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US Woman Takes Her Gun Into an MRI Scanner And Gets Seriously Lucky
https://www.sciencealert.com/us-woman-takes-her-gun-into-an-mri-scanner-and-gets-seriously-lucky
12 December 2023 By Mike McRae
A 57-year-old Wisconsin woman received superficial wounds to her right buttock earlier this year when a concealed firearm on her person was subjected to the powerful magnetism of an MRI device.
Though her injuries were relatively minor, consisting of a clean entry and exit through subcutaneous tissue, the incident is yet another reminder of the potentially deadly consequences of taking a loaded firearm into places where loaded firearms have no place.
Detailed in a report by the US Food and Drug Administration, the case follows a shockingly similar incident that took place in Brazil just a few months prior, in which a 40-year-old man died as a result of injuries sustained when his own gun fired in close proximity to an active MRI scanner.
Just how the unnamed woman in the more recent incident managed to slip her handgun past medical staff isn't clear, with personnel reporting the patient had undergone the standard screening procedure for potentially magnetic items, one that includes specific references to weapons.
MRI devices are seriously powerful, in all senses of the word. Not only are they useful for producing detailed images of our squishy bits for specialists to diagnose injuries and illnesses, they operate by producing incredibly strong electromagnetic fields..........................
Rhiannon12866
(223,448 posts)When I had an MRI, my friend who drove me, and was in the room, was concerned because they had a dime in their shoe...
Ford_Prefect
(8,209 posts)that no one else was hurt, and no damage occurred to a very expensive machine.
Many gun owners seem unaware of just how much collateral damage their personal obsession can cause.
Throck
(2,520 posts)I've always been in a hospital gown. No zippers, no buttons, no watch, no glasses, no wallet, no pants, no shoes, no keys.......
Exactly where was she carrying this gun?
One of them airport plastic guns?
tanyev
(44,640 posts)And why? Did she think she would need to defend herself from the MRI techs???
sinkingfeeling
(53,138 posts)70sEraVet
(4,198 posts)to flaunt her stupidity!
Chainfire
(17,757 posts)an MRI possibly cooking off the primer in round of the chambered pistol?
sorcrow
(526 posts)I was not involved in the incident or its surgical aftermath, but I was working in the OR at the hospital where it occurred.
https://www.iflscience.com/this-is-why-you-should-never-wear-a-metal-butt-plug-in-an-mri-machine-68886
Regards,
Sorghum Crow
Ziggysmom
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