 3 & 4 and can supervise themselves.
What is level 1 personnel.
The strong, BLANK magnetic field of the MRI scanner will pull on magnetic materials and may cause unwanted movement of the medical device.
What is static magnetic field?
Your patient is having a contrast reaction of hives. The Radiologist informs you via phone to administer 50 mg Benadryl. Can you as long as you document it?
What is NO.
The amount of energy absorbed during an MRI, also known as SAR, stands for
What is specific absorption rate?
These are the 3 classifications of implants and what they mean.
What is MRI safe, MRI unsafe, MRI conditional.
If there is a fire in the mobile, fire fighters must be aware of helium from a possible quench and this dangerous liquid.
What is diesel?
How do we keep track of any MRI related accidents and/or injuries?
What are logs. We have a Ferromagnetic & Thermal Burn Incident Logs. Reminder-these will have to be reported, the instructions are in our GE binder.
This will be announced overhead if there is a quench.
What is Hazmat MRI?
This is responsible for heating up tissues. These also vary depending on sequence, like stations on a radio.
What is radiofrequency?
If this is left in the chest after a pacemaker is removed or CABG surgery an MRI cannot be done.
What is a lead.