Members unicorn Posted July 20 Members Posted July 20 Yikes. What a gruesome way to die. A reminder not to wear metal near an MRI scanner... https://people.com/man-killed-in-freak-mri-accident-wife-recalls-watching-machine-snatch-him-11775514?did=18645084-20250720&hid=089247988732f9a900151e1f8c73f2c531df3c3a&lctg=089247988732f9a900151e1f8c73f2c531df3c3a&lr_input=3911d0b923e8d92c50f8b74007080afa59d66697825b8a1e414be8db883b8062#comments And the decedent wasn't even the person whose MRI was getting done! "...Recalling the incident that led to his death, the grieving wife said that after an MRI on her knee, she asked the technician to retrieve her husband to help her get up. She said he was let into the room, despite the fact that he was wearing a 20-lb. chain on his neck. “In that instant, the machine switched him around, pulled him in, and he hit the MRI," she told News 12 Long Island of the tragedy. Both Jones-McAllister and the technician tried to pull her husband off of the machine, to no avail. Through tears, she recalled: “I was saying, ‘Could you turn off the machine? Call 911. Do something. Turn this damn thing off!’ "Patients are typically asked to remove any metal and electrical objects from their person before undergoing an MRI. According to the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, MRI machines use powerful magnets to scan bodies for diseases and ailments while producing images of “non-bony parts or soft tissues.”...". Ruthrieston and vinapu 2 Quote
PeterRS Posted July 21 Posted July 21 He should never have been permitted anywhere near that room. I have annual MRI's at a public hospital. Not only have I to take off everything before putting on the hospital gown and entering the room, no one else is allowed anywhere near it at any time. I am also surprised that when you are given an MRI, you are also given to hold in one of your hands a small circular pump. Squeeze that and the machine automatically stops. Everyone being given an MRI is instructed how to use it prior to the procedure. Why neither the patient nor the technicians used that totally beats me. On the other had, I suppose, that punp may not actually switch off the magnets. I just do not know. Ruthrieston 1 Quote
kokopelli3 Posted July 21 Posted July 21 The squeeze ball does not switch off the MRI but notifies the technician that he patient has concerns of some sort. PeterRS and unicorn 2 Quote
Members unicorn Posted July 21 Author Members Posted July 21 If he was literally allowed into the room wearing a 20# (9 kg) chain around his neck, that facility is in deep doo-doo. One would think a chain of that size would be clearly visible. Can't say I've ever seen any chain that large... Quote
vinapu Posted July 21 Posted July 21 16 hours ago, unicorn said: Can't say I've ever seen any chain that large... you not big on hardware stores I gather ? unicorn 1 Quote
floridarob Posted July 21 Posted July 21 1 hour ago, vinapu said: you not big on hardware stores I gather ? or an S&M club.... Quote
Keithambrose Posted July 22 Posted July 22 7 hours ago, floridarob said: or an S&M club.... Or some baseball players.. Quote
floridarob Posted July 22 Posted July 22 1 hour ago, Keithambrose said: Or some baseball players.. don't get that one?? Quote
PeterRS Posted July 22 Posted July 22 16 minutes ago, floridarob said: don't get that one?? Nor do I. Did he mean American football players, I wonder? Quote
Keithambrose Posted July 22 Posted July 22 1 hour ago, floridarob said: don't get that one?? A number of baseball players, and also West Indian cricket players, are weighed down by gold necklaces! floridarob 1 Quote
Members unicorn Posted July 22 Author Members Posted July 22 9 hours ago, Keithambrose said: A number of baseball players, and also West Indian cricket players, are weighed down by gold necklaces! Weighing 9 kg? I've never seen anyone wearing a 9 kg (20#) chain. 9 kilograms of gold is currently worth approximately $985,529.26 USD. This is based on the spot price of gold at $109,503.03 per kilogram, according to APMEX and JM Bullion. That'd me a million-dollar chain of gold. Quote
Members Suckrates Posted July 22 Members Posted July 22 17 minutes ago, unicorn said: Weighing 9 kg? I've never seen anyone wearing a 9 kg (20#) chain. 9 kilograms of gold is currently worth approximately $985,529.26 USD. This is based on the spot price of gold at $109,503.03 per kilogram, according to APMEX and JM Bullion. That'd me a million-dollar chain of gold. No one confirmed it was REAL gold to my knowledge ? Many wannabee ballers and hip hoppers wear horrendously large "gold" chains they bought from SHEIN for about $50 bucks..... It only has to be "METAL" to activate an MRI malfunction.... There is no data it must be pure Gold. Quote
Members unicorn Posted July 22 Author Members Posted July 22 7 minutes ago, Suckrates said: ..... It only has to be "METAL" to activate an MRI malfunction.... There is no data it must be pure Gold. Not all metals are magnetic. Gold isn't. I'm guessing that the decedent's chain was iron or steel. Quote
Members Suckrates Posted July 22 Members Posted July 22 41 minutes ago, unicorn said: Not all metals are magnetic. Gold isn't. I'm guessing that the decedent's chain was iron or steel. $39.96 on EBAY......... Quote
PeterRS Posted July 23 Posted July 23 6 hours ago, unicorn said: Not all metals are magnetic. Gold isn't. I'm guessing that the decedent's chain was iron or steel. I doubt if more than a few gold chains of hat size are actually pure gold. The gold content probably ranges from 12 to 18 carats. In which case there would have been some metal within the chain which I suspect could have been magnetic. vinapu 1 Quote
vinapu Posted July 23 Posted July 23 11 hours ago, PeterRS said: I doubt if more than a few gold chains of hat size are actually pure gold. The gold content probably ranges from 12 to 18 carats. In which case there would have been some metal within the chain which I suspect could have been magnetic. good point Quote
