Hi there.
Welcome to Johns Hopkins Children's Center.
My name is Fin and we're gonna introduce you to the radiology
department and tell you just what you need to know about getting
an MRI with general anesthesia.
General anesthesia is just another way of saying you'll be
sleeping during your examination.
>> Welcome to pediatric radiology.
This is where you'll get your MRI.
When you arrive, you will check in here at the registration desk.
You'll get a bracelet with your name and your birthday.
You may have a little wait time, so feel free to bring in some toys from
home that you can play with while you wait for your MRI.
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An MRI is a big camera that takes pictures to help doctors learn more
about you and the inside of your body.
It takes pictures just like these.
Once you're back in the MRI area, you can meet the rest of the team,
including your technologist and nurse.
Here, your nurse will listen to your heart and
check your breathing to make sure your body is ready for the pictures.
And now you get to meet your radiologist.
She's the doctor who will look at your pictures and
go over them with the doctor who wanted you to have an MRI.
They will work together to take care of you.
She will also answer your questions and
make sure we are all working together to do what is best for you.
The doctors need you to be extra still for
the pictures because if you wiggle, it can make the pictures blurry.
Some kids say it's hard to hold still, so they go to sleep for
their pictures, just like you will do.
We all have a doctor here to help you fall asleep.
She's called an anesthesiologist.
She will use a small mask to help give you some medicine that you will
breathe in through your nose and
mouth that will help you fall asleep.
And the cool part is, you can even choose the way your mask will smell.
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Once everyone is ready,
we will walk back to the room where you will fall asleep.
You can change into hospital pajamas before you fall asleep.
Or if you would rather fall asleep in your own clothes,
the team will help you into hospital pajamas after you are sleeping.
You lie down like this little girl is doing.
If you have a blanket or a toy that helps you feel safe and
comfortable, you can have it with you.
Your parents can also hold your hands as you breathe in the medicine
through the mask and fall asleep.
You're anesthesiologist will stay with you during your MRI to make
sure you are safe and comfortable the whole time you sleep.
And now it's time for the technologist to take your pictures.
Your family will be in the room next to you the whole time.
And a team member will give your family updates to let them know how
much longer you have until you are finished.
They will also walk them to the recovery area, so
they can be with you as you are waking up.
>> Hi Emily.
>> You'll hang out with your family here in the recovery room until you
are wide awake.
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And then before you know it, you'll get to go home.
>> That's right, now you can go home and
get right back into the swim of things.
Bye-bye.
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