Statistical Analysis : Anesthetic Performance

This experiment was carried out as noted about in Procedure 1. The resting heart rate was established and used as a baseline value from which to compare all future deviations. While data could

The authors then share their analysis on the changes of heart rate and GSR at the many different points throughout their study.

The range of normal resting diastolic BP for these patients was 75-85 mmHg. Did diastolic BP increase, decrease, or not change with exercise?

Original research related to sedation management occurred in the year 2000 by Kress, Pohlman, O ' Connor, and Hall. Their findings served as a landmark study and initiated the impetus related to improving our sedation practices. According to Kress et al. (2000), daily interruption of sedation led to a decrease in the number of days on the ventilator in the intensive care unit. Several studies since this time have focused on the influence of sedation protocols, and outcomes. This paper will review the synthesis of the discovered studies and highlight the noted contraindications and inconsistencies. Also, explanations including a preliminary conclusion will be discussed.

A focused audit will be done on all patients undergoing operative or invasive procedures for the next year. Results will be analyzed by the nurse manager and discussed at staff meetings. Evaluation of compliance will be done at the staff meetings and any recommendations for improvement will be discussed and approved at these meetings. Implementation of any recommendations will be instituted the following month. Summaries of the audit and any recommendations for improvement will be sent to the PI committee on a quarterly basis.

Criteria: setting evaluation, contact was it direct or indirect, is patient a child or infant, service provided, is the patient established/new. Service level consist of three components, which is the history, exam, and decision made at the time of visit. Patient that has seen the doctor for three year is established. One that has not seen the doctor is new. There are four levels of making a decision. HPI factors relate to the issue the patients is dealing with. ROS factors relates to the sign of illness. PFSH factors deals with the history of the patient and history of the

In order to discover the effectiveness of IV acetaminophen on opioid use for postoperative pain, a detailed question must be asked to provide guidance for a search. The question asked has five pieces: (P) population, (I) intervention, (C) comparison, (O) outcome, and (T) timing (Melnyk & Fineout-Overholt 2011). The full PICOT question is as follows: For surgical patients receiving general anesthesia, does the use of post-operative IV acetaminophen influence post-operative opioid usage to control pain during the inpatient

With proper pain control patients are able to ambulate earlier, reduces risks of cardiac issues, reduces the risk of thrombosis, quicker recovery, decreased risk of neuropathy, and reduces the cost of care (Ramsay, 2000). This article shows studies that have proven that a major side effect of improper pain control is hospital acquired delirium.

Propofol was administered to put the patient to sleep initially. The patient was kept asleep with anesthesia gases. These gases are fluorinated ethers combined with nitrous oxide. A paralytic was also administered to keep the patient’s muscles from moving during the procedure. During the procedure, the CRNA monitored the patient’s vitals, especially the blood pressure. The blood pressure decreases prior to the initial incision and will increase after the cut is made. The CRNA was monitoring that the patient’s blood pressure did not get too low before the incision was made. The CRNA also made sure the patient was positioned to prevent injury such as pulled muscles and pinched nerves.

The staff add a score to each assigned behaviour observed for a total score. A total score, ranges from zero to ten based on score of zero for five items and a higher score designates severe pain. (Hadjistavropoulos et al, 2014; Paulson et al., 2014). After each use the staff need to compare to previous score and one- two hours after a pain intervention to evaluate effectiveness of pain intervention (Hadjistavropoulos et al, 2014; Paulson et al., 2014). Also, staff need to use the associated user guide that shows instructions, items definitions and should be reviewed before using PAINAD (Herr et al,

Postoperative surgical pain can often be moderate to severe leaving the client in a state of discomfort that requires the administration of opioid analgesic medications. Morphine intravenous (IV) patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) is commonly provided through a pump to treat postoperative surgical pain, but with advances in the medication administration field, a fentanyl iontophoretic transdermal system (ITS) has become another popular method (Lindley, Pestano, & Gargiulo, 2009). Morphine and fentanyl are similar medications in that they are both opioid analgesics and are both equally effective to reduce pain, but they offer differences through their administration techniques, comfort for the client, and providing care in a timely manner by the nurse. The nurse must take into consideration these differences to choose the proper medication for their specific client.

The anesthetist assessed the patient’s vitals by comparing the values to what is normal and what was normal for the patient when it was measured at the beginning of anesthesia. The vitals were taken every 10 minutes with a blood gas analysis performed every 30 minutes to monitor the electrolytes. These parameters would not only help to maintain the patient at a surgical plane of anesthesia but also help the anesthetist maintain the patient at a steady state physiologically and metabolically. In addition, the patient’s potassium levels were specially monitored throughout the anesthesia due to his HYPP status. An arterial catheter would also be placed in the patient’s metatarsal artery for measurement of direct blood pressure and would also be used for blood collection for IRMA blood gas

The management of postoperative pain has received much interest nowadays. The intensity of postoperative pain depends on many factors such as type and duration of the surgery, type of anesthesia and analgesia used, and the patient’s mental and emotional status (11).

The assessment I have chosen to expand upon is the VAS(visual analogue scale for pain) assessment. The vas tool provides a health care worker with an indication of the intensity of pain. It consists of a 10m line with the anchor words ‘no pain’ and ‘worst pain imaginable’. This tool has been developed to add numeric indicators and also descriptive like ‘mild’ (Bijur et al 2001). The use of VAS tool post-operatively has been validated by some research (price et al 1983)and is recommended by nursing literature

These measurements provide feedback of a patient’s experience with the care offered at a given hospital. These measurements assess a wide range of factors including interpersonal aspects of care, clarity of - and ease of access to - information provided by the physician, speed of medical staff’s response to the patient’s urgent care needs, among other factors. These measurements are used by patients in their subjective evaluation during their process of choosing a hospital for emergency care or