Epidural

The process of labor differs in every woman. Not all women have a natural birth or follow the stages of labor and birth step by step. Labor is an unpredictable process that may or may not happen on the expected delivery date. For example, I had the opportunity to provide comfort when assisting a patient on the day of her delivery. Labor and delivery require support, patience, and hard work from the health care team. Women can have a vaginal delivery or a caesarean. Although, there will be…

health issues and had some concerns with being put under general anesthesia, learned that there are other methods of anesthesia that can be used such as local, epidural, spinal, or even a combination of both spinal and epidural to help with the surgery. She was able to obtain a clear understanding and make a final decision that the spinal/epidural black would be the best for her condition. Being that I am a nursing student I was able to learn step by step as to what exactly are the process that…

A C-section is a procedure of delieveing a baby through a surgical opening in the mothers lower stomach area, this procedure is also known as a Cesatean delivery. In the case of revieving a C-secton, women who usually get the procedure might have health issues such as past surgergery on the uterus, previous c-section, HIV infection, active genital herpes infections, or severe illness such as heart disease. A C-section is also acceptable treatment if there are problems with the baby, like…

intubation. While the hemodynamic parameters remained almost stable in group I. Injection of local anesthetic into the paravertebral space results in unilateral block of somatic and sympathetic nerve which lead to anesthesia which resemble unilateral epidural block which…

DOI: 5/2/2013. Patient is a 49 year-old female cleaner who sustained low back pain and right hand pain while compacting trash into a big trash can. The patient was subsequently diagnosed with bursitis of hip. As per medical report dated 4/11/16, patient complains of low back pain with associated leg pain. On physical examination, patient has tenderness of the greater trochanter upon bony palpation of the right hip. Soft tissue palpation on the right revealed tenderness of the supraspinous…

be excited or nervous, because in that very next day I would become a mother. After arriving at the hospital a nurse came in and Informed me within the next hour I would be getting an Epidural, at that moment I was nervous about getting a needle stuck in my back. once Anesthesiologist came in to give me the Epidural I was getting more and more…

examination. She has no significant lumbar paravertebral muscle spasm, but more lightness across the low back. She has the occasional stress urinary incontinence; however, she has had two children by vaginal birth. Plan is to proceed with lumbar epidural steroid block #2 with Dr. Lal in…

Trick or Treat, I was Beat Becoming a mother is the most memorable day I have ever experienced. Giving birth to my daughter was the most significant event I have been through; furthermore, seeing my beautiful daughter for the first time is a memory I will never forget. It was a day full of every emotion imaginable. Nevertheless, giving birth was the most frightening, amazing, and fulfilling time of my life. Childbirth was the most frightening experience I have been through. For example, not…

Intravenous narcotics are the mainstay of post operative pain management after major bowel surgeries. Although an epidural catheter is usually placed for providing pain relief due to open surgeries, IV narcotics are used as a part of pain relief round the clock or for breakthrough pain. Narcotics bind to µ receptors in the gut…

The concept of “telescoping”, is a less common effect, and people with phantom limb pain will not necessarily experience this. There have been several preventative and treatment methods studied and few have successful results. The use of a lumbar epidural prior to amputation has shown to reduce the chance of feeling pain. One treatment option regards the mirror box illusion, however, this may only be a temporary fix. Other options include pharmacological treatments, body imaging and deep brain…