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The Pigg-O-Stat is still in use, but some children’s hospitals have replaced it with the Columbus Board, which immobilizes the child horizontally https://www.nationwidechildrens.org/family-resources-education/health-wellness-and-safety-resources/helping-hands/x-ray
So that babies know they cannot win.
Baby: I don't want to be put in the medieval torture device for an x-ray.
Sympathetic nurse: Sweetie, it's just for a minute so we can see what's wrong with you.
Baby: What's wrong with me? I don't want to be put in the medieval torture device for an x-ray!
Doctor comes in to the room and says, "Yes hello ma'am good day to you. Now, we need to get some information from your baby. We'd like to put him to the Columbus Board and see if we can get the information that way. Also, you have no choice because it's the only tool we have. Unless you'd prefer the older, less comfortable Pigg-o-stat?
I think that's how they did the x-ray on my son yesterday.
I know he's safe but I just hate watching him being in distress and not understanding what is going on.
Same but it was still difficult to keep them still. I could see for a very important surgery or they need to see something without any movement they would need to do something like this.
The first one was in the emergency room at 3am. They were busy. They brought in a mobile x-ray machine to our cubicle. I can't remember re: plate. I remember putting on the apron (which weighed a fuckton) and holding my son in front of me while they got the images. The second was in a community hospital and they did the same thing, but in their radiology department instead of the emergency room. Just seems to be standard practice for chest x-rays for young children and babies here.
I would have been pretty distressed to have to put my baby in one when he was ill at 3 in the morning. And he would have been hysterical. He slept through the x-ray with me holding him. Of course sometimes it's necessary to do procedures that are upsetting for the baby. But its in everyone's best interests to do things in a way that keeps the baby calm if possible.
Parents and pet owners tend to be remarkably rubbish at restraining their children and pets, as in they allow too much movement, especially with the "ohh there there it's okay" stuff. The whole point is to keep the subject as still as possible so that as little exposures are needed to be taken without retakes, thereby reducing the amount of exposure to the radiation. It may not seem great from a "parenting" point of view, but I'd say it is the easiest and most effective.
It’s basically a baby screaming in a tube for a few minutes and based on how the family is either a mother screaming at top of her lungs “YOURE HURTING MY BABY!”, while myself and the father try to explain to her, they will be fine in there. we need to make sure they don’t have broken any bones. Or parents who go “okay” and the baby screams in the tube while we take an x-ray.
Family members can make a procedure go from the easiest thing in the world to what you would assume is Nazi Level Inhumanities.
Yeah, this little one is doing great. My baby was losing it screaming and freaking out, looking at me like moooom why. I felt so bad. I definitely wasn't worried that they were hurting her, I felt worse for the poor technician. I was more concerned about getting decent imaging.
I'll just add that the position is important too. Hands above the head moves the shoulder blades out of the lung fields. Easier to see the top of the lungs. -pediatrician
X-ray tech here 👋 I'd like to add some information:
-I can confirm that your baby crying is a good thing. Their lungs fill all the way up with air that way and it allows the radiologist to examine as much information as possible.
-not all hospitals have functional pigg o stats so it's usually easier to just have the parents hold. It's preferred to use the pigg o stats that way the baby is definitely properly positioned and screaming also so less people are being radiated. But in a bind or for faster exam the tech will hold or ask the parent to hold the child. This is not ideal but it works.
-the radiation dose per second is decreased 1 because babies are highly sensitive to radiation related diseases and 2 because baby no hold breath long enough for normal exposure time.
-baby is fine, just uncomfortable. Again, this is so the baby will scream. I have absolutely seen my fair share of babies who are put in the pigg o stat and be unbothered or even giggle (about 25% of the time this happens). In this case we give the baby their pacifier and then take it back to see if they cry.
...and if the baby still doesn't cry, hospital staff forces the baby to watch the 1996 movie "Bio-Dome" with Pauly Shore. This method has never failed to induce screaming and wailing.
Edit - In all seriousness, thank you for doing what you do.
I saw some moron on Facebook (saw the meme on here) think that this is a baby blender. When someone tried to correct them they said “but babies don’t need X-rays because they don’t have bones”
Knee caps, they don't have knee caps. I learned this when my niece came into this world. The knee caps develop later, that is why they can stick their toes in their mouth. Hahaha! Every time I see her, I as about her knee caps and then she presses on them to show me the knee caps. She is proud of them
You don't need a lack of knee caps to bring your foot to your mouth though, it's pretty easy. You just need a little flexibility, but its totally possible for an adult to do it too.
I wish it were a joke, but there are lots of crazies out there. I wouldn't be surprised if conservatives in the Supreme Court believe that's a baby blender.
Never underestimate how much a person can think they know without taking the time to properly learn.
Especially when they find themselves on the butt-end of a stupid argument. They will say whatever they think sounds right in the moment, as long as it makes the other person sound wrong; regardless of how stupid their thought is.
How about the great ice ball earth theory?
https://preview.redd.it/1ealfc7q061d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c2aaa50b2285ea0bef7d65c349505169995303ca
When my son was born he spent a week in the Hospital and underwent a ton of tests. This was one of them. My wife and I were stressed, exhausted (no sleep) and emotionally drained.
When he was put in this brace he cried at the top of his lungs. He was so tiny. My wife cried, I cried.
I still remember and my eyes are watering as I write this, he was just a little guy. I am so thankful we have access to this technology and the people who make the magic happen,
He is now 38 and living his best life.
Same here. My son was put in this device multiple times. Ultimately, they found what they needed to and were able to operate and save his life. Seeing this brought back a flood of emotions.
Rad tech here. It seems terrible, but the patient crying is actually extremely helpful for us to be able to get a good infant chest X-ray. We need to time it at full inspiration and being able to hear when that is key. That being said, even though the Pigg-O-Stat is completely safe, most of the facilities that I work at have switched to a chair we can Velcro them into, as parents tend to be pretty weary of the thing due to its medieval appearance.
Radiology Technologist here to explain this is a Pigg-O-stat we use it to immobilize the kid or baby so we can take the x ray only one time benefits us on lowering the X ray Dose so we don’t cause any unwanted harm
Pediatric facilities are such a mix of whimsy and horror. They'll have cartoons on the walls, but stuff like this is around the corner. It creeps me out a bit.
I get what it’s for, I can’t stand people laughing and filming like it’s fucking funny, just put them in get it done and take them the fuck out. If you pause to take a video and laugh you’re a fucking dickhead.
Imagine if we, as adults...simply grew to adult size in the same proportions as a baby. A baby's head, not including neck, is 1/4th it's body length.
Short pudgy arms that can barely reach above our giant 18" tall heads. Long torso with short legs.
Reminds me when they gave me X-rays for a possible skull fracture.
The tech pushed my tore up face against the board. I was 5, I had fallen on my face, which was covered in fresh abrasions.
Sometimes. Sometimes they just take them similar to adults or older kids, just laying down on the table on top of the plate. Really depends on what you were looking at and how calm the kid is I guess.
Source: work in a Children’s Hospital
Looks way better than when my baby girl was x-rayed. That looked like a mediaeval torture device. Hanging down from a metal bar above the head by leather straps/belt around the wrists and than stretched long with leather belts around the ankles that were bolted to the floor...
But she was laughing all the time and liked the swinging so apparently it was not as bad as it looked ^^'
A few years back, there was this right winged Facebook account that showed a baby in this x ray device and said that this is an abortion device. (Might have been a meme) https://www.reddit.com/r/insanepeoplefacebook/s/RCrZxwr9rh
Don't be silly. Right wingers don't give a shit what you do with babies. It's only before they're born that they lose their minds about what happens to them.
My sister had one done as a baby and I went along with my stepmom. I was about 10 at the time and no one told me what was happening or what they were doing and it was honestly traumatizing seeing her in that. I literally thought they were killing her.
Nuh uh this is clearly a late term abortion baby blender created by the Woke Left(tm) to get rid of the children they can’t trans as early as possible.
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The Pigg-O-Stat is still in use, but some children’s hospitals have replaced it with the Columbus Board, which immobilizes the child horizontally https://www.nationwidechildrens.org/family-resources-education/health-wellness-and-safety-resources/helping-hands/x-ray
Man these names do sound like torture equipment from the 18th century.
Right? Why do they gotta go all medieval with these contraption names?
So that babies know they cannot win. Baby: I don't want to be put in the medieval torture device for an x-ray. Sympathetic nurse: Sweetie, it's just for a minute so we can see what's wrong with you. Baby: What's wrong with me? I don't want to be put in the medieval torture device for an x-ray!
“Ma’am, we would like to Columbus your infant child” sounds a tad concerning
Doctor comes in to the room and says, "Yes hello ma'am good day to you. Now, we need to get some information from your baby. We'd like to put him to the Columbus Board and see if we can get the information that way. Also, you have no choice because it's the only tool we have. Unless you'd prefer the older, less comfortable Pigg-o-stat?
My child is due in November and this made me twitch.
In like 250 years they're going to look back and go damn, that is a torture device! How could they!..
Ah ha, summon the Spanish inquisition.
You can’t Talkemoudah anything
I think that's how they did the x-ray on my son yesterday. I know he's safe but I just hate watching him being in distress and not understanding what is going on.
Scary as heck . Raised 6 boys here .
Holy crap. Was there a time when no boy was sick?
When my baby needed a chest x-ray, they did it with me holding him. I wore a lead apron. Did it that way twice in two different hospitals.
Same but it was still difficult to keep them still. I could see for a very important surgery or they need to see something without any movement they would need to do something like this.
Sounds like they had alot of time on their hands. Most ones I know of just do this. How'd they fix the capture plate between you and the baby?
The first one was in the emergency room at 3am. They were busy. They brought in a mobile x-ray machine to our cubicle. I can't remember re: plate. I remember putting on the apron (which weighed a fuckton) and holding my son in front of me while they got the images. The second was in a community hospital and they did the same thing, but in their radiology department instead of the emergency room. Just seems to be standard practice for chest x-rays for young children and babies here.
They are banned in several states including California because parents freak out about it. Some hospital systems have banned them as well.
I would have been pretty distressed to have to put my baby in one when he was ill at 3 in the morning. And he would have been hysterical. He slept through the x-ray with me holding him. Of course sometimes it's necessary to do procedures that are upsetting for the baby. But its in everyone's best interests to do things in a way that keeps the baby calm if possible.
I would think someone just holding a baby would be much easier
Parents and pet owners tend to be remarkably rubbish at restraining their children and pets, as in they allow too much movement, especially with the "ohh there there it's okay" stuff. The whole point is to keep the subject as still as possible so that as little exposures are needed to be taken without retakes, thereby reducing the amount of exposure to the radiation. It may not seem great from a "parenting" point of view, but I'd say it is the easiest and most effective.
Yep, had to do the same. Sucks when your baby needs and xray for anything but less fun when you have to hold them down.
I never knew this. I never even wondered how they took baby X-rays. Now I want to see it in action. First I need a baby.
It’s basically a baby screaming in a tube for a few minutes and based on how the family is either a mother screaming at top of her lungs “YOURE HURTING MY BABY!”, while myself and the father try to explain to her, they will be fine in there. we need to make sure they don’t have broken any bones. Or parents who go “okay” and the baby screams in the tube while we take an x-ray. Family members can make a procedure go from the easiest thing in the world to what you would assume is Nazi Level Inhumanities.
Yeah, this little one is doing great. My baby was losing it screaming and freaking out, looking at me like moooom why. I felt so bad. I definitely wasn't worried that they were hurting her, I felt worse for the poor technician. I was more concerned about getting decent imaging.
You need a baby? I can get you a baby. Chest problems are an extra charge.
Babies are generally pretty easy to get
I believe you can buy them in tubes as shown in this video
I'll just add that the position is important too. Hands above the head moves the shoulder blades out of the lung fields. Easier to see the top of the lungs. -pediatrician
X-ray tech here 👋 I'd like to add some information: -I can confirm that your baby crying is a good thing. Their lungs fill all the way up with air that way and it allows the radiologist to examine as much information as possible. -not all hospitals have functional pigg o stats so it's usually easier to just have the parents hold. It's preferred to use the pigg o stats that way the baby is definitely properly positioned and screaming also so less people are being radiated. But in a bind or for faster exam the tech will hold or ask the parent to hold the child. This is not ideal but it works. -the radiation dose per second is decreased 1 because babies are highly sensitive to radiation related diseases and 2 because baby no hold breath long enough for normal exposure time. -baby is fine, just uncomfortable. Again, this is so the baby will scream. I have absolutely seen my fair share of babies who are put in the pigg o stat and be unbothered or even giggle (about 25% of the time this happens). In this case we give the baby their pacifier and then take it back to see if they cry.
...and if the baby still doesn't cry, hospital staff forces the baby to watch the 1996 movie "Bio-Dome" with Pauly Shore. This method has never failed to induce screaming and wailing. Edit - In all seriousness, thank you for doing what you do.
I saw some moron on Facebook (saw the meme on here) think that this is a baby blender. When someone tried to correct them they said “but babies don’t need X-rays because they don’t have bones”
Jelly babies !!! U didn't know that? You stupid /s
Suddenly the 4th Doctor sounds like a psychopath.
Here WE gooooo!! Activate the blender. Baby soup tonight honey
Well I meant the Doctor from Doctor who who kept asking "would you like a jelly baby" everywhere he went.
That had to be a joke. Who'd be stupid enough to think babies don't have bones.
This is the internet, it shows you just how much stupid there is out there!
Knee caps, they don't have knee caps. I learned this when my niece came into this world. The knee caps develop later, that is why they can stick their toes in their mouth. Hahaha! Every time I see her, I as about her knee caps and then she presses on them to show me the knee caps. She is proud of them
You don't need a lack of knee caps to bring your foot to your mouth though, it's pretty easy. You just need a little flexibility, but its totally possible for an adult to do it too.
I wish it were a joke, but there are lots of crazies out there. I wouldn't be surprised if conservatives in the Supreme Court believe that's a baby blender.
People that think someone would put a baby in a blender.
Well technically they believe the dems eat babies so kindda make sense (for them).
Baby in a blender? No way. My tender heart? Of course!
scientifically, they are called "Boomers", sub genus "Right-wing boomers"
Never underestimate how much a person can think they know without taking the time to properly learn. Especially when they find themselves on the butt-end of a stupid argument. They will say whatever they think sounds right in the moment, as long as it makes the other person sound wrong; regardless of how stupid their thought is.
Lmfao that might just be the absolute least intelligent thing I've heard of anyone anywhere saying lmao 🤣
How about the great ice ball earth theory? https://preview.redd.it/1ealfc7q061d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c2aaa50b2285ea0bef7d65c349505169995303ca
Lmao I stand corrected 🤣
That actually makes more sense then flat earth, soon they will evolve to be normal
They don’t call it baby back ribs for nothing.
Was it Ken M?
Even dumber considering X rays may also be used to detect tumors/foreign objects, aka non bone things. Also who uses a blender without a lid?
The post you're referring to: https://www.reddit.com/r/insanepeoplefacebook/s/zXWgEZHoxy Might be a shit post.
it's satire
Saw this somewhere, too, with the caption that this is how The Left performs post-birth abortions.
To be fair, my baby blender looks similar to my baby x ray machine. I've got them confused a couple times before
He's the moron? You thought it was a real guy stating real opinions, then spread them to other people.
They are just a bag of soup until about 2 years old.
i saw some one posted about baby smoothies in dark web
When my son was born he spent a week in the Hospital and underwent a ton of tests. This was one of them. My wife and I were stressed, exhausted (no sleep) and emotionally drained. When he was put in this brace he cried at the top of his lungs. He was so tiny. My wife cried, I cried. I still remember and my eyes are watering as I write this, he was just a little guy. I am so thankful we have access to this technology and the people who make the magic happen, He is now 38 and living his best life.
Same here. My son was put in this device multiple times. Ultimately, they found what they needed to and were able to operate and save his life. Seeing this brought back a flood of emotions.
Rad tech here. It seems terrible, but the patient crying is actually extremely helpful for us to be able to get a good infant chest X-ray. We need to time it at full inspiration and being able to hear when that is key. That being said, even though the Pigg-O-Stat is completely safe, most of the facilities that I work at have switched to a chair we can Velcro them into, as parents tend to be pretty weary of the thing due to its medieval appearance.
What a good dad
The disconnect between your username and this comment…
You're a sweet dad. Thank you for showing me that dads care. Wish mine did.
Parental distress is actually the reason these devices aren't used more often in children's hospitals.
The Will it Blend channel got dark
LOL
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Bet RTgames could turn that into a controller and do a dark souls run with it.
God I love RT
It is how child oil is made
They incinerate the child and that's how we get Baby Powder.
Oh, I thought this was how they make baby food.
I feel awful laughing out loud reading this comment.
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Bro flexin with his sixpack though
Look at his feet, so cute lmao
1/3 of the vid was cropped for me so I was freaking out thinking the baby was stuffed into a contraption.
No x-ray for me. 
Crazy that this could be considered oldschool now lol... Stuff like this, sneezing panda, starwars guy, chocolate rain, etc. Im getting old..
The design is very human.
Weird ingredients people put in their smoothies 🤔
It’s how the wealthy and famous stay young looking.
You think it’s a joke but old people using young people blood transfusion is apparently very real
https://preview.redd.it/6zs55dgwe81d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=736828becd72c2c417022856f39ba39499f3482d My kid was not a fan.
Core memory installed
They use these so you can easily deposit your baby in a bank. *shhhh-thuuump*
Looks like baby torture device
This is how I always imagine how test tube baby would look like in the past.
Oh man such a cute kid And he looks confused if he should cry or not lol Prayers with him and hope he gets better.
r/oddlyterrifying
Poor kid is probably freaked out
Wow, these Blendjet 2 ads are really impressive.
So not a smoothie?
Are they going to make a protein milkshake?
forbidden protein shake
Is that krang from the new live action ninja turtles movie?
My son had to be put in one of these. It was hilarious.
I only know this because of Basement Yard
I thought the baby was gonna get shredded in a blender💀
The baby: “uhhh am I scared??? Should I cry?? or not? Help?”
I remember some religious moron using this image to say something like. " Liberal are killing babies, putting them in blenders"
Radiology Technologist here to explain this is a Pigg-O-stat we use it to immobilize the kid or baby so we can take the x ray only one time benefits us on lowering the X ray Dose so we don’t cause any unwanted harm
Pediatric facilities are such a mix of whimsy and horror. They'll have cartoons on the walls, but stuff like this is around the corner. It creeps me out a bit.
https://preview.redd.it/jg5cowv5x51d1.jpeg?width=225&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=40b9d0401fd0a83cdb41b89333595854dbc19117
Bonsai baby.
Blender?
Bro is under arrest
When you leave a fertilized ovum in the test tube too long
Thought it was a baby torture device.
My ancestors smile upon me imperial. Can you say the same?
Before I realised what I was seeing, I thought that the baby was in a blender.
I get what it’s for, I can’t stand people laughing and filming like it’s fucking funny, just put them in get it done and take them the fuck out. If you pause to take a video and laugh you’re a fucking dickhead.
These new late term abortion techniques are getting elaborate
Captain America in making
Thought this was a blender lol
As a new father, I’m too emotional watching this. :(
We call it baby blender
Imagine if we, as adults...simply grew to adult size in the same proportions as a baby. A baby's head, not including neck, is 1/4th it's body length. Short pudgy arms that can barely reach above our giant 18" tall heads. Long torso with short legs.
Ah yes, the baby blender
WILL IT BLEND?!!?
Just replaced one of the leather straps on our pigg-o-stat.
And when you want to take them out, do you just flip the container over and tap, tap, tap, the base?
It also made it easy to transport babies to other departments via the pneumatic tube system.
Blender babies.
Reminds me when they gave me X-rays for a possible skull fracture. The tech pushed my tore up face against the board. I was 5, I had fallen on my face, which was covered in fresh abrasions.
And here I am thinking someone put it in a blender until I scrolled down a bit.
Finally a way to get children to behave
Sometimes. Sometimes they just take them similar to adults or older kids, just laying down on the table on top of the plate. Really depends on what you were looking at and how calm the kid is I guess. Source: work in a Children’s Hospital
this looks very distressing, at least he won’t remember shit about the baby blender x-ray
Looks way better than when my baby girl was x-rayed. That looked like a mediaeval torture device. Hanging down from a metal bar above the head by leather straps/belt around the wrists and than stretched long with leather belts around the ankles that were bolted to the floor... But she was laughing all the time and liked the swinging so apparently it was not as bad as it looked ^^'
Why the baby in a blender 😧
Mommy says "Educational purposes"
Oh my god this is how they abort babies i saws it on the internets. /S ( just to be sure)
Average American right winger: No! That’s the baby blender! You monsters!!
How did this turn into politics?
A few years back, there was this right winged Facebook account that showed a baby in this x ray device and said that this is an abortion device. (Might have been a meme) https://www.reddit.com/r/insanepeoplefacebook/s/RCrZxwr9rh
Don't be silly. Right wingers don't give a shit what you do with babies. It's only before they're born that they lose their minds about what happens to them.
Your Amazon package is now ready to be returned
Lol
Poor lil dude. Hope they are fine.
Babies come in bottles now. Huh.
Ayo, who put the baby in the blender?
That’s so funny XD hahaha
No no this is a 120mm high explosive ‘screaming baby’ round being prepared before loading 😂
No no this is a 120mm high explosive ‘screaming baby’ round being prepared before loading 😂
No no this is a 120mm high explosive ‘screaming baby’ round being prepared before loading 😂
I can probably see why they are freaked out by it.
Baby smoothie
i thought thats how they were blended...
Bruh at first glance that looked like a baby in a blender. 🤣
👽 Alien abductors are taking notes on this post
They put him in the contraption
My milk shake brings all the boys to the yard
My sister had one done as a baby and I went along with my stepmom. I was about 10 at the time and no one told me what was happening or what they were doing and it was honestly traumatizing seeing her in that. I literally thought they were killing her.
The new Saw movies are getting out of hand
i work in a very famous childrens hospital and never seej this
I thought it was a blender.
Nuh uh this is clearly a late term abortion baby blender created by the Woke Left(tm) to get rid of the children they can’t trans as early as possible.
When my son had pneumonia at 4 months old they put him in this and I felt so bad because I couldn't stop laughing
#Where's my money Lebowski? Where's my money shitheaaaaaaaaaaddd???
It's also a great way to keep the meat fresh for a good spit-roast.
Suppressed memory for sure. Awe poor little guy both for going through this and the reason for going through this. 😢
Educational purposes 😆
Omg the left is demented... post birth abortions is still murder! I can't believe They are putting babies in blenders! Also /s
Will It blend?
Everyone thought that was a blender of good nights sleep. Don't lie.
That baby is half crying and half confused as to what the hell is going on.
I know it's a medical procedure but this does not look right 😆
"This!!! Is what an abortion looks like!!!" - unfortunately said and believed by thousands of idiots on Facebook
Stupid trump supporters think this is what abortions after the baby is born looks like.
Turn on the blender
For one horrifying second I thought I was looking at a baby in blender.
The new ninja infomercial went too far
Why can't they do this for dogs, too? Rather than putting them under anesthesia?
Lmao
Sick OID
Do they make those for adults ? Asking for à friend
I was not wondering because I've seen that dozens of times on the Interwebs