Koral Del Mar Rivera is learning about MRI. The imaging test can sound scary. But once kids are prepared, it doesn’t have to be.
The “MR-I Am Ready” program teaches kids and their parents what to expect.
“When she got here she was nervous, I was super nervous too,” Yvonne Fernandez, Koral’s mother, said.
Now the dreaded experience can be fun, thanks to these new MRI movie goggles.
“I think it’s making a huge difference, there’s a lot of noise and banging,” explained Suzanne Scott BHS, RT (R) (CT) and Multi-Modality Technologist of Pediatric Imaging for Wolfson Children’s Hospital.
Scott says the Cinemavision goggles help immerse kids in a movie and stay still without sedation.
“Around four to five years old, we’re seeing some children can get through their MRI for that at that age,” Scott explained, “which is huge, because pretty much they were looking at sedating anyone under 10.”
“I heard noises and I heard the movie,” Koral Del Mar said.
The goggles helped Koral Del Mar’s mom too.
“I started crying when I saw her in the donut hole. But when I saw her relax, I said, okay, I’m good now,” said Fernandez.
Bringing the big screen to your MRI.
An MRI can sometimes last up to three hours. The MRI Cinemavision goggles are now being made available to adults who suffer from claustrophobia in some centers around the U.S.
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