Center for Functional MRI In the Department of Radiology

Emergency Procedures

EMERGENCY CONDITIONS

 

RESPONSE

VISIBLE FLAMES in BUILDING
1. Try to extinguish if small
2. Help anyone in the magnet room to get out
3. Try to PRESS RED TRIANGLE BUTTON (on the keyboard or bore entry to magnet) to kill ac power
4. LEAVE BUILDING
5. CALL 911 on campus phone.
SMOKE in BUILDING
1. PRESS RED TRIANGLE BUTTON (on the keyboard or bore entry to magnet)
2. Help anyone in the magnet room to get out
3. LEAVE BUILDING
4. CALL 911 on campus phone.
LIFE THREATENING HUMAN INJURY in MAGNET due to CRUSHING or IMPALING METAL
1. PRESS RUN DOWN BUTTON (on the small wall mounted box on wall adjacent to front end of magnet) to quench magnetic field at cost of $25k.
2. CALL 911 on campus phone
3. Try to help injured person without adding to injuries while waiting for EMT.
MEDICAL EMERGENCY
1. Try to ASSIST VICTIM
2. CALL 911 on campus phone.
SEVERE EARTHQUAKE
1. Help anyone in magnet room to get out of the building if they are not severely injured
2. CALL CAMPUS 911 on campus phone if anyone is INJURED.
VIOLENT PERSON
CALL CAMPUS 911 on campus phone.
LOOSE ANIMAL
1. CLOSE DOORS to ISOLATE
2. CALL 911 on campus phone if no one can catch animal safety
QUENCH
1. Help anyone in the magnet room to get out of room.(note that room might quickly fill with Helium gas which could displace most of the oxygen and cloud the room with a very cold thick cloud of fog. Be sure to open the door to try to let out some of the helium and to let in fresh air.
2. CALL 911 on campus phone and GECARE

 

EMERGENCY SOUNDERS

 

RESPONSE
HALLWAY FIRE ALARM
CLEAR the Building
OXYGEN SOUNDER
1. OPEN magnet room door
2. Use emergency O2 tank for emergency breathing in room
3. HELP anyone in the magnet room to get out of the magnet room but be aware of possible low O2 level in the room.
4. CALL CAMPUS 911 on campus phone to notify.