Safety Flashcards
(25 cards)
Family members an ancillary personnel accompanying the patient into the scan room
Should be screened as if they are going through the procedure themselves
A screening questionnaire for patients about to undergo MRI should include information about
Prior injuries, prior surgery and implants, pregnancy
The people who should be educated about the effects of the static magnetic field, especially in high field superconducting magnets are
Nursing staff and the code team, housekeeping and members of fire department, anesthesiologists and respiratory therapists
Patients who should be monitored by pulse ox during MRI procedures are
Unresponsive and uncommunicative, sedated and psychiatric and pediatric
Patients that have been sedated with Valium should be monitored with
Verbal communication
It is good practice for all patients that undergo MRI to be monitored
Visually and or verbally
A method that is acceptable for the detection of intraocular Ferrous foreign bodies is
Plain film x-ray
A screening questionnaire for patients about to undergo MRI should include information about
Worked with metal, prior surgery and implants, pregnancy
Surface coil cables can potentially cause damage to the patient when
They are not frayed and rest along the arm of the patient, they are slightly touching the patient and are frayed, they are looped and not touching the patient
RF shielding can be achieved by lining the MRI room with
Copper
During a quench, patient and operators should be evacuated from the room to avoid
Asphyxiation, ruptured Tympanic membrane‘s, frostbite
To avoid auditory damage during MRI, all patients should be offered
Headphones, earplugs, anti-noise devices
If someone has external metal on them and we are not sure if it is safe to go in the MRI room, what should you do
Use hand held magnet
What is the highest SAR level at normal mode on GE system
2.0
There is new equipment you want to take inside the MRI room. How and what would you use to decide if equipment is safe to go in the MRI room
Use hand held magnet
If there is a bullet inside the patient’s body, what would you do
Order x-ray of that part
Can you scan and MRI on a patient who had a knee replacement
Yes
Who is allowed in MRI zone IV
MRI trained staff
Patient has metal anchor, screws in their shoulder, can we scan MRI shoulder on this patient
Yes
Who is allowed in MRI zone III
Screened MRI patients
First trimester is not considered safe to have MRI on a pregnant lady
Yes
In the event of a magnet quench with cryogen leakage, what should be done to get the patient out
Crawl to the ground and get out
In the event of a magnet quench with cryogen leakage what are the risk if anyone remains in the room
Frostbite, trouble breathing, blown eardrums
What procedure would you follow if a patient has cardiac arrest in the MRI scanning room
Get patient outside of the MRI room and start CPR
