Anesthesia

In the documentary Blackfish, the director is Gabriela Cowperthwaite, and when she created the documentary, she used ethos, pathos, and logos to described how SeaWorld treats the killer whales. An example of pathos in the documentary is when SeaWorld went to go capture the baby killer whales from the wild, they would take the calves away from their mom by following the adult killer whales that they believed were the moms, so that the mother and the calf can use another path to escape, which…

Professionalism Professionalism is a trait that is imperative for those who desire to be the best nurse he or she can be. It is defined in Ferris State’s BSN (Bachelors of Science in Nursing) Program Learning Outcome 6 as to, “Develop a level of professionalism that is congruent with the inherent values and ethics of the discipline of nursing” (Bishop, 16). While taking Nursing 440 one of the assignments was to write a discussion post regarding an area that is not patient centered in the…

falls under that domain. Picot Question PICOT questions address a population (P), an intervention (I), a comparison (C), an outcome (O) and a timeframe (T). The PICOT question formulated is as follow: Among perioperative patients receiving general anesthesia (P), does the combination of preoperative and intraoperative forced-air warming (I), compared to…

Imagine yourself as a fetus, inside your mommys tummy. Your tiny heart beating, chest moving up and down with every breath you take, toes curling, blood being rushed through your veins and your tiny fingers curling into your palm, making a tiny fist. All of a sudden, a knife tears against your skin, tearing your fragile body into pieces. Your legs are ripped out first, then your hands, and pretty soon, only your little head remains. Soon enough, that disappears too. How would you feel? We can…

following reasons. First, vivisection experiment is not as effective as people think. There are plenty of significant drugs that have been discovered without the benefit of animal testing. For example, Quinine, used to treat malaria; ether, used as anesthesia; and of course aspirin were all discovered without harming any animals. In fact, some animals stimulate certain medicines when human are not. For example, vivisection experiment indicated that penicillin was not…

Laughing gas has been used as an anesthesia for dentistry since 1844. Up to today, it has been used for many other medical procedures and surgeries, but it is widely known and used for oral surgeries. The procedure of laughing gas in surgery is very simple, Dinitrogen monoxide (N2O) is a gas in which you inhale. When you inhale the colourless gas, it reaches the brain in around 20 seconds and it starts to relax your body and develop pain-killing properties to keep you composed and calm. You…

The medicinal uses of cannabis, more commonly known as marijuana, dates back thousands of years. One of the first known uses of cannabis was by the Chinese physician Hoa-tho in the early 2nd century as a surgical anesthesia. Today many experts recognize that medical marijuana (MMJ) and the healing properties of cannabis offer relief for a variety of crippling medical conditions like nausea from chemotherapy, chronic pain, HIV/AIDS, and glaucoma. Are you a candidate for MMJ? Opinions vary from…

injection is micro, and involves a sterile solution that is forced into the veins, thus irritating the vein lining, eventually causing it to disappear. Multiple veins can be injected at each session. Sclerotherapy does not require any type of anesthesia and is usually done inside a doctor's office. The patient will be asked to come to the office wearing loose fitting clothing as so the spider or varicose veins can be easily identified. Some may experience minor pain and may request a topical…

Conducting a “time-out” before any surgical procedure is started is the best way to avoid wrong-site, wrong-side or wrong-patient mistakes. Time-outs are done with the entire surgical team to verify patient, procedure and side. At that time the surgical team confirms or corrects any information that is needed for the upcoming case. This procedure is Joint Commission required for every surgical facility and/or hospital. One of the most common time-out errors is when team members are busy or…

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