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Mamolady or anyone, if the machine freezes while you're getting your mammo....

Megan M
Megan M CSN Member Posts: 3,000
edited October 2012 in Breast Cancer #1
isn't there some sort of kill switch or something and where is it, so, that the machine will release us?

I know I heard about it or read it on here before.

Thanks!
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  • survivorbc09
    survivorbc09 CSN Member Posts: 4,374 Member
    #2
    There is? Is it where we
    There is? Is it where we can reach it?

    Jan
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  • heart-in-hand
    heart-in-hand CSN Member Posts: 92
    #3
    I had a person in charge of the machine tell me once
    that her co-worker deliberately squished the women and enjoyed causing them pain. This has never been forgotten. It was at Kaiser, and they are the ones that didn't catch the lump in my breast the year before...welcome BC. There is a place in the afterlife for people like that.

    Kay
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  • jnl
    jnl CSN Member Posts: 3,869 Member
    #4
    heart-in-hand said:

    I had a person in charge of the machine tell me once
    that her co-worker deliberately squished the women and enjoyed causing them pain. This has never been forgotten. It was at Kaiser, and they are the ones that didn't catch the lump in my breast the year before...welcome BC. There is a place in the afterlife for people like that.

    Kay

    I am going to ask the next
    I am going to ask the next time I have a mammo about this.


    Leeza
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  • mamolady
    mamolady CSN Member Posts: 796 Member
    #5
    manual knob
    There is a manual knob with in reach of the patient. If a patient expresses concern about the power going out or what ever, I show them the knob. I had one patient that was worried I would faint and she would be stuck there! I assured her I stayed hydrated and that I really didn't have a problem with fainting. I also showed her the manual release! We also have a flashlight in the room in case the power goes out. That is back where the controls are.

    Cindy
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  • Megan M
    Megan M CSN Member Posts: 3,000
    #6
    mamolady said:

    manual knob
    There is a manual knob with in reach of the patient. If a patient expresses concern about the power going out or what ever, I show them the knob. I had one patient that was worried I would faint and she would be stuck there! I assured her I stayed hydrated and that I really didn't have a problem with fainting. I also showed her the manual release! We also have a flashlight in the room in case the power goes out. That is back where the controls are.

    Cindy

    Thanks Cindy! I think I
    Thanks Cindy! I think I might ask where the manual knob is, just incase. lol


    Hugs, Megan
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  • Double Whammy
    Double Whammy CSN Member Posts: 2,832 Member
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    Megan M said:

    Thanks Cindy! I think I
    Thanks Cindy! I think I might ask where the manual knob is, just incase. lol


    Hugs, Megan

    That is the most horrible thought I've imagined in a long time!
    Good grief! Does this really happen?

    Suzanne
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  • Megan M
    Megan M CSN Member Posts: 3,000
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    Double Whammy said:

    That is the most horrible thought I've imagined in a long time!
    Good grief! Does this really happen?

    Suzanne

    I heard about it Suzanne and
    I heard about it Suzanne and that's why I asked, as, I thought mamolady would be able to help us out, and, she did! I wanted to know how to get myself out if something happens.
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  • disneyfan2008
    disneyfan2008 CSN Member Posts: 6,583 Member
    #9
    never put too much thought
    never put too much thought into it...but I always have one person in the room with me at all times...

    Denise
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  • mamolady
    mamolady CSN Member Posts: 796 Member
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    Double Whammy said:

    That is the most horrible thought I've imagined in a long time!
    Good grief! Does this really happen?

    Suzanne

    joke
    There was a joke, it was posted at one of the places I worked, about a woman that got stuck in the unit during a power outage. The tech left, the electricians came in and out and on and on. If I can find it I will post it.
    We had a very old machine till 2011 and occasionally it would have issues. It never locked on a patient. I did have to ask a patient to step out while I rebooted the machine but that was the worst that happened.
    Hopefully there are no real stories like that!
    Cindy

    ps - here is one version

    http://allnurses.com/nursing-humor-share/power-outage-during-305057.html
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  • jnl
    jnl CSN Member Posts: 3,869 Member
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    mamolady said:

    joke
    There was a joke, it was posted at one of the places I worked, about a woman that got stuck in the unit during a power outage. The tech left, the electricians came in and out and on and on. If I can find it I will post it.
    We had a very old machine till 2011 and occasionally it would have issues. It never locked on a patient. I did have to ask a patient to step out while I rebooted the machine but that was the worst that happened.
    Hopefully there are no real stories like that!
    Cindy

    ps - here is one version

    http://allnurses.com/nursing-humor-share/power-outage-during-305057.html

    OMG, what if that really
    OMG, what if that really happened? Yikes!
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  • Kylez
    Kylez CSN Member Posts: 3,761 Member
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    disneyfan2008 said:

    never put too much thought
    never put too much thought into it...but I always have one person in the room with me at all times...

    Denise

    Well, the next time I have
    Well, the next time I have mine, I am going to be sure I know. Thanks for this info!
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