Epidural

The first video I saw was Life birth: epidural. I felt nervous and kind of scared like if it was me giving birth. At some point I covered my eyes and just listen to the audio and it may be because I’m not Mature Enough yet. but hopefully once I decide to have a child I’m brave enough. The video of the natural birth seemed painful and I would never go through that I think the woman is rally brave for doing it and I applaud her. I felt weird while I was watching because I know I will experience…

Since the main purpose of general anesthetics were to help patients who were suffering from some sort of pain as a pain reliver to induce unconsciousness for some surgical or medical procedures. The effects were purely similar for local anesthetics as well just not administered properly that can result in more harm than benefits. As mentioned in the textbook cocaine being considered a local anesthetic this main difference between cocaine is that when it does enter the bloodstream it reaches the…

Maternal morbidity includes physical and psychological conditions that affect a woman’s health during pregnancy. Severe complications of pregnancy affect more than 65,000 women in the United States every year (CDC, May 2016). Comparing to the past the number of sever cases is increasing. Some factors that may contribute to the growth are; increase in maternal age, pre-existing chronic medical conditions, and cesarean delivery. In the periods between 2008-2009 an estimated 129 out of 10,000…

“are you going to want the epidural?” I quickly reply without a thought “yes!” She says “I’ll let the doctor know”. And I soon as she walks out the pains start getting worse and about three minutes apart but to mea it feels like I never get a break from the pain. the time there felt like an eternity but I had only been there for about thirty minutes. When the nurse comes back she checks me and tells me “sweetie your 8 centimeters apart”, “There’s no time for an epidural”. “I’ll let the doctor…

Tattoo’s are a great way for an individual to express themselves through art and creativity. Whether that certain tattoo has a specific meaning behind it or not, it allows people to have another way to express themselves. Getting ink done can be an amazing experience, if done right. If you don’t take the right safety precautions when getting your tattoo done, and allowing it to heal, health problems and/or physical damages may occur. Many good things come from getting ink done, but many negative…

TREATMENT PLAN Mr. Candela was seen by Mr. Heath a PA for the pain clinic. He recommends doing one cervical epidural to see how that works. Wait a month and if there is an improvement do another injection. We also clarified that Mr. Candela is allowed to start physical therapy. He was told to set up his evaluation then wait until after the injection to see if there is some improvement. The epidural is scheduled for 12/11/17. ADDITIONAL CONTACTS N/A ATTENDING PHYSICIANS Name: Dr. Salvia…

of muscle, fascia and tendon of lower back, initial encounter. As per office notes dated 7/14/16, the patient states that she has completed 5 sessions of physical therapy. It has helped her reduce her symptoms. She has an appointment on 8/4/16 for epidural injections. She sees improvement with acupuncture. The discomfort was described as sharp, aching, burning, tingling, numb, shooting, moderate, intense, comes and goes, tightness, throbbing, varying with activity,…

cervix had changed to 3-4 cm and she was brought back to Labor and Delivery yesterday. She received betamethasone and we are currently waiting on her 2nd dose of betamethasone. She continues to complain of contractions today. She did receive an epidural which we have turned off as her cervix is unchanged and there were minimal contractions on the monitor. On ultrasound there is a live fetus in cephalic presentation. Amniotic fluid is low-normal at 7.5 cm. Umbilical artery Doppler…

Nurses play a major role in preoperative , intra-operative and postoperative pain assessment and management .Pharmacological management is a challenging process to relieve pain. The first choice of drug is a background pain relief, is regular paracetamol, which is safe in the young and in the elderly, is well tolerated, effective in nociceptive and neuropathic pain and available in several dose forms. Regular doses of between 4g daily (four times a day) is recommended for…

responsibility is be engaged with the health care team to collaborate and implement that plan as well. When the patient’s comfort level is altered due to painful contractions the nurse reports to the residents and physicians who can make arrangements for epidural pain management. When the patients enters active stage of labor she communicates with the nurse and the nurse calls for the physicians who are able to examine the patient and determine whether it is time to push the baby out. It is…