Anesthesia

patients through the maze of the hospital, restocked rooms with gowns, socks, disposable blood pressure cuffs, and other medical supplies, gotten drinks and crackers for groggy patients, and led anxious parents to their cranky children waking up from anesthesia in PACU. I try to help with whatever and wherever I can to improve the patient’s experience. I have learned through the years that there is one word that summarizes my duties as a volunteer is: comfortable.…

“Hey, there how are you feeling,” Said the doctor as I was waking up after the first of my 3 surgeries. If it wasn't for the anesthesia I would have said “It felt like I have been hit by 3 trains” but instead of saying that I nodded. With the little amount of energy I had I squeezed my mom's hand to reassure her that I was ok. The next few days where a blur of waking in and out of consciousness. What I do remember is how much it hurt to move in bed. I had a surgery that took out my colon and…

same towel when he switched patients. The increase of infections was very common and doctors preferred to amputate soldier's limbs when they came into the hospital wounded. Amputations was one of the main surgeries that required anesthesia. During the Civil War anesthesia wasn't completely developed, the only types that were used were ether and chloroform. Ether and chloroform would sleep the patient so that they would wake up without…

Miranda had to be prepared as if she was going to have surgery because of the anesthesia. She was dressed in a gown and placed on a gurney. We did not have a room. Instead, she was in an area where patients wait to be taken to surgery. There were eight separate stations for patients. Miranda was in the one closest to the door…

Objectives: This study was performed to compare the anesthesia, analgesia and hemodynamic effects of two different anesthetic techniques for knee artroscopy. Material and Methods: ASA I-II, 90 patients scheduled for arthroscopic meniscectomy were randomized into three groups. Spinal anaesthesia was performed with 7.5 mg hyperbaric bupivacaine (group S, n=30). Combined sciatic-femoral nerve block(25 ml for femoral nerve block and 15 ml for sciatic nerve block with bupivacaine or levobupivacaine)…

Three careers that interest me include a nurse anesthetist, a physician assistant, and a cosmetologist. My current major is nursing and I plan on pursuing my degree in nurse anesthesia following my bachelor’s degree. I have always known that I wanted to pursue a career in the medical field because I want to make a difference to people in and outside of the hospital setting. However, I also have a strong desire to pursue a 10-month cosmetology program in order to become a licensed cosmetologist.…

Kimball Atwood in his article ‘‘Acupuncture Anesthesia’ Redux: another Skeptic and an Unfortunate Misportrayal at the NCCAM” explores the issues and controversies in the relationship between science and medicine. In “Alternative Medicine — The Risks of Untested and Unregulated Remedies”, Marcia Angell and Jerome Kassirer talk about the alternative medicine that sets it apart from ordinary medicine. The arguments marginalize Chinese medicine work. Kimball argues that the analysis of the report…

Imagine having surgery without anesthesia, or maybe even being shot and left on the side of the road to die. Imagine being starved and locked in a room for a week-- I would rather that happen to me, then having to go through this. Sitting at my desk, just wishing for a murderer to break into the school and shoot me. My body was shaking as if I was having my own personal earthquake. Mrs.Spaetz starts calling people up to the board to write our names in the order we will be presenting. I sink…

I believe that being calm in any situation help make you take better decisions. I am employed in the healthcare field as an anesthesia technician and it is very demanding and stressful position Having to deal with doctors, nurses, and relatives taught me a valuable lesson in staying composed, immune from the verbal abuses from some patient’ s relatives and constant orders from physicians whose patience is lacking. Although it is a very hard thing to follow through with, I think it became a…

DESCRIBE HOW THE THINGS THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU IN YOUR RN ROLE HAVE PREPARED YOU FOR THE APRN ROLE? As a pre-operative and Post Anesthesia Care Unit registered nurse, I have worked with patients at a pivotal time in their lives. Patients experience a variety of emotions and have a multitude of challenges to overcome when they present for surgery. Working in the acute peri-operative setting has allowed me to developed the interpersonal skills to provide compassion for the patients, yet…