FACILITIES EMERGENCIES

For each of the above, the procedure is to:

  1. Attempt to contact Mark Cohen. Campus number 310/980-7453. Home number 818/225-0740, e-mail mscohen@ucla.edu
  2. Page GE service engineer, Manuel Garcia (626) 835-3490 . Leave a voice mail at (800) 525-1516 ext. 113193
  3. Shutdown the scanner. The procedure for doing so is attached to this memo.
  4. Call the UCLA Page Operator (56301 or 310/825-6301 from an off-campus phone) and ask to page the party on call for "Brain Mapping MR Lab emergencies"

If fire personnel arrive, prevent them from entering the scanner room with fire fighting equipment.

ONLY if it is unavoidable that fire personnel enter the room with axes and other heavy gear, QUENCH the magnet by pressing the EMERGENCY DISCHARGE button on the tan discharge unit located in the magnet room above and to the right of the sink:

Plug the unit into the electrical strip. Lift the clear plastic cover and hold down the Red button for 10 seconds.

If you are unable to get direct responses from either Mark Cohen, or Manny Garcia, the following personnel should be notified (in order). Keep trying until one of these individuals has been reached.

 
Office
Beeper
Home
e-mail
Susan Bookheimer
310/794-6386
90114
 818/225-0740 sbook@ucla.edu
John Mazziotta
310/825-2699
06338
310/457-8498
 mazz@loni.ucla.edu
Roger Woods
310/794-7606
11424
 rwoods@ucla.edu
Arthur Toga
310/206-2101
 toga@loni.ucla.edu
Mirella Dapretto
310/206-2960
310/476-6960
 mirella@loni.ucla.edu
Leona Mattoni
310/825-2699
 leona@loni.ucla.edu

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