Epidural

chose for my family would be a natural child birth at a hospital. I think this method would be the best for the baby. One advantage to this method is the lack of drugs involved in the delivery process. In the textbook, it indicates mothers who had an epidural experienced their babies did not want to “feed right away” (Berger, 2016, p.…

Due to a never ending demand in health care occupations, the growth in job opportunities will continue to occur for nurse anesthetists. For example, the growth rate for APRNs like nurse anesthetists is predicted to grow 31% from 2012 to 2022. “Several factors, including health care legislation and the resulting newly insured, an increased emphasis on preventative care, and the large, aging baby-boom population will contribute to this demand” (“Nurse”). Bureau of Labor Statistics expect the…

medications which include hydrocodone/APAP, ibuprofen, wherein these medications seem to keep things under control. Office Notes dated 05/23/2016 revealed that the patient has a history of spinal problems with spinal stenosis. He had his most recent epidural steroid injection in 2012. He was trialed on Celebrex in the hopes of providing a better relief without the narcotic side effects. He reports the Celebrex was of no benefit and bothered his symptoms…

anesthetic because a patient or patients can still feel pressure on the part of the body the procedure is being performed on. Not all anesthetic leaves the body completely numb or unaware of what certain things are being done to it. A spinal or epidural anesthesia is commonly used for the abdomen down, is commonly used for pregnant women who are getting prepared to have birth. This type of anesthesia doesn’t completely knock the patient out like general anesthesia does, but it does numb the…

his low back from lifting heavy objects. As per OMNI entry, the patient is status post L4-5 discectomy. His future medical care includes office visits, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, analgesics, physical therapy up to 12 times a year, and epidural steroid injection, with the possibility of surgery. Per the medical report dated 03/04/2016, the patient is being seen for his chronic lower back pain rated 5/10. The pain had increased previously to the extent that he was holding on to the…

Introduction: Head trauma is considered as a common complaint in Emergency Department (ED). Each year, 1.7 million patients are referred to US EDs due to the head trauma [1], which most of them are diagnosed as minor head injury. Although minor head injury is common in Iran, but unfortunately the exact number is unknown. Minor head injury has been defined as Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) 13-15 [2-4] or GCS equals 14 and 15 [5]. Computed Tomography (CT) is a standard imaging for acute head injury.…

DOI: 10/15/2010. The patient is a 63-year-old female machine operator who sustained a work-related injury from performing repetitive duties of usual and customary job. Patient is status post cervical midline C7-T1 Epidural Steroid Injection (ESI) on 08/14/15 and status post cervical fusion at C5-6 and C6-7 on 03/15/16. Cervical spine x-ray on 05/05/16 showed postsurgical findings status post interbody fusion procedure at C5-C6. MRI of the cervical spine dated 06/16/16 revealed interval…

Bright eyes, wide smile and truly interested in every question, comment, or concern you have without rushing. This is not what you would expect sitting in an office discussing a pregnancy. That’s because you aren’t talking to your average OBGYN. Midwives have a way of making you feel as comfortable as possible, even in the most excruciating time of your life, child birth. Why are there so many misconceptions and stereotypes about midwives? They were around long before doctors. This is a problem…

it sets the roles for men and women - it goes against what the culture does today. Women biologically can give birth to a baby, but in our culture, we make it easier for that to happen. We use an epidural that takes away the pain during birth. This goes against natural inequality because using epidural is not natural, and ulitamely makes it easier for women to give…

Many people have different views of the experience of birthing a child. From my point of view giving birth to a child can be the most beautiful experience to a person, but it is also a painful experience. I believe so because it was the worst few hours of my life. On a Sunday morning, my stomach was hurting just a little, so as I was getting dress to go to church and I came to the realization that I had lost my mucus plug. I panicked. In my mind all I could think of was that I’m really about…