MRI Machine and Metal

[@trolllollolloljonson2030]

I can’t imagine just laying in this machine trying to figure out what terminal illness I have and all the sudden the spirits of the WWE just slams me with a folding chair

[@nataliem715]

thank you, this comment made me laugh while i was freaking out lmao 🥲

[@Katragine]

happens to the best of us 😮‍💨

[@coldplayfan7357]

Lol

[@fleir6914]

Thank you

[@AmunitionMagicn]

Lmao

[@nightknight2820]

So MRI is a big magnet 🧲

[@randomusername5242]

Yes, magnetic resonance imaging.

[@zzzetsulive]

In the name.

[@y.heidantheoder8106]

I think it's an electro magnet not permanent

[@carlosavila5252]

Noooooo I thought it was a lego

[@technophant]

It can be turned off. Quelched

[@n00n1n]

Why is there a metal lawn chair in an MRI scanning room in the first place?

[@thanos_chungus9512]

It doesn’t look like this is in America. Looks like maybe India or some other middle eastern country

[@PhireXZ]

It's the daily procedure to ensure it's all working as expected.

[@tabora_]

​@@thanos_chungus9512 you can literally hear someone speak in a perfect American accent in thr background.....

[@meghaha8966]

@@tabora_ and he didn’t even answer the question lol he’s acting like indian doctors don’t understand an mri

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

Probably a decommissioned one, and they were playing with it before they quench it.

[@thatfoxgoku6801]

The iron in my blood just jiggled a little

[@potatoman2weeksago885]

I rolling on the floor laughing hysterically bro your hilarious 😂

[@Upya22bum]

@Screw Head713 how does that correlate with what they said?

[@Anne_Onymous]

Literally

[@jackvelez5532]

I know it’s a joke but for anyone wondering it’s not just like random ass iron in ur blood it’s part of a molecule and it’s not magnetic in that molecule

[@Upya22bum]

@@jackvelez5532 any person who passed elementary school knows that. No need to explain it.

[@BigBackGorrila566]

I got an MRI yesterday and I’m glad I saw this after

[@jhaimp.sullivan5618]

Right..

[@jhaimp.sullivan5618]

Oof .. & Hope all is well.

[@Baloongis2]

I got an mri a year ago

[@jenniferdragolic4519]

I've had 2 in the last 3 wk!! Glad I took all my metal off!!!

[@paulettestegall8530]

Read what I wrote if u like pls

[@vitorgaray]

A man died here in brazil, when he was carrying a pistol and was accompanying his mother in the mri room. The gun went off on its own and hit him in the abdominal area, he couldn't resist the wound and died days later. He even signed the term saying he didn't carry metal objects. And look, in Brazil there are a really small number of people allowed to concealed carry guns. It's a wake-up call for North Americans, as many out there carry guns.

[@mattcollins8067]

Americans are smarter than that

[@vitorgaray]

@@mattcollins8067 yea sure

[@shuttzi9878]

​@@mattcollins8067 lol funniest thing ive heard today

[@jorgeorge06]

@@shuttzi9878I mean they are smart enough to have metal detectors everywhere after entering Zone 2

[@stevenjohn1646]

The wake up call is don’t lie and become your own liability.

[@WorivpuqloDMogh]

The way it still floated when they pulled it out

[@juicemanog9160]

I'm gonna have an MRI soon and this just made me think twice yo lol 😂

[@scw8735]

Oh, you have to answer a manifest of questions before even going back there!

[@lichatheworkingdog]

Dw, the magnets only affect metals not your body and no not even strong magnets can move your blood, it works differently

[@sleeples7852]

Don't worry I had mine a month ago. It's loud but don't be scared it's just the magnet spinning. And you can press an emergency Ballon if you need to get out for any reason, and they pull you out in no time. My arm with my tattoo ( a new type of ink) got a little bit hot but i didn't press. They later told me when I told them about it that I could have pressed the balloon. It takes 20 minutes and then your done. The questioning takes longer. I had to take my piercings off and my glasses and brah because of the wire. I hope you get well ^^

[@casedistorted]

i just had one done this morning, how did yours go 7 months ago? Are you still alive?

[@juicemanog9160]

I'm still here lol 🤣 it wasn't that bad to be honest i was just a big baby haha 🤣

[@RavenIsAnArtist]

We waited forever to hear back from my neurosurgeon to confirm the rods in my spine are indeed titanium before doing an MRI I wonder what would happen if they were magnetic though 😬

[@S_M_456-c8n]

bro you would be stuck in the machine 😂

[@RavenIsAnArtist]

@@S_M_456-c8n I mean to my spine, would it rip me apart or something? 💀💀

[@S_M_456-c8n]

@@RavenIsAnArtist umm like you will be stuck like a magnet and people might have to pull you like the chair in the video I GUESS LMAOOO 😭😭💀💀

[@RavenIsAnArtist]

@@S_M_456-c8n So the people would be ripping me apart 😭😭😭💀

[@S_M_456-c8n]

@@RavenIsAnArtist Y E S ☠☠

[@-_-_-_.]

People with braces 👁👄👁

[@carriecake_]

I had an MRI with braces; I didn't die luckily lmao

[@timdeathly]

@@carriecake_what happened

[@nickthephoenix8494]

I don't think braces and metal fillings are affected. My mom had metal fillings in her mouth when she went in and she was fine.

[@RavenIsAnArtist]

They ask about what type of metal your implants are (or check with your doctor) before proceeding. Idk what braces are made of though

[@iz2333]

Nah no biggie. Usually not enough metal in there to be of concern and often braces and retainers are made of titanium.

[@_You_Are_Not_Him_]

"Should we shut it off?" "Nah I'm enjoying the show"

[@fueback6261]

you cant shut them off it takes hours for it to get back to neutral state , and by the looks of it , seems like they have to use the machine asap

[@mustangdemon87]

@@fueback6261 it would have to be inspected and recalibrate anyway. So might as well follow protocol. Oh ya know get sued. He'll they posted proof

[@Xxsnipedawg72xX]

@@mustangdemon87 it's protocol not to turn them off

[@Qronous]

Those magnets are on 24/7.

[@GreyBlackWolf]

@@Xxsnipedawg72xX Is there atleast an emergancy shutoff incase theres a patient inside when something goes wrong?

[@janedoe-hq9vn]

Oh! I have always wanted to see what this looks like...thanks for posting!

[@newnamepending7084]

Had a MRI done as a kid, about 8 or 9 years old. Got one of the worst headaches in memory.

[@boscoalbertbaracus1362]

My dad used to work in famous cancer center, and when they would have the chance, or needed to work on MRIs, a few of the facilities guys would tie paperclips or ballpoint pens to cord, and see who could get it the farthest down the tube without getting it stuck to the side. Then it would take 2 or 3 of them to pull the clip off. Also, they would occasionally get a stupid nurse or tech that would bring a patient in in a metal wheel chair, and it would collapse on them and pull them to the machine, so that would take a few people to pull off and spread to get the patient out. Good times.

[@casedistorted]

LOL

[@jeroenvandend]

yeah look at the magnetic strenght even in this video the moment the chair is half a meter from that centerpoint.. it's no longer enough to overcome gravity so no one in a wheelchair is getting pulled in from across the room. now about the paperclip story and needing 2 or 3 to pull it of. lets make the paperclip double it's average weight, make it out of a very magnetic material en turn in into a sphere.. letst say it's actually at the 5T point of the mri machine: Fmagnetic​≈2.083×10−5N if you need 2 people to pull that of something is wrong..

[@boscoalbertbaracus1362]

@@jeroenvandend I never said "across a room" so your reading/comprehension skills are lacking, and MRI machines have changed alot in the last 2 decades there kiddo. But feel free to go test it out. And when they send you the bill for shutting the machine off and having to restart it you let me know how it goes.

[@jeroenvandend]

@@boscoalbertbaracus1362 that just leaves the 1 gram paperclip needing 2 people to pull back of..

[@m.p1120]

they even ask if you have tattoos and where they all are because tattoo ink used to have metal compounds like lead in it which reacts to MRIs as well. the nurse i had told me she got an MRI once and her tattoo started burning because the ink contained lead meaning it was starting to react to the machine.

[@SmilingBones]

I sincerely hope she was wrong about lead in the ink because that sounds like a health hazard. But also lead isn't ferromagnetic. So it wouldn't react to an MRI machine much like titanium doesn't.

[@Real_PK]

Iron oxide was used in tattoo inks but it's not very common. Most people that get MRs that have tattoos don't have any issues.

[@Crowski]

I didn’t know this and forgot to take out my nipple rings.

[@XenoxVanity]

Ouch

[@markkopaczewski2072]

Very small metal items usually isnt an issue (such as piercings)

[@Crowski]

@@markkopaczewski2072 yeah nothing happened. They’re surgical steel so not magnetic.

[@hendriktropartz7619]

@@Crowski techinically even not magnetic metal can turn magnetic in a strong magnetic field ... and we also work with highfrequenz Impulses who can heat up metal and cause slight to major burns

[@Crowski]

@@hendriktropartz7619 so next time make sure to remove them. I completely forgot I had them 😂

[@je-susisgood2258]

"Is there anything we should know before you go in?" "Na" "Alright" "Actually when do I get a new metal hip repl--"

[@mateoc15]

Almost all implants are titanium or other non-magnetic metals. But fun video

[@tinfoilhomer909]

@@mateoc15 as many comments explain, welders by profession have burns from entering these machines, small pieces of iron will heat up or even move. it's a real safety issue for people with metallic injuries.

[@acethepanther2153]

When you realize that an electromagnetic cannon is just a bunch of MRI machines taped together

[@MustachoDude]

It's like the last patient is a part of WWE

[@projectdaaltaran]

I was security at a hospital. Knowing how to shut this off was one of the things they taught me. Also, there are special fire extinguishers placed near them. Can't use a normal one.

[@johnnybottles2344]

Guess I know where my lawn chair went. I mean good gracious, it's been two years.

[@PecanBaby...]

Omg good one 🤣🤣🤣

[@crabmansteve6844]

For the people saying it's an electromagnet, it IS, but turning it off is only an absolute last resort. quenching the MRI magnet is the LAST thing you want to do. It will very quickly boil off all the liquid helium that's keeping the magnet super conductive and shoot 100+ liters of helium out of the top of the magnet vent. This event can be destructive to the machine and helium is exceedingly rare and expensive these days.

[@republican4u2nv78]

I remember when I was having one of many MRI scans done as a teen, one lady telling me about how at another hospital a person was killed when the machine sucked in a fire extinguisher (that obviously wasn't supposed to be near there!) and it hit the person in the head with such force that it killed them. Definitely not a comforting story before being put into that machine for over an hour! I went in with my aunt when she had an MRI done a few years ago. I had my debit cards, credit cards, and drivers license in my pocket while sitting right next to her the entire scan and it erased the magnetic strips on all of my cards! I didn't even realize what had happened until none of my cards worked lol!

[@igottawallet5228]

I'm actually a technician who works in a factory that builds these. It's my job to run tests and analysis before shipping. After forgetting I had them in my pocket I've had to replace my cards 3 times and for this reason I haven't carried a wallet in 12 years

[@republican4u2nv78]

@@igottawallet5228 Lol! I hope your card companies were as forgiving as mine were haha! Sounds like an interesting job though!

[@igottawallet5228]

I swear it was hard for them to understand what I was talking about at first🤣 Magnet?...I always warn the new guys

[@republican4u2nv78]

@@igottawallet5228 Lmao! Yeah, probably not something most people think about- I know I never thought about it until it happened to me haha! I sure wish I had been warned! They just warned me of the typical "no metal" so I never even thought about all the cards in my pocket. I only put them in my pocket because I don't like taking my handbag into hospitals/ medical buildings lol!

[@jorgeorge06]

The medical company I work for once had an incident of a nurse forgetting to tell a patient to remove his belt. Once he was in position she quickly went over to remove it…the mental buckle shot up hit the machine and recoiled/bounced down and hit the guy in the eye. Guy came out blind from that eye.

[@buckwildsrq]

I do fire safety for a living and one of the things I do is sell and inspect fire extinguishers. Alot of imaging places want an extinguisher in the mri room and you're supposed to use a non-magnetic extinguisher. Some contractor put a regular one in the room and the first time they turned the machine on the extinguisher flew across the room smashed into the machine and exploded.

[@pedromontmorency]

Watching this just before an MRI scan - deleting all forms of social media at this point🙈

[@sleeples7852]

Don't worry I had mine a month ago. It's loud but don't be scared it's just the magnet spinning. And you can press an emergency Ballon if you need to get out for any reason, and they pull you out in no time. My arm with my tattoo ( a new type of ink) got a little bit hot but i didn't press. They later told me when I told them about it that I could have pressed the balloon. It takes 20 minutes and then your done. The questioning takes longer. I had to take my piercings off and my glasses and brah because of the wire. Don't forget to breath calmly and they will tell you when you move to much. Try to stay still. I twitches a little bit in my legs and arms an it was fine. You got this. Oh and in my room was nothing except the machine, so I don't now why there was a chair in this one. And even the shelves (plastic but still) shouldn't be there. I hope you get well ^^

[@PhireXZ]

I've had over 10 full MRIs, hours long each time. The reason isn't the magnetic conductivity. It's to not blur the image. Most metals are fine, but blurred images aren't. Source: my MRI tech I've done them with multiple facial (tongue included) piercings on and there's absolutely no problem at all. Anything you feel is purely placebo and most likely heat eminating from the very, very powerful machine (1.5-3 t as in Tesla coils worth of power) It could also be due to the fact there's not much sensory stimulation going on, therefore you are more aware of things happening in your body.

[@Ya_boi_jasper]

The chair was like --

[@jhaimp.sullivan5618]

"* hold me back Robert * I been waiting my whole life for this" 🪦😭🫱🚬💀

[@gavinsonsalla9319]

Fun fact I was on the table about to go INTO an mri when i noticed my brace's herbst device was magnetic. Love my orthodontist, neglected to tell me it was magnetic after i told them i was getting an mri. MRI operator saved my life. Could have had by jaw ripped out through my face if I was 10 seconds slower.

[@makislay8678]

naw i would sue

[@bnjmnwtt]

My grandfather had a piece of steel in his eye (he was a welder), no one knew about it until he got an MRI…it was a closed casket funeral.

[@casedistorted]

Wait.. did he actually die from it? I was hearing about that kind of story just before I had a brain MRI this morning and he said it would damage your vision permanently if you had something near your eye, so if your grandfather had a large piece of steel..

[@XMysticHerox]

@@casedistorted MRIs can acceletate objects that small to the speed of a bullet for reference.

[@michaelc.4321]

Fun fact, the magnetic field of a strong Neodymium magnet at the surface is about 1.4T and MRI’s can go up to 3.0T

[@dlaroc]

I hated being in there. I close my eyes and just try to sleep everytime lol

[@P54G76]

If you guys didn't know what electromagnetism is it's basically a magnet but electrical and that's what is happening

[@punkgothichick1307]

I got screws and bone plates in my head so when I get an MRI they literally have to pin my head down. It's a very weird feeling

[@cherriepopsicles]

Imagine if someone put a magnet on your head

[@germanmri]

Yes the Magnet can be turned off, but a big power supply is Neccessary and a few hours of time. Not a daily Business. There are 500Ampere in it That must introduce or get out very slowly. If a human Life is in danger, there is a special Button to demagnetize the MRI. The Helium inside will be heated and get blown out through a big tube outside the Building. That costs around 30k-50k €$£. No Not every metal gets stuck to it. Our tools when working on the machine are from titanium, aluminium or copper-Berryllium. MRI is completely safe. Dont worrie❤

[@thealtguy]

here its 350k to release the helium ;-; so better not hit the fun button!

[@richlymann6451]

Tough of war with The invisible man

[@dulynoted2427]

I worked on an RFI crew building medical mobile units. They can suck a Volkswagen to it. The forklifts are 4x the size of a regular forklift to place the giant super conducting magnets into the unit.

[@yattayyattay9654]

area 51 opening a vortex

[@RobloxPlaysRainbows]

This makes sense now! When I had mine they rattled off every possible metal thing you could have and asked if I had it, they even said “do you have metal rods in your eyes?” Had me hysterical for days idk why because it is a serious thing

[@aqhasassy]

When I had mine they were aware I had metal in my ankle.

[@Notllamalord]

A non magnetic metal

[@AnotherWorthlessMoron]

Most commonly, the metal used in surgical reparations is titanium. It's a corrosion resistant metal that is also paramagnetic. If your ankle plate, screws, rod etc. were meant to be removed it was probably made of cobalt-chromium. Cobalt although magnetic by itself, loses its magnetism when alloyed with chromium, which also makes it highly corrosion resistant. These metals are safe for MRIs and have been tested.

[@hendriktropartz7619]

@@AnotherWorthlessMoron yeah the only danger thats left there is the metal heating up cause of the HF-Impulses

[@sysghost]

For those who wonder why they're not turning it off before removing that object? Answer: The process to start it up again after an emergency stop is complex and can take hours. The process takes a lot of energy to cool down and start up again.

[@Anne_Onymous]

I remember the video of the cop's gun bein sucked out of the holster (which is REALLY impressive)

[@User91272]

Simply A solenoid.,B is linear in -x I direction

[@The177Hunter]

Strange how they can make a chair levitate but don’t have any effect on the iron in your blood.

[@jorgeorge06]

SMH

[@funent9611]

Had Mri plenty of times. Glad shit like this never happened

[@efreniiibravante4373]

MRI stands for Muscle Ripping Intelligence

[@asafaust8869]

I had a MRI to see what was causing my shoulder pain. It was too dark and noisy in there. I yelled out let me out. I was told to be quiet or I would be in there longer than usual. I shut up. My orthopedic doctor said i had a torn rotator cuff and he recommended surgery. I told him i would think about it. He gave me a steroid shot. It was very painful. I never went back.😢

[@kittym.h.1926]

This is why I always get the piercings that won't close if I remove them LMAO

[@onradioactivewaves]

What is that, have a nonmetal plug in there or something, or you just mean the location?

[@kittym.h.1926]

@@onradioactivewaves I place a plastic retainer in instead. Or if it's like a nostril piercing, septum, ears, belly button, I know those can be left out for up to a month.

[@ranjankumarbarik7837]

Warning- Its dangerous Its full high risk heavy magnet red area So carefully move in this mri center

[@jago668]

I had to have x-rays done before my mri because I worked around metal (welding, grinding, etc). To make sure I didn't happen to have any slivers in me (they were especially worried about any in my eyes).

[@casedistorted]

yeah sounds like they worry about metal near the eyes because that's where it can cause permanent damage quite easily.

[@XMysticHerox]

@@casedistorted Yes even small splinters can destroy an eye in an MRI.

[@potatoman2weeksago885]

Bro got springtrapped

[@cattail198]

The person with piercings hearing this: Someone start the funeral. First

[@xxgoth_galxx7614]

I have 5 ear piercings and am getting my nose and belly done hopefully I hope I don’t have to get an MRI ever😭

[@alyssachantaychampagne2773]

Only have ear piercings but my tech told me to take them off so I assume it's the same for other piercings

[@Real_PK]

Any metallic objects should be removed even if they're non ferrous such as gold or low ferrous such as austenitic stainless steel because they are electrically conductive and can heat up during an MR due to the magnetic field creating an electrical current.

[@XMysticHerox]

@@xxgoth_galxx7614 You'd be fine. Piecrings are generally made from non magnetic metal. Though they can still burn you so they ask you to take them out.

[@OriginalNoke]

I mean aww shit, you come to the MRI wing and Phil and Andrew are trying to save a chair from a sentient machine that wants to build more of itself.

[@oli5dijksma616]

Imagine accidentally missing a piercing

[@jorgeorge06]

Metal detectors galore before you even enter an MRI Zone 2

[@_asantesana_squashbanana_]

I have has numerous MRI's with my piercings. Just has to be the right kind of metal. I got over my fear when the MRI dude shoved my head into an MRI machine while his lanyard was flying toward the machine lol.

[@XMysticHerox]

Luckily the vast majority are made from non magnetic metal.

[@Lyosha9869]

Cuz if the magnet slows down it will whip and spin whatever object that attracts it and MRI are expensive than you think and it saves lives.

[@rhinoracer]

I recently broke my leg, they put a metal plate and six screws in to fix it...please remind me to never go near one of those machines again, cus I don't want to know what happens if the magnet starts pulling on my leg

[@Yoikumo]

It's probably titanium so I that doesn't happen

[@rhinoracer]

@@Yoikumo maybe, but I don't want to find out if it is or not...I can test it out with a small magnet I guess...

[@sunnyd5098]

I had ti go into an MRI scanner 2 weeks ago, I've lived a nomadic lifestyle so always avoided hospitals. But started to notice issues with my heart. They had to spend 2 hours convincing me I wouldn't get sucked in 😂😂😂😂 those 5 mins of cute beeps DO NOT prepare you for the black hole noise that follows

[@Bumbobdoodle]

Be careful machinist😂 Someone is not gonna be professional and not ask that question.

[@patrickcaprood6284]

Those 3T units are no joke. I used to build them.

[@nickolifax703]

when i was working at the hospital, a patient accidentally entered the mri room on a metal stretcher. He was pulled so hard that his ribs were crushed.

[@boscoalbertbaracus1362]

Yup. That and the steel wheelchairs. That happens alot, then the chair is collapsed around them. And I think it takes like better part of a day to restart one of these once you hit the shutdown so they just about never do.

[@cricketmonster1000]

Had a coworker leave his tool belt on and walk into one of these rooms and he 100% thought it was haunted

[@scherenschnitt6333]

He does not keep metal things away from MRIs. He just sends patients there who get put inside by specialized personell.

[@ClipCentral_]

Did you realize it was floating at the end 🤔

[@newfreenayshaun6651]

I worked as a janitor in a hospital when I was young. I also had a tongue piercing when I was young. I learned real quick that when you get close to an MRI machine that you shouldn't have any kind of piercings in your tongue if you want to keep your tongue.

[@annattohammah8660]

Believe me, that magnet is soooo strong!!! I have a a Titanium screw in my foot and when I was in the machine I could feel the magnet pulling on my foot trying to lift it up.

[@tylerhepler9396]

Lol how much can you lue

[@josedorsaith5261]

I still remember waiting for an MRI and the guy ahead of me was being told off by the nurse. He said he had removed his piercings and jewelry, only he had left one in...it was a scrotum piercing Want to imagine what would happen if that got introduced to the tube of spinning electromagnets?

[@markkopaczewski2072]

MRI rooms use non ferrous metal equipment (wheel chairs, oxygen tanks, etc) so that this doesn’t happen, but staff should always double check the equipment being used. Also, the more Tesla’s the magnet the STRONGER it is!

[@ronemtae3468]

Outside of the X-ray, perhaps no other medical examination is as well known or as safe as the magnetic resonance imaging test, which is conducted eight million times a year in the United States on patients ranging from people with brain tumors to famous athletes with knee injuries. But today, officials at the Westchester Medical Center announced that something went horribly wrong on Friday with an M.R.I. test on a boy, 6, who had just undergone surgery. Even though no metal objects are supposed to be in the testing area, because they will be pulled toward the 10-ton machine by its powerful electromagnet, a metal oxygen tank somehow made it into the examination room. The tank, about the size of a fire extinguisher, became magnetized, then flew through the air at 20 to 30 feet per second and fractured the boy's skull. The boy died on Sunday. And today, an autopsy conducted by the Westchester County Medical Examiner's office confirmed that he had died of blunt force trauma, severe hemorrhaging and a contusion to the brain. The hospital and the State Department of Health are investigating, and the Westchester District Attorney's office is also reviewing the case.

[@ricky6244]

Dolly Pardon was looking for that metal...😂

[@Rose-yx6jq]

Okay but this looks really really cool?

[@KittMonsta]

The best thing is when you have something you can't remove in standby and you have to shut it down. A full reboot will cost you 2000$ in cooling and energy. But wait there is more: a big metal object like a chair in this case can destroy the MRI when the incidence happens while in full load. That means you have to pay up to 3.500.000$ for a new one. DON'T BRING METAL INTO THE MRI ROOM. Thanks.

[@Valkyrie_3d]

I worked in a metal fabrication shop, my pants were always covered in steel dust. I went for an MRI after work not thinking about it. After the MRI my pants were never cleaner. Couldn't have been good for the machine

[@Je0524]

Did they try turning it off first?

[@dozhadeville444]

That machine k1lls the patients 👁

[@joandougan8682]

Yes, there are special procedures if they code in there. You cant just run it. It is always on.

[@PaddyBoyBKLYN]

This would look like magic to people in the early 1900s

[@lexguttman]

They aint called 'super-magnets' for nothing!

[@CiaraAnn12]

I get MRIs weekly and that is so crazy.

[@Tav4n]

big ass magnet that never gets turned off

[@BeepboopLOL420]

I thought the metal was floating for a second haha😄😄

[@lb1839]

I've had around 10 of these... I check the room for metal every time. Still get scared though

[@johndenver5029]

The terminator movie had a scene like this when the two robots were fighting. It did not kill either patient

[@michaeltreacy7881]

All apologies to the nurse that did the MRI on me she had to stop it when I said I might have had metal shards in my eye a long time ago... kind of flipped out on her

[@nypdphoneprompts5735]

The MRI machine has a superconducting magnet in it, this magnet is constantly running, so from when it gets commissioned up to decommission. So even if it’s not scanning it can still have consequences. (To give you an idea, the superconducting magnet is about 100 times stronger that a fridge magnet.)

[@panama-canada]

How about turning off the machine? Cutting the power off?

[@DigitalXrisXros]

the warp core gone blow yall

[@donnagibson9613]

Accept fillings and medical grade rods and screws

[@Brand-yk6dw]

US military: can we launch it

[@jamesdukes597]

time to play musical chairs 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣don't forget the mri

[@jeffmatson5616]

OMG thank God

[@TheBlaert]

As a machinist working with a lot of cast iron parts it's absolutely crazy how many shards of iron these things pull out of your hands

[@Dji00]

🙄

[@TheBlaert]

@@Dji00 ?

[@Dji00]

@@TheBlaert respectfully it just doesn't pull that strongly. Even the strongest commercially available 3 tesla magnets. Magnetic attractive force is governed by the size/weight of the ferromagnetic object. There just aren't enough atoms to create enough to force to remove small metal shards from your hands.

[@TheBlaert]

@@Dji00 well believe it or not it happened. Granted they weren't pulled right out of my hands but you could clearly see them as tiny black dots after the mri.

[@Dji00]

Interesting, never had a pt. report experiencing that.

[@dylandylandylan3940]

Imagine a surgeon dropped a metal piece inside your body during surgery and didnt realize. 😬😬😬

[@scw8735]

Instruments are counted before and after surgery if done correctly.

[@zachariah1991]

Can you imagine an MRI technician setting up a folding lawn chair in the room. That could be an extreme sport

[@jamesharris184]

This happens in certain parts of the world all the time they're still trying to understand how magnets work

[@missylou82]

I got metal plate and some screws in my right hip. I’m doing MRI pretty soon. They tell you, got anything metal inside of your body.

[@lynx6032]

I’ve heard they’re so strong that if you’ve had a previous surgery and had metal placed in your body that it can literally rip it out of you. Pretty sure I heard something about some dudes pacemaker or something like that being ripped through his chest cavity

[@lucariolps277]

Depends. I have titanium in my spine. I get frequent mris still. Always talk with your radiologist if you have Metall in your body and need a mri

[@allthingsgilmour]

I've worked construction around mri's and we had a scaffold get sucked in and crushed by the magnetic force of the machine

[@sweetdrahthaar7951]

Take the questionnaire you fill out before having an MRI very seriously.

[@juoig7799]

Add an emergency shutdown button that instantly cuts power to the machine when it is pressed.

[@juoig7799]

Isn't this an emergency? Something dangerous that could kill a patient getting sucked into an MRI?

[@lucariolps277]

Mris cannot be "shut down" in this way. The magnets are always on to a degree. Even without power. The only way to get the field very weak is by quenching the mri. Which basically means you vent the Helium coolant into the atmosphere. That costs a shit load of money to repair and the machine is out of order for weeks to months. So. The emergency shut down Button does exist. But it's only to be used In cases were life and limb are at stake. Which isn't the case here.

[@mrvalveras]

My colleague's phone was stuck under an mri for 2 months, he got it back when they shut it down for maintenance... You can't just shut it down. It takes 3 to 4 days to start up again...

[@duccr]

first step when this happens: hit the emergency shutoff outside the mri room

[@mick61]

WRONG. No reason to do that. Have the service guys ramp it down remove the object ramp it up and shim it.