MRI PATIENT CARE

Question 1

Malpractice

Answer 1

Is improper or illegal professional activity or treatment of a patient

Question 2

Respondent Superior

Answer 2

A doctrine under which a principal or an employer is held liable for the wrongful acts committed by agents or employees while acting within the course and scope of their agency or employment.

Question 3

Negligence

Answer 3

Is the failure to fulfill professional obligations of expected standard of care

Question 4

Res Ipsa Loquitur

Answer 4

The thing speaks for itself

Question 5

Protected Health Information (PHI)

Answer 5

Any information about health status, provision of health care, or payment for health care that can be linked to an individual. This is interpreted rather broadly and includes any part of a patient’s medical record or payment history.

Question 6

Ferromagnetic Material

Answer 6

Cobalt, Nickel, Steel, Iron

Question 7

Non Ferromagnetic Materials

Answer 7

Copper and Titanium

Question 8

Decoupling

Answer 8

Creates unintended circuits that can cause heat and potential burn hazards

Question 9

Cryogen (liquid helium) Temp

Answer 9

269 C or 4 K

Question 10

Quenching

Answer 10

Rapidly releasing helium from an MRI magnet to shut it down.
This happens when the magnet’s temperature rises

Question 11

Why is it important to stay low to the floor during an MRI quench

Answer 11

Due to the rise of helium reducing oxygen in the room

Question 12

Ambient Room Temperature

Answer 12

69 F or 21 C

Question 13

Ambient Room Humidity

Answer 13

50%-70%

Question 14

Fringe Field

Answer 14

stray magnetic field outside the bore of the magnet

Question 15

SAR is measured in:

Answer 15

W/kg or watts per kilogram

Question 16

Specific Absorption Rate (SAR)

Answer 16

The amount of radio frequency absorbed per unit of mass per patient

Question 17

SAR Guidelines: whole body

Answer 17

4 w/kg at 15 min exposure

Question 18

SAR Guidelines: Head

Answer 18

3 w/kg at 10 min exposure

Question 19

SAR Guidelines: Head or torso

Answer 19

8 w/kg at 5 min exposure (per gram)

Question 20

SAR Guidelines: Extremities

Answer 20

12 w/kg at 5 min exposure (per gram)

Question 21

dBa

Answer 21

A-weighted decibels
Expression of relative noise or sound pressure in relation to time applies

Question 22

Medical asepsis

Answer 22

practices designed to reduce the number and transfer of pathogens; synonym for clean technique

Question 23

Surgical asepsis

Answer 23

destroys all microorganisms and their spores

Question 24

Vehicle

Answer 24

Method of transmission for pathogens

Question 25

Fomite

Answer 25

objects contaminated with infectious material that contains the pathogens

Question 26

Vector

Answer 26

Animals that carry pathogens from person to person Are living vehicles