Local anesthesia

Short Nose What is A Short Nose? A short nose ideally occupies about 1/3rd of the vertical height of the face, and is considered shortened when it occupies less than 1/3. Such kind of nose has over exposed nostrils from the front. For this reason, in medical terminology it is also referred as an upturned nose In cosmetic rhinoplasty, short nose correction is considered as the most difficult nose job as it requires an in-depth understanding of the nose anatomy. . A combination of techniques…

Wound Management In the McCurnin’s Veterinary Textbook for Veterinary Technicians (Bassert, 04/2013, Ch. 26, pp 994-1007), this subchapter is titled Large Animal Wound Management. The information that’s explained here are the many techniques that are involved with bandaging and wound care of horses and cattle. The summary speaks of the horse and two different techniques. The initial paragraph states; “Wound management in horses starts with basic wound care and is no different from that…

Free journaling about experience: (1-2paragraphs) My last week of practicum was truly an amazing experience. I am amazed at the teamwork that goes into caring for these newborns. Many of these cases are complex and demanding, however, Seattle Children’s employee work together to ensure that these children receive the best care. In addition, I am thankful for all the employees that welcomed me into this unit. It truly has been an awesome educational experience. My preceptor, the managers of the…

Along with most healthcare professions, it is essential to have continuing education (CE) credits for that particular field, and in most cases it is mandatory. Continuing education for a CRNA includes several hours of extra training and in some cases an exam. This is all normally done during the recertification period. “Forty hours of approved CE credit must be earned within the 2 year period prior to the nurse anesthetist’s upcoming recertification date or, if the applicant’s recertification…

I am writing to apply for the chair position of the Anesthesiology department at Northwestern University, Feinberg School Medicine. I am currently the section chief for the divisions of Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Management in the anesthesiology department at the Feinberg School of Medicine. Over the last 10 years, I directed these services at the in-patient Feinberg Pavilion and I was instrumental in facilitating a smooth transition of these services to the outpatient Olson Pavilion…

(Woodward 2008). Providing multimodal analgesia for our patients is beneficial for several reasons. From a clinical standpoint, pre-operative local nerve blocks decrease the level of intraoperative and postoperative pain and result in smoother recoveries (Woodward 2008). Multimodal analgesia may encompass administration of opioids, tranquillizers, and local anaesthetic agents as adjuncts to general anaesthetic agents. Common side…

The article by Trevino, Verhaalen, Bruce, and Webb “Conversion of an Enerocutaneous Fistula Associated With an Open Abdominal Wound Into a Drain-controlled Enerocutaneous Fistula” explains the complications that can possibly arise with a fistula in an open abdominal wound where the intestines are visible. It also explains how the medical team was able to treat this unique and complex situation. Open abdominal wounds present the physicians and surgeons with many problems. These challenges include…

“Anesthesia is quite remarkable. It’s lost time. And you wake up kind of refreshed.” -Michael Keaton. Humphrey Davy was the first person to learn that nitrous oxide, “laughing gas”, has anesthetic properties. Since then, it has been used to put hundreds of millions of people down for surgeries. Anesthesiologists do a great deal of work, but the education required takes a long time. Once they graduate and start working, they earn a lot of money, and they must have important work values to succeed…

During ages 13-17 adolescents grow and change rapidly due to hormones. It is impossible to exactly predict how a person will develop because we don’t grow in patterns or all develop the same. Plastic surgery may interrupt or jump ahead of a teen’s development. An adolescent could later regret the surgery due to unforeseen changes. If a teenager has surgery to enlarge her breasts at 16 for example but develops larger breasts at 20 she wasted money and needlessly put her health at risk. There…

bounce around my ears as the scrub nurse hums the tune playing in the background. I feel my face tighten. A smile has taken refuge behind my mask because I want to be a part of this and I know I can contribute by training in and eventually providing anesthesia. Ms. Bobbi, the CRNA I am shadowing ushers me to the head of the bed and my journey to become a nurse anesthetist begins.…