Epidural

My daughter name is Kacy Elizabeth Waiters. Her name means Vigilant In War. It’s origin of her name is American. I came up with her name with some help. Her father and I Always wanted a daughter with her name beginning with K then Elizabeth came from Queen Elizabeth as easy that could be and final her last name waiters came from a special person in my life that I miss so much and that's my great grandma. My grandma mother last name was waiters and so I said “Hey why not let her have the last…

weeks of pregnancy. After birth mother and infant are in good condition”. Whilst the Department of Health (2003) defined 'normal delivery' as “without induction, without the use of instruments, not by caesarean section and without general, spinal or epidural anaesthetic [or episiotomy] before or during delivery” (National Childbirth Trust, 2010 p. 6).…

an epidural to relieve my pain. She informed me that she will have to call the anesthesiologist from his house. I waited in dying pain for 2 hours. It felt like the longest 2 hours of my life as I was anticipating his arrival. He finally came at 4 am. He looked super drowsy and disoriented. That wasn 't a great look for him due to the fact that he was about to a needle in my spine. Sitting there faint hearted, the anesthesiologist start going over all the risk factors of getting the epidural. My…

The lecture summarized an idea about the Gliomas, Meningiomas, Metastatic tumors and miscellaneous tumors. A stroke is defined as a cerebrovascular accident (CVA), cerebrovascular insult (CVI) is when poor blood flow to the brain results in cell death. It disrupts the blood flow. Risk factor includes a heart disease, cardiac arrhythmias, diabetes, smoking, obesity. Strokes can be visualized unto two types ischemic or hemorrhagic. Ischemic is caused due to lack of blood flow. Hemorrhagic is due…

Did you know that placenta abruption occurs in 1 in 100 pregnancies? The placenta is the way the baby receives food and oxygen through the umbilical cord which attaches to the wall of the uterus. In the Maternal Early Pregnancy Serum Metabolomics Profile and Abnormal Vaginal Bleeding as Predictors of Placenta Abruption: A Prospective Study, by Blzu Gelya he reported that women ages 20-34 had placenta abruption 64% out of others aged mothers. Also he reported Non-Hispanic whites had higher chance…

wash pump. Per OMNI, the patient had a back and right knee contusion. He had a right L3-L4 laminectomy on 03/11/04. Per medical report dated 1/7/16 by Dr. Carl Shin, the patient was seen for periodic evaluation of lower back pain. He had a lumbar epidural injection back on 9/4/15. He says he is still having benefit with the injection. He says he will occasionally have numbness down the left leg, but he is not hunched over as he was before the procedure. He is having benefits for at least 4…

Elements of Consent According to Medical Protection Society (MPS 2015)13, Consent it is needed for any treatment/intervention or care and this cannot be imposed by the healthcare team as ought be the expression of a patient's wish and decision otherwise this is unethical and equally illegal. There are required elements in the process of informed consent. These include: Competence, disclosure, understanding, confidentiality, voluntariness and communication. A patient it is presumed to be…

the focus is generally on the mother, since she is the one that is physically pregnant.) Even though there are all of these options to choose from, many mothers will choose the more conventional options like a vaginal delivery with or without an epidural. Other options, like a water birth or using acupuncture/acupressure to cope with pain during labor, are not as common as those listed above. They are actually rising in popularity though, as less women want to have medication aiding them during…

Being anxious about seeing a baby being delivered was something I expected of myself, what I didn’t expect was how completely a whole different side of nursing care involved compared to other departments. Throughout the shift I had a chance of assessing the patient and observe the family that was involved. Also had a chance to see not one delivery but two. Unfortunately, I didn’t had much time on going over the chart and documenting the findings as I wanted to. I was surprised to find out…

egional anesthesia is generally preferred over general anesthesia in the US. The merits of regional anesthesia are many. Regional anesthesia provides optimal surgical conditions and analgesia extending into the postoperative period. The motor block achieved by spinal anesthesia is unsurpassed by any other technique. The modest reduction in arterial blood pressure contributes to reduced surgical blood loss. Regional analgesia may also result in reduced postoperative nausea and vomiting, less…