Posted on 02/10/2013 6:28:31 AM PST by JoeProBono
CAROL STREAM, Ill., - A police officer's gun got stuck in an MRI machine at a doctor's office in Carol Stream, Ill., west of Chicago, officials said.
The incident occurred when the officer responded to a reported burglary Friday, WMAQ-TV, Chicago, reported. The magnetic force of the MRI machine pulled the officer's gun away from him.
No injuries were reported.
Carol Stream police got in touch with the manufacturer of the machine for advice on how to extricate the gun from the machine.
Officers were also investigating the burglary.
That would be stainless steel for the most part. Most grades of SS are not ferromagnetic so no problem there. Heat treatable grades of SS (enough carbon content) are generally used for things like knives (various cutting implements) and springs. I have a handful of titanium surgical clips in my gut and have had no problem with them during multiple MRIs.
An attendant was killed while getting a patient settled in the MRI when the operator switched on the magnet and an oxygen bottle flew across the room and fractured the attendant's skull.
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GtG
Seen a crash cart go flying...patient’s arm was in the way. Not pretty, and most aggravating, because I was an EMT student on clinicals, I was essentially told to shut up when I tried to warn them!
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