Scaner in Hospital room

[bigbluemsp]

You shouldn't have a issue with it at all. I worked in Security at a hospital for a few months as a part time gig to supplement some christmas cash I needed and we had cops in there for surgery that brought in their radios and scanners to listen to.

They have even proved that cell phones don't cause interferrance with any of the equipment either so a scanner shouldn't be a issue there.

N JAY 2 and 2 isn't 5 and your logic is way off base and any medic or nurse on here will tell you the same. If the IV solution or lines were conductive in anyway then they wouldn't use the AEDs, ventlators or any other electrical run devices on you while you have a IV running into your body.

Not to mention a scanner runs on less voltage then any of those items especially a electrical hospital bed.

 

[N_Jay]

Ummm... NO... Ain't happenin'...

The IV line (non-conductive) goes to an IV bag that is also NOT conductive. A urinary catheter is also non-conductive and if it "gets accidentally grounded" you need to stop going to the "Crackhead in the Alley Memorial Hospital" and go to a real hospital. The catheters drain into another non-conductive bag. For either 'line" to see any current, there is going to have to be something conductive poking into it. Also "millivolts" won't hurt you a bit, its current (amps) that you would be worried about.

Roger

Chance of it happening, Darn low.

But the possibility is there.

The point being that in the hospital setting there are issues that most people do not consider. Grounding and current leakage that are ignored in other settings can be dangerous in a hospital setting.

Yes, it is the current not the volts that kill you, but the current is limited by the resistance and once you have a connection under the skin, your body resistance falls to a small fraction of what is normally considered.

http://rnbob.tripod.com/electric.htm

Millivolts may be an exaggeration. But it would take relatively little voltage to push a potentially fatal current between internal points.

 

[N_Jay]

You shouldn't have a issue with it at all. I worked in Security at a hospital for a few months as a part time gig to supplement some christmas cash I needed and we had cops in there for surgery that brought in their radios and scanners to listen to.

They have even proved that cell phones don't cause interferrance with any of the equipment either so a scanner shouldn't be a issue there.

N JAY 2 and 2 isn't 5 and your logic is way off base and any medic or nurse on here will tell you the same. If the IV solution or lines were conductive in anyway then they wouldn't use the AEDs, ventlators or any other electrical run devices on you while you have a IV running into your body.

Not to mention a scanner runs on less voltage then any of those items especially a electrical hospital bed.

You are off base.

The medical electrical and electronic equipment you are referring to is DESIGNED and ROUTINELY TESTED to ensure there are no unacceptable current leaks or ground paths. (Go down and talk to the guys in the Bio-Med Engineering group at your hospital).
Your scanner (principally when plugged in) has no such assurances.

The supply voltage is of little concern. (to prove my point, I would hazard the guess that your scanner has a greater supply voltage than an internal defibrillator):wink:

 

[holeinace]

Thanks

I got more than I actually needed....lol So as long as I do not plug the scanner in the wall then connect it to an I V I should be alright

 

[wogggieee]

I've had PICC lines in my body for the better part of the last 2 years. I have messed with many many electronic devices and have never been shocked through my PICC. To worry about something like that, with the chances of something happening being so small, is just a waste of time. If you want to worry about something, worry about getting into an accident on the way to the hospital or maybe a complication with the a surgery or something that is much more likely to happen. It really would be nice to read a forum in which njay didn't drag it down with his know it all attitude. No one likes a smarty pants know it all.

 

[holeinace]

The Answer.......................

Scanner is allowed and I have internet access in the room. Nicholas is a perfect 6 lb 9 oz 19 inch boy

 

[N_Jay]

Scanner is allowed and I have internet access in the room. Nicholas is a perfect 6 lb 9 oz 19 inch boy

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!