General surgery

Surgery is a field that requires a lot of accuracy and precision bearing in mind that one is dealing with life of a being. Any mistake arising can lead to fatality and therefore a lot of training is needed before a person can be declared qualified. Pediatric surgery is even more complicated and this calls for a lot of training and practice. The process starts with the aspiring person taking a four years paramedical training before enrolling for a five years course in general surgery followed…

Plastic surgery is difficult to define specifically where it has a number of key characteristics, said by The Plastic Surgery Report. Surgical and non-surgical techniques are involved to reshape the normal structure the body. Consumers begin an innermost characteristic of plastic surgery to improve their self-esteem and appearance. As a result of medical need, other medical procedures are performed for therapeutic reasons. However, it is difficult to define the procedures performed for…

was a general surgeon. I chose this career because I have been interested in entering the medical field since I was around fifteen or sixteen years old. Also, my mother has been in the medical field for a while, and she influenced me to join as well. With my career, I achieve to master what I do, help others physically and mentally, and make a difference around the world if I decide to travel with my job. General surgeons don’t just perform simple surgeries all day long. Since a general surgeon…

Safely, Anesthesia is used in surgeries to control pain, trauma, blood pressure and heart rate. It lets the person have no memory, unconsciousness, and immobility throughout the procedure. General Anesthesia can either be injected in the vain or inhaled. Without the modern technology to make General Anesthesia a safe practice, many surgeries would not be performed. Aren't you glad anesthesia was invented so you do not have to feel pain while in surgery? In 1772, English scientist Joseph…

medical field. Without it, surgery is virtually impossible and at the same time extremely painful. Anesthesia provides relief and painless procedures to patients while making surgeries much more common than they used to be. Many patients could not survive a surgery due to the excruciating pain, which would cause their blood pressure to rise dramatically causing extreme bleeding. With anesthesia being progressively used throughout the years, it allows for more surgeries to be created and tested…

Junior House Officer, Department of Surgery 8/2014-11/2014 Undertook a resident Pre-Registration appointment in the department of surgery where I was attached to Gastrohepatic Surgery ward for 2 months. However, the other 1 month was spend on specialised wards; Paediatric Surgery, Neuro Surgery and Ophthalmology and the Emergency ward. My responsibilities included; attending to all patients that contacted the facility and make the appropriate management and investigation plan. Attend to the…

the patient prior to surgery, as well as positioning the patient on the operating table in a manner that will be helpful to the surgery. Following strict medical guidelines, the anesthesiologist takes into account the patient’s current health, any medications they are taking, and the type of surgery that is being performed. While the surgery is taking place, the anesthesiologist monitors the patient’s critical life functions to make sure no complications arise. After the surgery is over, the…

Orthopedics comes from two Greek words, ortho, meaning straight and pais, conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Orthopedic surgery corrects problems that arise in the skeleton and its attachments, the ligaments and tendons. It may also deal with some problems of the nervous system, such as those that arise from injury of the spine. These problems can occur at birth, through injury, or as the result of aging. They may be acute, as in injury, or chronic, as in many aging-related…

Trauma Surgery Are you traumatized? A lot of people have had trauma, but a trauma surgeon can help. Trauma is a certain type of surgical specialty, there are many types of surgeons. Here are a few examples of different surgeons: Plastic surgeon, Orthopedic surgeons, Ophthalmology (eye) surgeon, Neurological surgeons, Gynecology Oncology surgeons, and last but not least Trauma surgeons. Trauma surgeons circle treatment of the most severe, life-threatening, penetrating and blunt force…

feel the patient’s blood pressure bounding against the vessels that have delivered oxygen and nutrients to his vital organs for 19 short years. My hands reach for the tubes that the surgeon will use to canalize the aorta. Foresight is important in surgery, so I am prepared for the next step with him. The surgeon finds the correct landmarks to clamp the aorta and the cross clamping time is called out to everyone in the operating room. The surgeon’s words hang in the air as there is one less…